Fall and spring are probably my favorites for walking through the woods. The colors are ever-changing and small things can be stunning.

The trails are crunchy with fallen dry leaves today. Virginia creeper is providing the best reds in the wood at the moment.

We walked through the fields at the Federal Farm today and were treated to golden rod and asters which came up to our shoulders. The honey bees were busy but the monarch butterflies stole the show.

The woods are taking on autumnal smells. Quite a bit of color around due to late summer blooming flowers. One is the white snakeroot. The little flowers look like small explosions.

It was looking like the beginnings of fall today up at the Federal Farm. The hawthorne fruit was a beautiful color of red orange.

The boardwalk across the wetlands on the Bob Sykes trail were alive with these dragonflies today. If you stopped they would come rather close allowing me to take a picture.

Saw these giant puff balls at the Guppy Farm last week when I didn't have my camera with me. I was happy to find another today. My car keys are in the foreground for scale.