Nature Walks and The Beautiful Outdoors photos 🌿🌷🏞

[CynthieLu]

I love going on walks and if I'm lucky taking a few photos while I'm lost in nature. 🏞🌎🌺  Does anyone else enjoy that?

These are some of the views from a little walk today. 

 

 

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It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining but the breeze was cool. Everything smelt so fresh and we saw a few animals too. 😀

Feel free to share any photos you take out waking in the beautiful fresh air and sun shine 💚💙

I'd love to see what nature you see 👀 😀

[CynthieLu]

Gosh that's a scary experience @heartsmyface. He's such a big fella! I hope he doesn't come after your trash can again and finds better meals somewhere else. and Woah! Those paws are huge! 🐾🐾

Is this the first time you have had one on your property?

[heartsmyface]

@CynthieLu  Not the first bear on this property and while we were moving out of the last one a bear came IN the house.  I was coming down the stairs with a box and at the bottom was a bear.  A small bear but I was so startled I started yelling ‘bear’ over and over.  He just sauntered out when my husband came up to see what I was panicked about.  
too many bear encounters for me this month.  

[CynthieLu]

Oh my that's terrifying!

I don't mind bears as long as I'm not surprising them or they are not surprising me. I don't like when they come into town, it's not the right place for them too be. @heartsmyface.  You handled it so well.

I hope they find other places too investigate away from your home.

[Ispend2much6]

@heartsmyface   He does look sweet though!  I don't know what I would have done.  He reminds me of a toddler somehow.

This summer my son came home after dark, and went to enter the house through our side door.  Good thing he looked ahead of himself, because a bobcat was sitting right at our door!  They seem kind of friendly.  I wonder if it was the same one that took refuge under our van during a rain storm.  I feel like I posted this story here before...

[heartsmyface]

@Ispend2much6  I believe you did!  I feel like we shared bobcat photos?  

[Ispend2much6]

@heartsmyface  That's it!

[CynthieLu]

Follow along with me on a beautiful fall walk 🍁 

The sun came in and out from behind the clouds but it was a beautiful day! Cool breeze but not too cold. The air was smelling so fresh. 🙂

This seat has a beautiful view. ✨

The stream with the bench, the water was like a mirror for the sky . 💙 🤍

And one more scenic shot to share ❤️ 😉 

 

[JoSometimes]

What a perfect day to go for a stroll @CynthieLu! The lake was so calm, it was pretty much a mirror!

[CynthieLu]

One of those times in glad I had my phone with me just so I could capture it @JoSometimes 💗

[CorgiMommy]

@CynthieLu looks peaceful, enjoy

[CynthieLu]

It was a beautifully serene, ☺️ thank you! @CorgiMommy 

[heartsmyface]

@CynthieLu  Wow those clouds are gorgeous!  

[CynthieLu]

We had a very cold rainy week prior to this too, so just being out seeing and feeling the sun was a treat 😁 @heartsmyface thank you!

[Ispend2much6]

What a perfect description- the water was a mirror for the sky- and a perfect view! @CynthieLu 

[CynthieLu]

Thank you! 💙 When's the sun came out it made the water just shine.🌞 @Ispend2much6 

[caitbird]

@CynthieLu  beautiful pictures! Looks like a gorgeous spot!

[CynthieLu]

It was a totally spectacular place @caitbird 😊 thank you!

[caitbird]

Some pics from a recent beautiful neighborhood walk with my parents.

Woolly bear caterpillar - it seems to be a banner year for them, I have never seen so many. I must have moved a dozen of them out of the road. They are fascinating little creatures - they have a natural antifreeze-like substance in their cells that allows them to literally freeze solid during the winter months without dying. There is also an old superstition that the amount of black on woolly bears can tell you how cold and snowy the coming winter will be (this is not actually true). I think they're pretty cute, too!

I spotted this bright orange caterpillar crossing the road near our house. INaturalist (a citizen science site/app) says it is some kind of cutworm (moth larvae).

A beautiful red maple leaf. Fall leaves haven't been that colorful this year where I live, but there are still some stunning leaves if you look for them.🍁

[heartsmyface]

@caitbird  That is the fluffiest caterpillar I have ever seen! 

[caitbird]

@heartsmyface  look up hickory tussock moth caterpillars, I think they're even fluffier! I love the fluffy ones lol

[Ispend2much6]

@caitbird   Lovely pictures!  You're brave to handle the caterpillars; I'm never sure which ones can cause a rash.