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| The field is decorated in fall colors |
On Thursday morning the dog and decided to walk in the woods behind the unoccupied home just up the street. The four wheeler trail is still a good way to get to the woods but the grass itself is starting to turn yellow. Almost all of the fall wild flowers have finished blooming and have dropped their seeds. The soybeans in the field next to this one stand dry and ready to harvest. We walked on into the woods and found that the spiders that were there a few days ago have gone into hiding now. They are most likely laying eggs and putting them in a safe place to spend the winter. The webs will continue to hang in the woods untended until they deteriorate and fall. The hunters have placed salt licks here to try and attract deer to the area so I always have to be careful when walking in the woods on the weekend or I could get shot.
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| The dog heads home with another prize. |
We made it to the end of the trail and by then of course the dog had found a large stick to carry home. He likes the rotten limbs that fall from the trees and break up on the ground. As we walked back I noticed a very large Oak tree was covered in green moss at the base of it's trunk.
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| More moss on the north side. |
The moss made it look like something from Shrek or Lord of the Rings. This tree is maybe 60 or 70 feet tall and has no limbs till somewhere around 40 feet above the ground. It is a really nice looking tree.
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| It looks tall because it is. |
We headed on back to the house where I had to clean up a mess the dog made. As you know he is a collector and on Wednesday night during our walk he picked up the neighbor's new phone book which had been dropped off next to their mailbox.
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| He won't be making calls anytime soon. |
He ran home ahead of me and began chewing it up and when he was inside the gate he tore it all to pieces. I had to take my own copy down to the neighbors mailbox and leave it as a replacement. I try to explain to the dog that it is OK to tear up the junk mail and discount coupons but that we may need the phone book at some point in the future. I get the feeling he is not listening. Thanks for reading my blog. Bye.
