It was a super windy day along the Lake Superior shoreline today. The wind is making me think back to a day this past week where the conditions were the opposite. It was so still in the forest that the only sounds were from the gently falling rain. I do enjoy the stormy days but the calm and peaceful days are my favorite.
The fog this past week has been incredible. Almost every day a dense blanket of moisture has been draped over our northern forests, turning the environment into a mythic landscape.
My favorite find from today. A maple leaf covered with water droplets and the mossy rock upon which I found it. It was a very wet day in the north woods of Minnesota and I saw countless leaves covered in water droplets but none so perfect as this one.
There are few things as beautiful as the maple forest in the fall. An explosion of color that can overload the senses! I only wish the season lasted a bit longer...
Sometimes lying down on the forest floor gives you the best views of the fall colors. I made this photo while doing just that... lying flat on my back and looking straight up into the trees.
I don't know how it happened as I have driven and biked past these trees more times than I can count but I never noticed their uniqueness until last weekend. Now that I know they're there I won't be able to pass by this spot anymore without seeing them.
The maples were looking amazingly good this past week despite the extreme drought we were in for most of the summer. Everyone seemed to think that the fall colors were going to be a bust but I guess we received enough moisture in September to still make the forest incredibly beautiful once the leaves started changing color.
