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I finally got a chance to take my girls to one of my favorite places. There is a small patch of woods near the house I grew up in. Back when I was a kid, it was just a bunch of woods, no specific trails except for one that led through to a school on the other side. We called them "Simon's Woods" because that was the school they led to. It was about the best place on earth when I was a kid, all the kids used to go there and play hide and seek, we had secret places under all the overgrown brush and fallen branches, and it was the coolest, spookiest, greatest place to hang out at.
As with all things the neighborhood around the woods began to change with time, the Christmas tree farm down the road was sold off and eventually houses began to spring up in its place, then some more homes closer to the woods were built and we feared that the woods would soon be gone. We never counted on a mayor with a passion for preserving nature as much as the residents of that neighborhood. He fought for, and won a battle to preserve our woods. It is now a nature preserve and they can never cut down the trees. Its a double edged sword, it saved the woods but it also changed it forever. Gone now are all the secret coves we built in the underbrush, and all the hideaways we had, there are now paved trails and signs to identify all the trees throughout the forest, there are benches here and there to sit and rest, and a few little bridges that extend out over some of the little marshes located throughout the woods. But, my beloved woods will always be there for me to go back to!
I didnt have alot of time to roam yesterday, as I had to get ready to go to the Homecoming pep rally at my daughter's school but I did have time for a short walk through the woods, so Ill post what I have, and eventually I will go back and get some more photos of the whole place. It's kind of hard to manage the girls and take photos of them because Nexus is so crazy out there, and most of the photos are from the back. Hopefully some day Nexus will be a little better behaved and not so scatterbrained and want to chase every dustmote there is!
As I was unloading them and getting the leads untangled, a lady and her little girl pulled in and the little girl was shouting "puppy! puppy! so I had to let her pet Bella, and it was sooo cute! She was loving on her and kissing her so I asked to snap a phoot, Bella was good for the first few minutes then it got to be too much and she wanted to hide behind me but I managed to get one good shot.
Nexus wasnt as cooperative, she wasnt sure at all of this energetic little thing lol
and off we go!
getting tangles up in the leads
checking things out
what was that? Squirrel??
I think its time for a rest
whats up there?
can I go back here?
sniff sniff
come on mom
time to go back home
wait, did I hear something?
ok, were ready to go
As with all things the neighborhood around the woods began to change with time, the Christmas tree farm down the road was sold off and eventually houses began to spring up in its place, then some more homes closer to the woods were built and we feared that the woods would soon be gone. We never counted on a mayor with a passion for preserving nature as much as the residents of that neighborhood. He fought for, and won a battle to preserve our woods. It is now a nature preserve and they can never cut down the trees. Its a double edged sword, it saved the woods but it also changed it forever. Gone now are all the secret coves we built in the underbrush, and all the hideaways we had, there are now paved trails and signs to identify all the trees throughout the forest, there are benches here and there to sit and rest, and a few little bridges that extend out over some of the little marshes located throughout the woods. But, my beloved woods will always be there for me to go back to!
I didnt have alot of time to roam yesterday, as I had to get ready to go to the Homecoming pep rally at my daughter's school but I did have time for a short walk through the woods, so Ill post what I have, and eventually I will go back and get some more photos of the whole place. It's kind of hard to manage the girls and take photos of them because Nexus is so crazy out there, and most of the photos are from the back. Hopefully some day Nexus will be a little better behaved and not so scatterbrained and want to chase every dustmote there is!
As I was unloading them and getting the leads untangled, a lady and her little girl pulled in and the little girl was shouting "puppy! puppy! so I had to let her pet Bella, and it was sooo cute! She was loving on her and kissing her so I asked to snap a phoot, Bella was good for the first few minutes then it got to be too much and she wanted to hide behind me but I managed to get one good shot.
Nexus wasnt as cooperative, she wasnt sure at all of this energetic little thing lol
and off we go!
getting tangles up in the leads
checking things out
what was that? Squirrel??
I think its time for a rest
whats up there?
can I go back here?
sniff sniff
come on mom
time to go back home
wait, did I hear something?
ok, were ready to go
Great pics!
The photo of Bella with the little girl is so precious.
