Lanie — Just Lanie being herself. Walk by the creek.
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Pictures and posts from the United States.
Blue Bowl, Blanket Box, and Crocs — I was passing through the ‘Sparkle Zone’ when I noticed the light on the bowl, blanket box, and Crocs. The latter, with their color popping.
October 7, 2024 8:42
Journal: Five days R&R in Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024 — After my last backpacking trip in April, the weather got too hot, and then we spent August in the UK. I was overdue for some lakeside R&R. With the minimal three-mile hike and five days of lounging around. It was more hammock camping and hardly any backpacking! Journal: 5 17
September 17, 2024 16:45
Gary at Piney Creek Wilderness — I spent most of my time sitting and watching the lake and trees, with the occasional swim to cool down, which was exactly what I wanted to do.
September 17, 2024 13:26
Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri (looking southwest).
September 17, 2024 13:24
Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri (looking southeast).
September 17, 2024 13:23
Just another picture of my campsite by Table Rock Lake. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri. +1
September 17, 2024 13:12
Yet another visitor — I was sitting by the lake enjoying the view when this tarantula ambled by. I’ve been told there are tarantulas in Missouri, but I’ve never seen them, until now.
September 16, 2024 19:16
Another visitor — This time a Stick Insect, or Walking Stick, as Ginger calls them. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.
September 15, 2024 20:48
Clearing skies after rain. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri. +1
September 13, 2024 18:47
Lil’ friend — Unlike all the other Harvestmen in the area who were busy doing their harvestman things, this one chose to come and sit by me for an hour while we watched the rain fall. +1
September 13, 2024 16:44
Cue the ‘Twilight Zone’ music — Last night, stumbling around in the dark, my headlamp picked out a glint in the rocks that make up the campfire surround. When I went to investigate, I found a Pilot pencil, just like the one I lost in February some 2½ miles away near the stock pond on the Lake Trail.
September 13, 2024 10:50
The view from my hammock. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.
September 13, 2024 7:57
Rainbow at sunset. Piney Creek Wilderness, Missouri.
September 12, 2024 19:23
Sunset at Piney Creek Wilderness, September 2024.
September 12, 2024 19:22
Back at my Lakeside Retreat — Time for five days R&R by Table Rock Lake. +2
September 12, 2024 15:43
Early evening on an Ozarks farm road — It’s all looking very lush and green. Nowadays this road has a lot more traffic than it used to. One-minute read.
July 21, 2024 18:38
Last of the sun — The last of the sun was catching the trees behind the house.
July 20, 2024 19:54
Four deer — They were about 100 yards away and very interested in what we were doing, which just happened to be, watching them.
July 20, 2024 19:05
Another Hat — I bought myself something with a large brim that was also lightweight and airy for the summer.
July 19, 2024 15:20
Cleome houtteana – Spider Plant — Last year, less than half a dozen of these plants appeared in the front yard flower bed. Ginger collected the seeds and sowed them. This year we have been rewarded by this spectacular display.
July 6, 2024 9:26
Journals and Ink — Four journals, four pens, one pencil, and three bottles of ink. I felt the need to take a picture, and this is what I came up with.
June 21, 2024 16:29
Mammatus clouds over Springfield — We’ve had some weird weather lately. I heard about a house being hit by three tornadoes in the past month (around 30 miles from us). This week, we were on the edge of a storm that, according to the radar, was dumping twenty-five inches of rain per hour. +2
May 8, 2024 20:21
Journal: Two days solo backpacking in Hercules Glades Wilderness, April 2024 — I decided to get out for a one-night trip to Hercules Glades. Apart from our Eclipse Trip I’ve not been out this month. An overnight stop at my camping spot near Deep Hollow would be just what the doctor ordered. Journal: 2 8