Nature Stroll in the Snow – March 1st, 2015
Happy March!
Normally we’re watching the daffodils and other early flowers emerge from the ground about now.
Well, this winter wasn’t quite “normal”. A bit cold and on this first day of March we got… MORE SNOW!
Any emerging bulbs are buried, yet again, in the white stuff.
Doug and I grabbed a yummy breakfast at the Shamong Diner and headed off into Wharton State Forest for some geocaching and nature photography!
We found 5 out of 8 geocaches. We forgot how challenging it can be to find ’em when they’re buried in the snow! Although, if someone has been there recently it is super easy to follow their footprints to the cache – almost no GPS needed!
Here is some of what we saw along the way…
Tundra Swans! We haven’t seen them too much because most of the water near us has been frozen over.
This family was happily swimming along at Reeve’s bog over in Brendon T. Byrne State Forest (NJ).
The gray one is a juvenile.
“Tundra Swan Family in the Snow” (click here for more info)
I just love, love, love seeing the Tundra Swans! They’re only around here during the winter – and they are beautiful creatures.
They make the cutest noises when they’re chatting with one another…click below to listen to ’em…
Here’s another pic of ’em…
Tundra Swans in the Snow (Buy prints, cards and gifts HERE.)
And, of course, we saw Canada Geese….
The snow was really coming down here!
Canada Geese During Snowfall (Buy prints, cards and gifts HERE.)
I love taking pictures of trees…
Snow Falling on Bare Trees (buy prints, cards & gifts HERE.)
Here are those same trees with a few of their friends…
Snow Falling on Bare Trees 2 (buy prints, cards and gifts HERE.)
Tweet about this “Nature Stroll”…
And I made my first attempt at photographing a snowflake!
They’re a natural mandala 🙂
I took some other micro shots…
Lichen on a Pitch Pine…
And nearby was a pine tree with orange/red coloring on it’s bark with some other interesting lichen (??) growing on it…
I always think just about every pine I see in the Pine Barrens is a Pitch Pine. I’m thinkin’ the one above is something else? Or the red is an indicator of a Pine Beetle infestation? What do you think?
Getting out in nature is something that truly fills me with happiness.
It wasn’t too long ago that I couldn’t even remember what made me happy. Life had kicked my butt with depression and getting back to “normal” (whatever that was) became a challenge.
I had to re-discover myself and find a way to light that spark again. If you’re in a spot where you truly WANT to feel better, re-connect to yourself and life again, then I encourage you to read my book “Get Back on the Feel Good Train” – it shares my story and 4 strategies I used to move from “Blah to Bliss!”… and, oh yeah – it’s free! Click HERE to get it!
I hope you enjoyed our little Nature Stroll during the snowfall.
Share this nature stroll with others! Use the buttons below 🙂
By the way… you can view other “Nature Strolls” HERE.
Enjoy!
Leave a Reply
Want to join the discussion?Feel free to contribute!