Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Playing Hookie in the Dark




 

                   The plan is to retire from my job of the past twenty-five years and it is becoming most difficult to continue to leave the house and fulfill my work requirements. I'm pretty much ready to quit now and kiss that part of my life goodbye.  But alas certain steps must be followed and a couple of personal goals shall be met. So, I continue to leave the house and drive the drive to my place of employment. I put my smile on and pull the happy attitude out from under the back seat and wrap it around my shoulders like a paisley scarf. And sashay into the workplace sporting steel toed shoes, jeans and matching tee shirt. Some times I'm there for eight hours and sometimes I'm Mister Worker Bee for twelve hours. It's a good job and I have no complaints.

                    Scrolling back through my blog I've discovered some posts that are labeled as a

 "Draft" and have never been finished or published. I knew that I had gotten slack and pushed the blog off to the side but didn't remember having unfinished business. So two years and two months later I'll quickly finish this post.    I did retire and have spent many hours and miles wandering in the woods since then.  These two pictures were taken on a full moon night at the Tall Pines WMA.

                    I'm trying to get back into writing about my dull boring adventures. 


Read along,

Turtle 


                     
 


                                


Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

















If it was time to take a longer hike and break up the normal weeks adventures, today was it. The Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve located off of Hwy 11 is an enjoyable hike. The last time I hiked there, there was one main trail up and over the mountain down to the Pacolet river and turn around and return the way you did come. Things were a bit different this go round and so I went off of the beaten path so to speak. 

The purpose of this hike was to see the trilliums blooming along the trail, and I did see them but I fear I was a little late in the season to enjoy their full beauty. I believe my old age is making me be aware of and giving me a greater enjoyment of flowers.


Turtle








 

Beaver Dam? Guess not!







 

          Hiking in one of my go to spots and saw where a beaver dam was being built. Now that was a little exciting and I hoped to see it completed and a small pond formed. The DNR people didn't feel the same way.

          The first, third and fourth pictures are the dam being put together, the second picture  is where it has been pulled apart. Tire tracks in the mud and water flowing freely. Oh well! Maybe another spring.

Turtle