Monday, April 20: Harriman Lake

[mistressofmuses]

Monday was a lovely day, and we wanted to take advantage of it. We decided to go to Harriman Lake, one of the local parks. We were surprised that the water level wasn't as low as we expected it to be.


A woodpecker apartment complex. So many holes!


Chokecherry flowers.

Seven more pictures from the walk:

Have a set of too-distant birds, haha:


A flicker! (On the branch toward the center.)


A meadowlark! (So bright yellow!)


Ducks!


Taylor and I agree that this looks like a Myst puzzle.


Dead tree, and you can see some nest material up at the top.


I like that this tree has fallen over, but is still growing. The little branch like a mini tree in the middle I like especially.


A small, late-blooming tree.

Comments

[thedumbopt_imist]

happy u enjoyed ur walk!!!
icl u seem to know a lot abt plants, how do uk the plant names?!?

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you! It was a lovely walk.

I definitely don't know as much as some! I feel like plants are one of the things I'm not always consistently good at recognizing, so I've tried to get better at it. My mom has always really enjoyed gardening, so some of what I know is stuff I learned from her. Using sites like iNaturalist, or even Google Lens can be helpful for identifying things, too.

[thedumbopt_imist]

happy u enjoyed it!!!

ill look into those sites lowk!

[umadoshi]

It looks like such a lovely walk! ^_^

[scarlipswolfwife]

So pretty! A lot of dead tree-age, though. But the water is super pretty and relaxing.

[olivermoss]

I like that the tree is still going.

Did you solve the Myst puzzle? If you need help I did solve the first Talos Principle and have been meaning to play the sequels?