Green

It looks like a green lawn, but no.  It's a green pond.  I wouldn't go swimming there.

 

Spring green

The pond was green, the trees were green and so was the reflection.

 

Little green friend

High up on a tree trunk, this little anole watched us walk by.  

 

Green

The pond at the Prairie Ridge Ecostation is already green with duckweed.  There's a sign saying don't feed the geese, but I've never seen any water birds anywhere on the pond.

 

Spring green

There's a special color of green you see only this time of year.  Crayola calls it "Spring Green"

 

Green friend

The anole matched the ivy.  She looked like another leaf.

 

A green world

Everything was green, even the pond.

This turtle was just hanging out taking it all in.

 

Green carpet

This green carpet is a native bamboo.  It looks like a leprechaun could be jumping around behind the trees.

 

Spring green

The trees around the pond are leafing out.

 

Theme day: My favorite thing

 The theme this month is my favorite thing.  That would be walking in a green forest.  What you can't see in the picture are the swarms of mosquitoes.  Nothing's perfect...

slimy swamp

The algae is growing in the swampy wetlands.  

Japanese Garden?

Japanese garden?  Nope, it's a farm pond.

I've always thought that Japanese gardens were beautiful, but too perfect.  They didn't seem natural to me.  But here, a farm pond has the look of a stylized garden.

Reflections in the creek

The overhanging trees were reflected in the creek.

Green again

The anoles feel safe in the holly bush.  Nothing would want to attack in all the spiny leaves.  He still wanted to scare us away with is dewlap though.

He seems very curious about us, and watched us closely.

Mr. Anole turns color

He was green as he climbed out of the bushes, and was turning red on the bricks.  

Theme day: Green

This month's theme is the color green.  When I started looking, I realized that there are a lot of different colors of green.  Muddy green, yellow green, gray green.  

Hidden cabin

I've walked past this little cabin many times and never seen it.  I think that with the leaves off the trees and vines, it's finally visible from the greenway.

Crayola Spring

There's a color in the crayon box called "Spring Green".  Growing up in the west, I never really understood the color, until now.  Here in North Carolina the newest leaves on the tree are a bright glowing green.  The color just makes your eyes happy.

Green

The theme this month is "one color".  So, my color is green.  No this isn't Raleigh.  It was taken on a recent trip to Costa Rica.  This is a dairy farm pasture in Monteverde.  The name means "green mountain", and so it is.