A foggy walk in the woods

The weather around here has finally thawed enough for me to comfortably walk outside! I have been out there the past few months, just not so comfortably. A few days ago, a thick fog rolled in. I rushed out to a wooded area where I knew I could get some good, spooky fog photos. The two forest areas I visited did not disappoint! I find it interesting how these photos look like they could have been taken in November. These don't feel like March photos to me. Actually, I think the snow preserved those leaves in exactly the same place they were in November. Our winter came in really fast this year.

Looking up... If you've never tried taking a photo above your head in the woods, give it a shot. It's sometimes surprising to see what's directly above your head.

It was pretty peaceful in the forest. I saw one squirrel and heard loads of seagulls for some reason. 

This one is possibly my favorite photo of the group.

So this is a different forest area. It's actually named "Sherwood Forest". It's so hard to believe that this area can ever look as sparse as this. Not that this is all that sparse, it's just super dense with leaves during the rest of the year.

I call this giant fallen tree "The Snake Tree" and I'm sure you can see why!

I think this is the spookiest of the photos. I didn't feel spooked when I was actually there, but looking at this now, I am.

Anyone know what kind of tree this is? These look like little cherries or berries hanging from the branches. Whatever the little berries were, they were really rough and textured looking.

This is a favorite area of the woods for me. 

The water droplets were still hanging off the tree branches. If you look really closely, you might see some upside down tree shapes in those drops. I kept thinking that it had started to rain again when I was in the woods, because I thought I heard a steady rain. It was probably just the sound of the water that was already there dripping.

You guys might remember this last tree from a previous blog post. I can't even imagine how tall it is. I probably have a photo of this tree during every season, because I like its shape so much. 

Hope you guys enjoyed looking at these photos as much as I enjoyed revisiting them. It's amazing what I don't see until I get home and have a chance to study my photos. I was walking pretty quickly at the time, hoping to get these photos taken before the fog lifted or I got rained on! Luckily, neither of those two things happened. But now that I'm home looking these over, I'm liking what I'm seeing and thinking about maybe using some of these photos for some kind of future project.