woodsy walk in Vermont

 One lady keeps chickens in her yard.  I really love this chicken guillotine shot that I made mr. chewytulip take for me. That chicken certainly wasn't going to wait around for me to take a photo.

 Went on a hike and found the most adorable mushroom, ever. So round. So orange. So tiny.

 I don't know why there was a pushpin stuck in the tree. But there's a tiny red bug on the pin.

I like the pattern on this leaf.

 Took a bridge pic from another bridge. It's a a Vermont thing.

 This plant is obviously out of control.

 I didn't find my cat here.

 Borrowed my sister's dog for the walk.

Was greatly disturbed/intrigued by this shiny rainbow slime on tree bark. I don't want to know. (But I do.)

kicker of dandelions

I have, on at least one online profile, described myself as a professional dandelion kicker.

 When I see a field of fluffy seedlings ready to take flight...well, I want to help them along.
So I run right through them and kick as many as I can.
And the next time I see that field full of yellow flowers, I'll know I had something to do with it.

Many thanks to "the mister" for patiently wheezing all over at least ten of these in a row, while I fiddled with camera settings that might capture the moment.  (Okay, it needed to be set to a faster speed, but we were running out of light! Next time we'll nail it! But you can see a little of the whiz-blur from the departing seeds.)