Reverse Hostage Exchange

I will head out at about 9 o'clock for the reverse hostage exchange. Heather doesn't want Sue any more, so I am forced to take her back. It is supposed to start snowing around 2pm, but if luck holds we'll be safely back by then. While I don't expect it to get too bad, I prefer not to drive when it is snowing.

Yesterday, after completing a few errands I ended up at O-Kee-Lee park, but when I say 'park' it is really just another, little scrubby trail. I do wish that the town would thin the vegetation out along the various trails to make them more aesthetically pleasing. I am not asking for landscaping, just thinning. These are phone photos, for I hadn't thought to take my camera on my earlier errands, and the walk was more of an afterthought. 

Before getting onto the trail, I thought that I was seeing ice forming on the river. When I got closer to take this photo, I decided that I was just seeing ripples out beyond the boulder where you see the see the tree reflections from the other bank. The water had been relatively calm behind me, so I don't know why it was being disturbed out there.

It was one of those bleak November days, but I took the next photo because I could see a few orange leaves up the way. Off to the sides, you can see how scrubby much of the vegetation is.

Here's another photo of a subsidiary path. I used those poor withered orange leaves as a foreground element.

As you have seen, it was a bleak day, but for something to do, I did take a closeup of lichens, or something or other, on a stump. No, I didn't nail the focus, but I think it is interesting enough to include it.

I'll be off soon. Have a good day. It's the day after for many of you, so hang in there.