nature walk

Near Mom's house there's a wooded area with trails, madrona trees with peeling red bark, and choking blackberries. Some of the blackberry bushes had white flowers

and others pink ones.

A fireweed flower.

I love the ferns!

Another wonder; in her yard there's a rock wall and a while back Mom saw a junco going in and out of a crevice in the rocks. It built a nest there

but sadly abandoned it (disturbed by the lawn mower passing). Mom showed us where two eggs still remained: