Nature Walk

We've had some fabulous fall weather lately. Sunday, I decided to take the girls on a nature walk through the woods behind the school across the street. There is a gravel path that they use for cross country meets.

We had a great time finding different shapes and colors of leaves and nuts. We even found a feather and a few wild flowers. Shortly into the walk we noticed a couple coming out with two cardboard boxes. Later on, a grandpa and little girl went by on their bikes. He stopped and asked if we saw where the people were with the boxes. His theory is that they found a pecan tree and were collecting nuts.

Cool! So we went home and I looked up pecan tree leaves and what their nuts look like. We went again today, with Doug, but didn't find any pecans. Oh well!

Here's the haul from Sunday:


C brought home some unexpected visitors: