It's currently off-limits, but I just had to sneak around the barrier and take a few shots. These are some captures of the 35-foot high climbing wall within the High & Low Challenge Course at Thompson

While walking the Piermont Marsh trail at Tallman Mountain State Park in Sparkill, New York a few Saturdays ago, it was starting to look like it had recently snowed. Of course, that was highly unlikely,

Although they look like they are perfectly browned and would taste delicious, I'm not really sure that it's in your best interest to eat them. That is, unless you remembered to bring some 100% pure maple

Making mulch the fast and easy way with the Morbark Model 30 Chiparvestor Whole Tree Chipper. I captured these images about 13 years ago at a once-wooded lot near where I used to work. That Morbark could

I know what you might be thinking but, no, I didn't put on my PJs and head out on a hike to watch the sunset yesterday 😁 But it was looking like it might be a decent sunset so I decided to take a drive

In a Steemit post back on November 28, 2016 I shared some captures of the gigantic 20-inch long leaves of an umbrella magnolia tree that resides in the 22-acre David C. Shaw Arboretum in Holmdel Park.

After this Indian peacock popped out from underneath a large opening in an old grey shed at Longstreet Farm this afternoon and then proceeded to ignore me and scurry away, this peahen suddenly appeared

It's probably been a favorite pastime for many centuries. Well, for at least as long as there's been woods and bottled alcohol, which is a pretty long time. I think I'm fairly safe in assuming that there

Hey @cognoscere, that Steemit post title is like the equivalent of having jello, liverwurst, peanut butter, and turkey for dinner, just sayin' -- you have some explaining to do! Return of the sandboni

You never really know what you'll encounter when hiking in the woods, at least here in Central New Jersey. I've found so many animal bones, old bottles, and the obligatory deflated mylar balloon, that

The fields are loaded with wild flowers, and so I just had to stop and capture some of their magnificence! But as nice and sunny as these fields look, I had to brave three clear and present dangers to

It felt as though I was walking on egg shells - turtle egg shells. On an early evening hike yesterday at the North Fork Timber Swamp Brook area in Howell, New Jersey I saw the remnants of some very recent

Well, at least that's what I think of when I see groupings of these beautiful flowers. I'm talking about the pink mountain laurel that is so common in the woods of Central New Jersey. They say that all

Now that Spring is in full swing, there's quite allot of variety to photograph out in the NJ parks. Here are some additional captures from a short walk at Thompson Park this past Wednesday. Yesterday's

Yup, this @steemit post title sounds like the name of a new Benjamin Moore paint color or maybe a new flavor of Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I saw this on a lunchtime walk and I was intrigued by the strange

On a hike a few Saturday's back I found a nice dense stand of bamboo growing in the woods. Bamboo is actually a type of grass and it is among some of the fastest growing plants on the planet. And while

The fiddleheads are all unfurled here in Central New Jersey. Here are a few more captures from May 6th at the North Fork Timber Swamp Brook in Howell, New Jersey. Wilton man rescued after becoming disoriented

No shortage of lamb's ear in Central New Jersey. Saw these out walking some trails at the Manasquan Reservoir. From Wikipedia: Stachys byzantina: Lamb's-ear plants are perennial herbs usually densely covered

It looks like the bats at Thompson Park had their low-interest rate mortgage approved thanks to an Eagle Scout from Troup 110. And their new house has an awesome view! All images @cognoscere and taken

About three weeks ago I did a post about the easily recognizable mayapple groupings that you can spot in the woods this time of year. Down Amongst the Mayapples Well, it was time to check in on them and