A Cold Weather Hike at Green Lane Reservoir

My wife and I went for a short hike late in the morning on January 14 at Green Lane Reservoir in Montgomery County, PA just off of Knight Road. It was another cold morning in which one needed to bundle up in several layers of clothing. Nevertheless it was a beautiful hike as demonstrated by the pictures below:

 Beautiful red berries

 The Woods

 Blue berries on an evergreen

 Moss

 Ice formations ground level along the path

 Lichen and moss on a tree trunk

 Lichen growing on a stone

 More moss on the ground

 Moss?

 In memory of ???

 Pattern on ice

 Moss on a fallen trunk

Yours truly

Cold Weather Hike at Nockamixon State Park

This past Wednesday the fourth I went on a cold weather hike at Nockamixon State Park on the Quakertown, Bucks County, PA side. The temperatures that morning had hit a low of at least 9 degrees Fahrenheit and never went above freezing that day. But there was beauty to be seen and I was feeling blessed by nature that morning. Below are some scenes from my experience that day.

Fungi fascinates me and in winter time even more so.

Large birds flying in the distance

Conifers

Ice on a portion of Lake Nockamixon

A water puddle frozen - beautiful patterns

Cones and needles on the forest floor

Moss - one of the rare greens of winter

Blackened berries - they used to be red

Part of the lake shore line

Icicles hanging from a fallen tree

Cardinals in the thickets

Ice and Birds

Back on February 2 we had quite an ice storm. I had to go to work that day. But while I was at work, my wife was at home and had an amazing opportunity to take some bird photos from a third floor window. Below are some of those shots.

Three days later, my wife took some more bird pictures from the same third floor window. She made me proud of her and her photography.