CHERYL-LYNN SHARES THIS FABULOUS FALL – BELOW

Peaceful easy feeling

As you walk through these leaves, you feel the combination of crunching as well as the soft bounce beneath your feet.    And if you have a really good imagination you might even be able to smell someone burning leaves, or the earth underneath fall’s blanket.    Cheryl-Lynn was here:  “Walking through our property near Carter Bay on Manitoulin Island in October.    Most of the leaves had fallen leaving a soft yellow bed.    We spent the afternoon walking through the hardwood - enjoying the warm Ontario weather“.    As the picture title says – Eagles anyone?

DID YOU KNOW?    Leaves mulch in the forest – but also have their own way of hibernating in the winter.    Snow buries them and when warm weather arrives – so do the rains, spring, insects, bacteria and fungi!    Leaves are chewed and rotted, releasing nutrients for other plants.    Many nutrients from the decaying leaves are water-soluble – so they leach into the groundwater.    Try THAT explanation the next time someone wants you to rake the leaves!

BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT ON YOUR WALK – GRAB YOUR CAMERA.    A PICTURE GETS YOU IN — TO THE FRESH AIR PHOTO NATION THAT IS.    UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO TODAY!