Maggie in the Creek on Friday

On Friday, we took Maggie for a run at Smith Farm. Maggie, of course, soon headed for the creek.


There's so much for a border collie to investigate in a creek.


Framed by the arch of a bent tree, the spring comes from the hillside. Once there was a spring house here, and a huge oak towered over the spring. Both are gone.


Skunk cabbage grows along one section of the creek:


A few sycamore trees grow along the creek. When I was a kid, I was fascinated by the sycamore's peeling bark. Now, I just think it's pretty and offers a nice contrast to the other trees in the bottom.


The tops of the sycamores are white. See how these two contrasts with the other trees? In a few weeks, all these trees in this creek bottom will have leaves.


Maggie doesn't care about trees. But she loves a creek.

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