Jess the Creekwalker 🌲🏞

A mourning dove sitting on the ground lightly dusted with snow.

It's a beautiful snowy morning here in #iowa. #birds #mourningdove #snow #winter

Oh to be a big fat slug relaxing on a mushroom.

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Here is my favorite picture from my hike last week.
#fungifriends #fungifriday #mushrooms

That's lovely. Well done.

That is adorable. I hope you feel better soon.

A small patch of vibrant green moss that stands out in contrast to dead pin oak leaves in the background.

My favorite little bit of green today. 🌿 #moss #woods #nature.

A very small stream in the woods that has frozen over. The sun is reflecting off of the ice. Overgrown plants surround the stream.

Warm days in winter are a treat. One of my favorite times to walk in the woods. #winter #ice #hiking #woods.

A sunset with warm tones of pink, orange, and yellow. A mature walnut tree is in the foreground with bare branches.

What a spectacular sunset. I feel lucky to have experienced it.
#sunset #nature #winter

Loved that one.

A painting. A wizard is standing on a low grassy hill, his back is facing the viewer. He is staring towards a golden, shining sun, which has rays emanating from it. In the midview of the picture, between the wizard and the sun are two groups of tall firs, located to the left and the right of the wizard. At the top of the picture is written: born to explore the woods. Forced to use Microsoft Teams

Sad, but true 😢😉

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A pile of warm weather gear laid out on a bed. Includes a T-shirt that says "punting is winning".

Gearing up so I don't turn into a popsicle at Kinnick. Go Hawks!! #hawkeyes #iowa #football

Happy Thanksgiving. What a beautiful shot.

Big yikes on the original version of that story.

We had flurries in Des Moines this morning. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃.

When was a kid my family use to harvest wild bittersweet. We'd bundle it or weave it into wreaths. We'd sell it to local florists. I'm grateful for the extra money it provided our family during those times. There was always plenty in the timber if harvested responsibly.

Good job fellow bookworm! What Is your favorite thing you read this year?

We're going to freeze friday night. Time dig out the big coat.

Go Hawks!

It kind if does look like bad scrambled eggs. I thought it was a rotten hedgeball off an osage orange tree. Neat specimen.

I put in 200 tulip, daffodil, and crocus bulbs. I'm set to have a beautiful spring. I'm really looking forward to the parrot tulips especially.

Photograph of a bearded iris flower, butter yellow in color. Spotted with rain drops.

I had an iris double bloom last week. I've never had one bloom so late in the year. It felt like a little gift. #gardening #flowers 🌱

That looks delicious!

Five very small globe shaped white fungi. Believed to be common puffball mushrooms.

Cute little puffballs for fungi Friday. #fungifriends

Photograph of a pond with bare trees reflected in the water. A misty atmosphere.