Twilight Woods

This evening I entered the Woods at 8 PM through the curtain of sweet honeysuckle bloom aroma and soft humid warmth at the SW Gate. The trail was dry but soft underfoot. There were no pools of standing water or muddy patches remaining. A hundred yards in, the most remarkable thing this evening were the thousands upon thousands of long rounded green ash seeds covering the ground. Beneath the most prolific trees they were a thick layer of bright chartreuse green. They looked to have all fallen in the past week. Among them were the smaller rounded green cotyledons of unknown species. I walked the Main SW Trail to the Beaver Dam. Three turkey vultures have returned to the Buzzard's Roost there above the southside of the dam in an old elm tree. The forest is so much more green and fully leafed out than 3-4 weeks ago. It must be full leaf out now. From the beaver dam I trekked north to Tall Stump, then SW back to the Grandfather tree and continued across the W Dune trail.. stopping to cut away the half dozen bull nettle growing there.. then west past Two Friends where there seemed to be some major changes with fall of massive trunks.. but the evening light was growing dim..then back out towards the last golden patches of western post sunset light shining through the trees. The mosquitoes are increasing but not bad yet. I used a couple quick shots of Deet to keep them away. Returning home I found five ticks (so far).