South for the Winter
South for the Winter, we are still finding areas with green leaves on them here in December. This was one of our campsites down in southern Illinois last month.
We have made it far enough south to see the moss hanging on the most beautiful trees called live oak trees.
Along with it is harvest season for two things here in the south. Can you guess what this is below? I will post it tomorrow.
South for the Winter
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Beautiful campsite
It was a mixture of fall colors and a bit of green leaves still hanging on when we were there.
Wow I get a chance I will also like to go with you 😊
I remember the first time I saw Spanish Moss was hanging off trees in Florida and in between the moss and in the trees were Egrets. What an unusual sight for me to see. I’m thinking it might be a black walnut. We have a few Black Walnut trees in the Park and the squirrels carry the entire big thing up to their nest – sometimes you see piles of the green husk along the path. This is a pretty venue.
They are such pretty trees, like Christmas tinsel blowing in the wind. It is actually cotton, 🙂
Cotton – oh because it was up close I thought black walnuts. What size are the cotton buds or pods? I’ve been through som Southern states but never saw any cotton plants or people picking it.
They are about the size of a walnut.
Really? It was hard to tell. Interesting.
What a beautiful campsite! It seems to be in spring.
The leaves are so pretty and such a dark green in some areas.
What a beautiful campsite! And how fortunate that you are able to fly south for the winter.
It is so pretty there, we stop at that one in southern Illinois every time we head south. Yes we are both grateful to be retired and go south in the winter now. I have shoveled a lot of snow in my day, but I don’t really miss it anymore. 🙂
That’s cotton. Lots of it grown around here, usually harvested the end of November… maybe early December.
I knew you would know, yes I love seeing the cotton fields and they were in the process of harvesting it at this location when we were there, that and pecans. I found a field at the edge of the road so I could get out and take a couple of photos.
Yep
Fantastic trees, beautiful photos.
Thanks, Sandra. Have a great day.
You to Francine, thank you 😊
Pomegranate?
Nope, 🙂 it is not a food.
A black walnut?
It does kind of look like that. 😊