It looks like spring may actually set in. My car thermometer read 69 degrees this afternoon. It was a good day to do some exploring. PP had the day off and she wanted to check out the restoration project at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary. It's connected to Swede Hollow and lies below Mound's Park in the eastern part of the city. We drove there and walked through the hollow until we found the sanctuary. It's been in existence at least since 2005 and there has been quite a bit of restoration going on there in the years since. They have planted trees and irradicated a lot of the nastiest buckthorn. This tree was at the top of the bluff, its roots are exposed, and seems almost ready to fall down hill. It made a pretty picture with the blue sky behind it.
I learned some more about native plants from the princess as we walked. Here she's extolling the virtue of the native switch grass. Notice the curtain of luxurious hair (as she calls it) blowing in the wind. She's also modeling her "hardcore staff (bananas)" shirt from the TRAM adventure several years ago.
The grass hasn't begun to green up yet, and there is quite a bit of snow and ice in the hollow, but the sun was hot and a jacket was not necessary outside for the first time since October of last year. We walked to the end of the sanctuary where Carver's Cave used to be, before they destroyed it to put in the railroads in 1869. Nonetheless. It was a nice walk in nature and a good way to spend the day after the ides.
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Sounds like a pretty good day for a spring walk. That tree will go in a wind storm this spring, I predict. Nice photo of PP in her element. And I like the name 'Swede Hollow.'
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