When he was little, he and my dad would go picking them and bring home big sacks of them and spread them out on the garage roof to dry.
We drove around for a while and finally Dennis found the start of this leg of the Green Circle Trail, so we parked the car and set out on foot.
As we were walking on the path, and in the brush and under the trees in our search for hazelnuts on the Green Circle Trail, I asked my brother if there were ticks this time of year...No, he said, it is not tick season. Later I heard that Molly's Anna had a tick on her from some hiking adventure she was on in Missouri at about this same time...also my mom had her one and only tick experience in mid October one year! In both instances, these people (my mom, and Anna) had to be given powerful antibiotics. So...my advice to all...check yourself for ticks if you go to places like this! I did not check myself this time, since I believed Dennis! Luckily I did not have one.
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Dennis discovers some hazelnuts...but this was mid September...the best time, we learned from a fellow hiker that day, to pick is mid August.
Hazelnuts grow in clusters, and each nut is covered with a pair of leaves...
Dennis ventures further into the brush.
Hmm...hairy branches on these hazelnut bushes.
Another close up.
Joanie ...loving being surrounded by... G R E E N ! ! !
Lots of long grass...and baby oak trees growing low.
...and ferns..yes, they grow in all the woods around here.
Those hazelnuts are so cute...
Continuing down the trail...
A unique stand, a large expanse, of grey trunked trees...the light grey color of these straight tall pine trees
had a strange effect on the eye and brain....hard to explain...
