In four days of camping over the Memorial Day weekend, I only took three pics worth posting. It was so cold at night (40 degrees) and then cold and raining a couple of days, and then it was muddy everywhere. We had to break camp and get on the road by noon today which, by the way, turned out warm and sunny!
The first two pics were taken at Horseshoe Lakes Thousand Trails Preserve in St. Bernice, Indiana.
On Friday I noticed the cottony seed tufts of the cottonwood trees drifting like huge snowflakes across a field of blue. Of course, here they look like tiny white lint or dust spots on my camera lens, but I did get a nice starburst from the sun glinting through the tree branches.
The flower is the same as what we have here in our woods, not sure what it is.
On Saturday, I drove to nearby Clinton to snap this photo of the Wabash River. I’m told trains still use the old iron bridge.
Love all three of your photos..Sorry ir took so long to comment but I was tryingto look up your floeing fruit tree but was unsuccessful.. As for cottowood trees, there was on just north of the boat-ramp at Fairbanks Park up until a couple of years ago and I like seeing in in bloom..
Thank you, Rob. Maybe one of our fellow bloggers will be able to tell us more on the blooms: I think it was more of a bushy vegetation along the wood line.
We were staying at a lodge over the Memorial Day weekend, but we were out hiking everyday. The weather was kind of disappointing as you said.
I enjoyed your photos. I believe the mystery blossoms are Mutliflora rose (Rosa multiflora – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
My best friend doesn’t like to hike. He takes the golf cart. I rode my bicycle a couple of times before it got muddy. Thanks for the I.D., Deb!
The blossoms are spectacular. If you took 400 pictures all weekend and that was the only good one, it would have been a weekend well spent with your camera. Amazing bokeh through the trees!! Just gorgeous. That looks almost like a dogwood blossom? Whatever it is, it’s very pretty. ~ Lisa
I really appreciate your comment, Lisa; what a compliment! Thank you so much. See Deb Platt’s comment below; she is right on with the identification; check out the link. 🙂