Wednesday Walk Arboretum
Hi fellow Hiveians,
Today I am back with another great outdoor walk with the little man!
Wednesday Walk Arboretum
I'm lucky in that I have a guaranteed partner for some of the adventures that I'm going to be undertaking, the little man is always by my side!
One of the days recently we had to go out and do some errands and one of those errands involved a doctors appointment. Being a workday for me, I was looking for a place that I thought would be nice for me to sit and hang out to work while the little man is able to do something he doesn't get to do while I'm working at home: play outside!
The place that we live in is good in that it's not expensive and it provides us with well priced shelter, utilities and all that but it's severely lacking in the outdoor space front for kids. Whenever I get the opportunity to work effectively from where I'm at, and take the little man with me so he gets to enjoy the outdoors, I'm all in for it! This place was a tree sanctuary basically, or an arboretum I guess they are called. It had all kinds of awesome stuff! Not including this pretty damn cool Lego boat, we brought that lol.
What I loved about the place is that it had all kinds of wild trees from around the world! I didn't notice that it included the country of origin in the tag here until I was putting these pictures up for a post but that is great to see. I love seeing maple trees, they are beautiful indeed and this one doesn't disappoint. What I liked a lot about it compared to other maples though was that the bark was super cool! It was literally paper bark, I'm sure they used this to write on at one point in history lol
There were also numerous trees that I had no idea about such as this Japanese Larch. It was a pretty cool looking tree for sure!
I like the wispy nature of the leaves on it, kind of reminds me of ferns that grow on the ground except that it was attached to a pretty big tree! I'm glad to see that the trees they planted here seem to be able to withstand the semi-harsh winters that we get, enough so that they grow successfully and appear to not be falling apart. That's a good sign!
The place had a lot of inspiration of Asian culture and I found that interesting and cool. These bridges, I guess could be anywhere in the world and look like this, but to me this is more of an iconic Asian style bridge that one would find in a place like Japan or something. I could be totally off base but that's what it looks like to me. In any case though, I loved it and the walkway was cool, brings you to more trees!
The elm tree, man now this one is one hell of an amazing tree! The elm tree is what is used for lots of things but for us in our household, the critical thing it's used for is called Slippery Elm. It's a naturopathic remedy for all kinds of things but for us it's mainly stomach related. If you've got some issues with your stomach and need a more natural remedy, Slippery Elm is your choice! The stuff is great so we are big fans of this tree for sure! I don't know if the American Elm is the specific tree that is used to create Slippery Elm but it could be!
This tree here I was the most excited to see, and totally unexpected! A redwood tree is one that I've never seen before!
This one reminded me a lot of the Japanese Larch in that the leaves on it are wispy as well, and very light to the touch. What I found incredible about this particular tree here though was that the tree itself was super soft! This was definitely a "softwood' type of tree. I'm more familiar with the hardwood trees like oak and others but I've never seen a softwood tree I don't think, at least not to my knowledge.
The tree was very interesting in that when I touched it, the bark and tree limbs were incredibly soft, so much so that if I wanted to I could really bruise the tree by squeezing fairly hard! I found that fascinating, as it felt like the tree should be stronger or more resistant than that. I'm hoping that a bad ice storm doesn't take the tree down, with soft bark like that it tells me that the tree likely doesn't do very well in intense conditions but it's lasted this long so hopefully it will continue for another few decades!
The place had all kinds of really nice walking paths and places for the kids to run around and be kids. I'm a little sad that the park is quite a ways away for us, so unless we are in the specific area we won't be going back to this park anytime soon lol but it was perfect to enjoy!
These trees are ones that I've seen a few times on our travels but always appreciate seeing them up close, and especially in an area that's close to home.
The cypress trees are the iconic southern United States trees, in that they are tall, have crazy root systems and are found near water I think. The leaves are pretty easy to spot and I think these are the trees that produce the dangling stuff that makes a haunted house look that much more haunted lol. This tree might have been the biggest one in the park! It was pretty damn big, so hopefully it will keep growing and last another 40 or 50 years!
All the while we were here, I was spending an hour working in the beautiful 70 degree weather in November. It's definitely unheard of for this type of weather to occur here but according to records, they had a similar warm bout in the 1930's so it's not that crazy to experience it. It was nice getting to wear T shirts in November and sit outside, that's for sure!
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What a great Wednesday walk it is with the colors of autumn. Since I was young, I always wish to
experience a real autumn. I admit I do love maple trees. But fall season is not existing in my country, but an eternal summer is always fun for me. I hope you are having a great day. Keep safe and have a wonderful walk in life literally and figuratively.
Thanks! It's indeed beautiful to experience the fall. I know that having summertime all the time is enjoyable but a change of seasons is certainly nice. If my wife had her way we would be in a place that was summer year round! Lol. One day we will be there but for now, I am enjoying the changing of the seasons and the beauty that comes along with it. Thanks for stopping by!
!LUV it so much. The pleasure is mine, my friend. Surely your wide would enjoy walking with you. Romantic autumn, just as how I see in movies, though, hehe. Have a nice time and keep safe.
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Very cool walk! Hattie and I have a similar area we visit when we can...such a special place for some dad/Hattie adventures. Love the colors there, too - it reminds me of home over here, lol
These are awesome places for sure man! We usually find parks and stuff with trees but a dedicated tree thing like this, with crazy species of trees, was wicked cool! I enjoy seeing maples and all that but seeing these foreign trees was special. Really glad that I got to see and touch a redwood for the first time! The adventures of Hattie and papa are perfect!
What a beautiful walk @cmplxty the colours everywhere are just stunning.
Thanks for taking us along.
Have a great Thursday! 👋🏻😊
Thanks! It was a great and unexpected find, which are my absolute favorite!
You are welcome @cmplxty 😊 they are… mine too.
What a beautiful scenic walk you had! It's lovely to see all the Autumn colours and the trees are looking really pretty. Nice touch with the tree names on the identification placques, I love it when places do that because it provides such a great opportunity to learn them.
Oh absolutely I loved it too! I've got a plant identification app on my phone but it's always good to get it right from the plaque so that I know it's not wrong lol there's people who study it and put the names there so I know it's usually right!
It was Beautiful indeed and unexpected to find this place. I was just looking for a spot to sit down so I could do my work and the little man could play while we waited. Got a great surprise that it turned out to be such a beautiful spot!
Always enjoyed this walk @cmplxty and the leaves are just so beautiful. Do you get snow over there too?
Yup we sure do! Here’s one of my favorite pictures from a few years ago, when we got to see snow and the leaves changing colors at the same time! The year of this photo we got a record snowfall in Boston, I think it was 11 feet of snow over the whole winter or something. A lot of snow lol
Thanks for enjoying them Mac!
I hope you'd show us when it's snowing alsoo that's so pretty :D man I wish one day I get to experience that.
Such a beautiful park and walk for you and the little one
I love those trees with the paper like bark
Thanks for joining the Wednesday walk
What a beautiful park, I remember that beautiful bridge at the Morikami Museum Japanese Gardens (Delray Beach)USA you saw him a couple of years ago of course there is no forest like this park, but there are many bridges like this one that shows that open the way to the surprises that there are of nature on the other side.
Beautiful walk in autumn with your beloved son, the best company on this walk.🍁