Fall Bog Trot

A warm November lunch break took me to the bog.

This pitcher plant is filled with water and nutrients it caught.

Another hiding in the grasses.

Lichen grows in abundance on the tree branches.

Ruby Tuesday : Pitcher plant blossom

Pitcher plant, originally uploaded by addvt2nh.

This shot was taken from under the blossom. My little camera on macro point and shoot and almost in the boggy muck. I couldn't see what it looked like until after the shot was taken.

Bog Trot in June

Out on the boardwalk for another peek at what is blooming in the bog. The boards move a bit as you walk. You hear squish and gurgle with each new step. Where the boards have sunk into the peat you might even get your feet wet.

Stay on the path or you could sink out of sight.

Bunchberry, part of the Dogwood Family
also known as Ground Dogberry.

Sheep Laurel: poisonous to live stock.

I couldn't figure out what these tiny blooms were.
At first I didn't even see them.

It was a warm and muggy day. Sparrows and chickadees where singing in the trees. I was startled twice by frogs and birds when I disturbed their quite spot. A great lunch time trot.

Marsh Marigolds blooming in bog

Last time I was at the bog they were just leaves sticking out of the water. They are all through the shallow part of the bog. They belong to the buttercup family and some refer to them as Kingcup, I like the sound of that.

Bog Trot

STAY ON THE BOARD WALK

Pond to bog in 10,000 years.

Depth of bog 20 feet.

Bog Rosemary in the foreground, Red pitcher plants in the middle of photo, those dead looking trees are actually tamarack trees that drop their soft needles in the fall and the black spruce in the back are perhaps 60 years old.

I should have remembered my boots.
Some boards are a little under the water.
I'll have to visit the quaking bog another time.