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IMG_2481.JPG Another dragonfly.

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IMG_2483.JPG More mountain laurels. This was an experiment with the macro function of my camera.

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IMG_2484.JPG The beavers have been busy.

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IMG_2485.JPG OM NOM NOM!

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IMG_2486.JPG More of the beaver pond about halfway down the red trail.

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IMG_2487.JPG Entrance to the beavers' den, inside the roots of a tree.

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IMG_2488.JPG All is quiet.

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IMG_2489.JPG The beavers have been really busy.

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IMG_2492.JPG More macro photography.

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IMG_2494.JPG Lots of dead trees in a field.

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IMG_2495.JPG This is because the ground is too wet for them to grow.

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IMG_2497.JPG The entire field has turned into a marsh, and it's slowly becoming a beaver pond.

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IMG_2498.JPG Water lilies.

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IMG_2499.JPG A few fallen trees are almost completely submerged. Aquatic life is beginning to move in.

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IMG_2501.JPG Not sure what kind of flower this is.

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