Spring in the air, baby plants in need of potting, a garden in need of attention, and yet I have been lured away by the sunshine and blooming nature. We've been getting out for hikes and nature walks almost every day. Recently we checked out Cooper Mountain and saw some of these:
A squirrel checking out a pine cone.
Flowering Lichen. Isn't it beautiful? I had never seen it before.
This trail has some gorgeous Oak trees. Although we noticed a parasitic vine growing up the side of a number of them and found out that it is Poison Oak. I want to go back in the summer and see the trees, but we'll be very careful!
These are Oak galls. A type of wasp lays it's eggs on the leaves of the Oak tree and the tree builds this shell around the egg to protect the tree from the wasp. The galls can be found scattered plentifully along the ground under the trees at this time of year.
A squirrel checking out a pine cone.
Flowering Lichen. Isn't it beautiful? I had never seen it before.
This trail has some gorgeous Oak trees. Although we noticed a parasitic vine growing up the side of a number of them and found out that it is Poison Oak. I want to go back in the summer and see the trees, but we'll be very careful! 
These are Oak galls. A type of wasp lays it's eggs on the leaves of the Oak tree and the tree builds this shell around the egg to protect the tree from the wasp. The galls can be found scattered plentifully along the ground under the trees at this time of year.
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I love the photo of the lichen. Also, I had no idea that's what oak galls were. Awesome!
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