The walk was on November 30/09 and there was no snow on the ground. And there still isn't - in fact it's been raining all night! The Haliburton Highlands never ceases to capture our love of the outdoors. There is so much to see here and every day brings a new discovery. And you'd never see a lot of what is going on around you unless you go out and walk. Not just along a road [although many things can be discovered there too] but through the bush. Find an old overgrown logging skidder trail or just plain head off into the bush - toward a distant ridge or valley. Meander and don't walk too fast. Take the time to look. One bit of advice, if you aren't familiar with the bush, always take a compass or a GPS unit [that you know how to use] and carry some trail marking tape to mark your path back out. And always have that camera!
These pictures show some of the very unique findings on our most recent hike. The orange stuff on the dead log is a fluorescent [bioluminescent] plate fungus - it's a bright red/orange - and really catches your eye. The red "blobs" on the pool of water are bacteria colonies -similar to bacteria that you sometimes see growing on snow in the high country of Western Canada.
And the flower is a buttercup - normally found - guess when - in the springtime!
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