Although the day was overcast with threats of rain, ten of
us enjoyed an informative hike through the woods and meadows surrounding Marty
Dodge’s home overlooking Canandaigua Lake.
Marty shared information about the No Child Left Inside
Act and the importance of environmental education happening in the field outside of the classroom. I found this youtube video that explains it
well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRR1feHqZPY
Marty took us on a hike through property that once belonged to
the Barnum family and was divided between four sisters who each had 60 acres
around the 35 acre homestead. Two of the
sisters plan to transfer property to the Finger Lakes Land Trust. http://www.fllt.org/index.php
Here is just a sampling of our hike through photos:
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| Hawthorn apple tree near wood pile |
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| Wood cut with love? |
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| pond with cat tails |
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| Marty tells about building a rock wall to hold a new daffodil garden |
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| beginning our walk into the woods |
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| Marty had a lot to share about two American Chestnut trees |
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| American Chestnut |
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| American chestnut catkin |
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| meadow view from the woods edge |
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| overlooking Barns Gully that feeds into Canandaigua Lake at Onanda Park |
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| overlooking the gully |
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| back to pasture (where cattle once gazed) |
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| Bill Bross and Marty Dodge |
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| black cherry |
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| Black Eyed Susan |
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| Black snakeroot |
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| Black Raspberries (VERY tasty!) |
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| Bridge |
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| Bridge with troll? |
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| butter and eggs |
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| butterfly stump |
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| cinnamon fern frond |
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| Fall color! |
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| delicately decomposed leaf |
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| looking east over Canandaigua Lake |
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| red leaves |
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| maple leaf |
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| feather |
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| sensitive fern |
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| fern - bracken? |
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| field overlook |
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| fungus |
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| colorful fungus near base of tree |
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| coral fungus |
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| goldenrod |
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| gray dogwood |
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| forest floor |
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| Marty talks about the forest |
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| Hawkweed - Indian paintbrush |
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| hawkweed |
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| hawthorn apples |
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| standing among phytotoxic invasive spotted knotweed |
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| heal-all |
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| shagbark hickory |
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| hickory leaves starting to change color |
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| hickory branch with fragrant hickory fruits |
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| hops hornbeam |
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| iron wood |
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| joe pye weed |
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| joe pye weed in field |
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| young botanist enjoys a rest on a bench that Marty made |
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| knopweed |
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| lake view from forest |
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| lake view |
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| Marty "Dodging" the raindrops |
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| "Outstanding" in the field |
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| milkweed |
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| milkweeds in field |
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| moss |
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| forest floor with moss and more |
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| "tennis ball" moss (according to Laura only) |
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| star moss |
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| white moss |
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| moss - coral and another |
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| moss mixture |
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| more moss |
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| moss with sticks and stones |
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| mushroom fungus |
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| oak marble gall |
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| Marty explains old growth forest floor |
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| aged stump at edge of forest |
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| hoping the rain will wait a bit |
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| Peggy and Bill strolling along the meadow path |
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| talking about a poplar leaf |
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| queens Anne's lace |
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| rosette gall |
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| also called flower or bunch gall causing goldenrod to split |
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for more information about galls:
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| serviceberry (june berry tree) |
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| serviceberry bark |
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| silver-rod |
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| stick weed |
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| tall white lettuce |
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| tasty plums! |
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| through the woods |
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| toad |
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| trail maintenance |
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| pleasant view |
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| the rain came near the end of our hike |
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| unknown - anyone care to share? |
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| vulture - identified by wings in V form |
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| Marty tells us about the white oak - used in Old Ironside. He also talked about the difference between red and white oaks |
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| white snakeroot (see more in two prior events) |
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| woods wander |
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| returning to start |
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| hike complete - enjoying the lake view before we leave THANK YOU Marty Dodge for inviting us to your home and sharing the wealth of information. We'll look forward to visiting again in the spring when the daffodils are blooming. |