Outdoor Hour Challenge #31: Trees Introduction

We took a week off this month so our nature studies have been pretty casual.  To do this challenge I simply handed ds2 the camera and all of us went on a walk around the neighborhood (including the girl across the street from us.  She actually asks every day, "Are ya'll going on a nature walk today?")  Here are the trees he spotted.

An oak of some sort.  (Pardon my technical jargon here. :P)

Some palms.  You know, in our area of Florida palms don't actually do that well...we do get years with freezing and below temps.  One year the hospital shipped in a bunch of palms and planted them, only to have them die that winter.  What a shame.

A magnolia.  This is the time of year they are dropping their "cones" with the little red seed in them.

Later we went to a local park where we could get a little more "up close and personal" with the trees.  Here ds3 and ds4 are checking out the bark of an oak.

The magnolia feels much smoother. :)

Thanks to hurricane Ivan, we got to see this tree's root system up close!

On the drive home, ds captured some more trees.  Here is one that actually has leaves that change color...another rarity in our "neck of the woods."

So that's our "introduction" to trees.  And yes, I know, I used way too many quotation marks in this post.  Forgive me.  I think it's low blood sugar or something.  Anyway, stay tuned for more "in-depth" looks into specific trees in future challenges. :)  Or just join in!  Or both!