Wednesday was a day to decompress from Tuesday's unfortunate presidential election, so I spent an hour or so strolling the mile trail around Yates Mill Pond at the state park in Raleigh.
Trees there were showing autumn colors, but I elected to lead with a photo of the wooden pedestrian bridge reflected in the almost-still waters of the pond (above), captured across the way while traversing the trail.
We saw little wildlife Wednesday, other than squirrels, a few turtles and a beautiful blue heron. Sadlly, the heron flew over us quickly as we cross the bridge in the photo above and landed too far from us for our iPhone cameras to do it justice. Nevertheless, I gave it a try, and my best shot appears among the other shots below.
Above and below: The pond, reflections and fall colors.Above: Wild, dried grass draped over the fence marking the park's southeastern perimeter.
Above: A mix of yellow and red leaves from stacked branches of different trees in front of me along the trail.
Above: A short tree trunk stub that looks like it's been in this abbreviated state for some time.