I hobbled my way down Piney Woods Church Road today, having pulled a muscle in my leg a couple of days ago and managed to pull it a second time for good measure earlier this morning. I was restricted to what I could see at eye level (sitting down being out of the question), and I only traveled part of the road, from Rico Road to the (dry) drainage ditch at about the halfway point. I found more spiders and other insects. I also noticed the brilliant red of new growth from a roadside red maple sapling (Acer rubrum). We tend to think of new growth as happening in early spring, but many trees continue to put forth new leaves well into the summertime.
