#borrow pit

We went to Plot 420 today with two truck loads of bagged leaves that we picked up in the affluent neighborhood (What I call political donor-class housing) between our neighborhood and 420. This is Plot 420 before any of the leaves. That is rice straw and most of the green is from our winter rye cover crop:  

There is a pay lake near Plot 420 and they have a bait shop so we stopped by and my wife bought 150 nightcrawlers to throw onto the plot. From the nightcrawlers’ perspective, I imagine being dropped on a random field beats being stabbed with a hook and fed to catfish any day: 

Their hands touched as they both reached for the nightcrawlers ... the spark was undeniable: 

Plot 420 after we put down and spread out the leaves: 

Deer tracks: 

A shot of my wife, Plot 420 & our truck from the western forest edge: 

The forest behind me: 

A little further into the forest: 

Cockleburs: 

Grass seed head: 

Close up of a puddle: 

The forest edge South of Plot 420: 

A flooded area on the road leaving Plot 420: 

My wife getting a closer look: 

A close up of the ripples: 

A lone tree, grassy field and a little borrow pit pond that my wife and I dubbed Green Meanie Lake last year because it is full of green sunfish (aka Green Meanies): 

Blue Heron ... how close can I get before it takes off: 

This close: 

Disheveled man with dirty shirt: