Not many plaids here either, except for my MacGregor/Gregor tartan blanket. It’s great to cozy up with during Fall and Winter but I’ll be packing it away again come Spring.

Some FYIs. That "pear" tree is a cherry. JoanM's "pretty white flowers" are Plumeria pudica.

I know what that photo is, Annie - what the skunk did, right? 🙂 iPod photo from a recent walk in the neighborhood...

Floral_uk, the park I posted is in the city of Lexington, where my daughter lives. It's 216 acres. It's in the city limits but on the outskirts of town. I had heard about it many times but when my daughter and I walked around it on the day the picture was taken, I had no idea how massive it was until I saw it. I live in a small town. We have two parks, one right in the middle of town and is tiny. It has a small walk path that goes around in a circle and a small playground, not much else. The other, county park, is quite a bit bigger but newer and has fewer trees. It's awful to walk that path in the summer months since there is no shade. There are also a lot of playing fields, baseball, soccer, a hardscape skating area, playground, etc... Most people have to drive to it because it's on the outskirts of the town. There are some homes on Main street that are within walking distance of some of the park, though. There are very few homes near the park in Lexington but there are plenty of parks in that city that are smaller and in neighborhoods. I've rarely walked to my closest park because there are no sidewalks in some of the neighborhoods I have to go through to get to it. My kids and my exchange students used to walk to it all the time, though.