A therapeutic hike on my personal trail after undergoing 3 months of chemotherapy.
Aug 10, 2018 15:08:20 #
I cut a trail in the woods on my own property over a mile long. I enjoy hiking it a bringing friends to hike it with me. In the worst periods after the chemo treatments, I would be laying in bed too sick to do anything. During those recent days, I would dream of being able to hike my trail. I'm slowly recovering and today my wife agreed to accompany while I hike the trail with my camera. One never know what one might encounter on the trail. It might be deer, turkeys, or a farmers lost cow. There is always interesting flowers and fungi on rotting trees.
Today I used two lenses;
1) I took my old inexpensive everything lens a Minolta 28-135mm f/4-4.5 w/macro mode.
2) I also took my 100mm f/2.8 lens.
I used both lenses. I look forward to returning to the trail with my camera and doing better than I did today.
Be sure to download the spiderweb and magnify to see the dew drops. That was taken with the 100mm Macro f/2.8 lens. I was not sure that I captured it until I came back to the house and processed it. I think that's my favorite.
Today I used two lenses;
1) I took my old inexpensive everything lens a Minolta 28-135mm f/4-4.5 w/macro mode.
2) I also took my 100mm f/2.8 lens.
I used both lenses. I look forward to returning to the trail with my camera and doing better than I did today.
Be sure to download the spiderweb and magnify to see the dew drops. That was taken with the 100mm Macro f/2.8 lens. I was not sure that I captured it until I came back to the house and processed it. I think that's my favorite.
A widow under a widowmaker on my trail.
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I have no idea what these are but I have a lot of them.
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Dew drops on a chicken mushroom. I think?
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Different Chicken Mushroom
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Wild Flower
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Spider web covered with dew.
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More wild flowers.
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UTMike wrote:
Thanks for sharing the hike, Dave! Hope you continue to get better.
I have been living with and fighting this cancer for thirteen years. The Doctors tell me it will never kill me because they can control it.
Aug 10, 2018 15:25:03 #
Longshadow wrote:
Nice to have your own personal nature trail!
Nice to have your own personal nature trail!
And even nicer when I can share it with friends.
Aug 10, 2018 15:27:45 #
Davethehiker wrote:
I have been living with and fighting this cancer for thirteen years. The Doctors tell me it will never kill me because they can control it.
Aug 10, 2018 15:36:11 #
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Aug 10, 2018 15:50:30 #
fotobyferg wrote:
Done the cancer/chemo route too.
The unknown plant appears to be pokeweed.
The unknown plant appears to be pokeweed.
(Nasty. Hope you're done and all is well.)
Yes, pokeweed, which is pretty and poisonous.
Aug 10, 2018 16:10:28 #
Aug 10, 2018 16:18:51 #
Kmgw9v wrote:
Wish you the best.
Keep hiking and shooting!
Keep hiking and shooting!
I intend to. My son is coming to visit me on labor day. He is going to build me shooting deck on my pistol range. I have not touched a gun since I have been sick. In the past I was able to put burst of three 10mm rounds out of my Glock 29 in a tight on target groups. I'm not sure my arms are still strong enough to do that. I'm recovering. Maybe by labor day.
Aug 10, 2018 16:29:22 #
fotobyferg wrote:
Done the cancer/chemo route too.
The unknown plant appears to be pokeweed.
The unknown plant appears to be pokeweed.
Good luck to us both. Thanks for identifying the poke weed. The liquid part of my septic tank is pumped up a hill to where my leach field dumps it into the ground. The Poke weed loves to grow over the leach field. It grows way over my head but yields quickly to my DR Brush mower.
Aug 10, 2018 16:51:12 #
“yields quickly to my DR Brush mower”
Lol, been there done that too! I have horses, and pokeweed is toxic.
Took me three years to feel somewhat normal after chemo. Lots of joint aches, but better now. First dx in 2009. Chemo sucks, but I liked the odds better with it, than without it.
Carpe diem!
Lol, been there done that too! I have horses, and pokeweed is toxic.
Took me three years to feel somewhat normal after chemo. Lots of joint aches, but better now. First dx in 2009. Chemo sucks, but I liked the odds better with it, than without it.
Carpe diem!
Aug 10, 2018 16:54:25 #
fotobyferg wrote:
.... Chemo sucks, but I liked the odds better with it, than without it.
Carpe diem!
.... Chemo sucks, but I liked the odds better with it, than without it.
Carpe diem!
(Yes it does, but it's better than the alternative....)
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