along the trail

It's getting colder, but I still enjoy riding my bike along the Confederation Trail.  The light seems different this time of year.  The tang in the air is bringing things more into focus.

Canada geese stop by for a snack in a newly planted field

There are still blackberries growing on the side of the trail

Mushrooms are so mysterious.  They spend most of their lives growing underground.  What we see in the fall are the fruiting bodies - the part that produces the spores that will spread with the wind and produce more mushrooms.

 shiny brown mushrooms 

This yellow pebbly mushroom is growing on on the side of the trail.

A brown mushroom peeks out of the grass.

A yellowing fern goes out in a blaze of glory