Nature's Beautiful Hanger Hook

Our human has walked this path countless times.

Few days ago walking past some hanging vines beside the path, our human suddenly noticed a cute strange knob (at our human's eye level) growing out from a vine.

Under the thick canopy, photos are difficult to snap using the cellphone; our human tried for two days. Using the flash mode made the picture look flat and decided not to use it.

Our human wanted to hang the haversack at the beautiful Nature's Hanger Hook but decided not to, for fear of destroying it as the bag was heavy.

Though a hiker walked past, he could not figure out what our human was snapping and our human's not telling. He thought it was the view of the trees in the background.

PS: Can you see where the hook is in the second photo? [Pssst, it is right in the middle of the picture.]

Season of Foul Weather

We are now in monsoon season where we experience heavy rainfall and strong winds till early next year.

When it did not rain, during early morning walks on the path, fallen tree trunks, broken branches, twigs and leaves were seen.

Added to this, the start of the walk was cleared for development.

The flimsy tarp that was home for the strays were bulldozed. Some good samaritans have put up another tarp farther in nearer the forest reserve.

The strays still wander to the old place to laze and rest.

I will Survive!

It is heart-warming and encouraging when you see a fallen being picking oneself up again to continue its journey.

Just like this plant broken by some mindless human.

Our human was happy to see several young shoots sprouting showing its tenacity and resilience.

Few weeks went by, it grew taller.

Then one day it all vanished; the growing shoots were all chopped off...definitely by unthinking human.

This is one of the reasons our human prefer to walk alone.

PS: Our human did not blog due to procrastination and it takes so small a reason to procrastinate. Sigh! Could it be being in the golden years?

Strong Winds and Thunderstorms

Weather has gone a little weird. We experienced strong winds and heavy thunderstorms.

Fallen tree trunks, branches and leaves were brought down with many blocking the path. Mindful hikers (usually the elderly) quickly helped clear as best they could.

With the heavy rainfall, many mushrooms sprouted.

Exposed!

In the post 'Forage!', 

https://thechairspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/08/forage.html

the third monkey (in the middle) was smaller and blended in the surroundings extremely well while the other two were bigger.

The other post "Perfect Camouflage!',

https://thechairspeaks.blogspot.com/2025/04/perfect-camouflage.html

says it all.

You really cannot beat Nature's way and it is beautiful!