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!

Morning Dopamine Doses

These are some reasons why our human goes for daily morning walks.

Our human purposedly choose this path downhill using rocks as stepping stones on this streamlet. It helps to maintain balance, strengthen leg muscles and concentration.

Of course, unexpected meetings of animals are added bonuses.

PS: Next week, positions of those camouflaged animals of previous posts will be shown.

Forage!

Our human heard some soft rustling of leaves and immediately stopped walking to look around.

Some 15 feet ahead on the narrow winding path, there were three monkeys foraging for food.

Can you see them? Their fur colour blended in well with the surroundings.

Our human stood still for at least some good 15 minutes to allow them to forage for breakfast.

Then more of their friends came down from the treetops. Soon they all left; probably their friends told them about more food elsewhere.

Surprising Visitor!

Opening the gate to go out one early bright morning, from the corner of the eye our human saw an unfamiliar whitish object on the green patch and immediately turned to look.

Our human softly said good morning greetings to it while the cellphone was slowly taken out to capture the moment.

It was not scared or run away but just sat still and eyed our human.

Our human actually had fun calling it Adolf as it has that 'Hitler hairstyle' and little moustache!

From the looks, it must be a stray.

PS: Our human did not blog the last two weeks due to vertigo. It was debilitating and did not want to aggravate the situation.