Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Bogged Down in Squares at Shadow Lake Bog
Not too far from our home in Renton is an ancient bog, surrounded by forest, carpeted with moss and decorated with magic mushrooms. The trail and boardwalk through the bog is short but marvelous so I thought it would be perfect for this week’s Sunday Stills Challenge.
“The famous Shadow Lake Bog is the jewel of the Nature Preserve. This 8,000 – 10,000-year-old, peat-moss bog is a remnant of the Puget Lobe Glacier, which once covered the majority of Western Washington. SHADOW Lake Bog is the only spaghnum-hemlock peat bog under protection in Washington state. The bog’s unique soil and water qualities allow plants found nowhere else in Washington to grow.”
Shadow Lake Preserve
And did you notice? All of my pictures are squares! So I’m also sharing with Becky’s #WalkingSquares.
~ Susanne
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Amazing and beautiful, Susanne! ❤️
Thanks, John! It’s a unique and special place!
Indeed. ☺️
The little mushrooms are so whimsical and cute! 😀🍄🍄
Aren’t they cute? Bob thought they were psilocybin mushrooms but I wasn’t sure.
This is a dream of a site. Thank you for sharing. I love moss and mushrooms.
Oh, thank you so much for your lovely comment. 😍
Spectacular looking area, and to read that it’s 8-10K yrs old! The pathways look really great, glad you could double-dip this week!
Thanks, Terri. 😊 I love the plush, mossy mounds of the bog. And it worked great for double dipping!
I love the mossy ground and fungi under all those trees.
Rather magical, isn’t it? 😊
🙂
Look at all that green! Looks just like the Olympic National Rainforest. I think there is some kind of bog here in Yakima, but we went looking for it shortly after we moved here and never could find it. Maybe it dried up.
So much green on the west side of the mountains. It does look like a mini rainforest!
I love seeing all of your pictures from over there.
Love it when I see the beauty in a walk. I follow you and one other. This spot is just gorgeous. Love that they made a track for you to walk on too. So green and lush. I can feel the silence.
Well on walking adventures
Thank you. I’m so glad you enjoyed it. It’s a special place. 🙂
wow, how marvellous. This is such a lovely walk and that moss could tell some tales!
Yes, indeed! I wonder what creatures roamed in this area thousands of years ago!
Beautiful shades of green and I love the little mushrooms!
Yes, so much green and so many mushrooms! 🙂
I used to live in Renton! 1971-1976 😁
Hey it’s a small world! We moved from Seattle 12 years ago and love it in Renton! 🙂
That’s a wonderful example of bog-land, and the path through it is ideal.
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. It’s a special area and I sometimes forget it’s nearby. Though short, the path through the woods is wonderful, and the ‘boardwalk’ keeps you from slipping, protecting both you and the bog!
I like that they made a path for a light footprint on the earth 😀
Me too. And the ‘boardwalk’ is a steel mesh to keep walkers from slipping. 🙂
In a rainforest, that is necessary. Wonderful 😀
This is a place where fairies and other tiny fantasy creatures live; I’m sure of it! Thanks for sharing such a fantastic place.
Thank you! I agree! Full of magic and mystery! So glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful. I can almost smell the moisture
Thank you. 😊