Wizard of Oz Talking Tree - Photograph

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This is 1 of 4 posts of photographs that I took at Trout Brook Valley Preserve, in Weston, CT this past week.

I thought this tree looked like the profile of one of the talking trees in The Wizard Of Oz (1939).

Heart Shaped Leaf - Photograph

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This is 2 of 4 posts of photographs that I took at Trout Brook Valley Preserve, in Weston, CT this past week.

I thought this leaf looked like a heart, but I almost didn't notice it on the ground. It's worthwhile to look around at everything while hiking in the woods.

Steep Rope Trail - Photograph

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This is 3 of 4 posts of photographs that I took at Trout Brook Valley Preserve, in Weston, CT this past week.

If you look closely at the first photo, you'll see the steepest part of this trail, where the rope is strung between trees (seen better in the second photo), to assist hikers going up and down this portion of the red trail on the side closer to the purple trail. I decided this section was too steep for me to attempt with everything I was carrying, so I turned back at this point. I had wanted to reach the purple trail to see and take photos of the vista of the Saugatuck Reservoir.

Trout Brook Valley Preserve / Be Bear Aware - Photograph

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This is 4 of 4 posts of photographs that I took at Trout Brook Valley Preserve, in Weston, CT this past week.

The mosquitoes were biting me here, and the trail I wanted to go on ended up being too steep for me to navigate with everything I was carrying, so I only spent a little time walking here. I need to return here when the weather gets cooler, and explore some of the many trails.

There are also Black Bears in these woods, hence the "Be Bear Aware" warning sign at the trail entrance. On August 4, a bicyclist crashed into a Black Bear near this particular trail entrance. Black Bears don't usually attack humans, and this extraordinary circumstance was no exception. The bear fled into the woods after the encounter, while the bicyclist and his bike sustained minor injuries and damage from the impact.