Summertime Party in the Park

 ​Summer is a time when parties never stop in Brightwood Park.  Plants and wild lives dress up to add colors and fun to the place.  Spiders are usually not popular to most of us.  However, they are recognized as remarkable engineers and artists in the woods, particularly at sunrise hour.

This morning when I first walked into the park, a few blue jays were hanging out by the dogwood tree.  One of them was making an ugly face to another who was either burping or yawning.

A mother and daughter pair of mallard ducks have swimming routine everyday at dawn, occasionally accompanied by a few wood ducks.  I was curious about not having seen any males for a few days and wondered if a guys' party was being held, but I was not invited.

Despite the heat and the drought, several plants are still blooming.  Of particular interest is that a patch of slime mold made an appearance on a log near the Prospect Street entrance.  This kind of creature usually proliferates and expands after rain.  Under dry weather, it becomes like potato chips or powder-like.  I guess this one here woke up from dormancy to contribute a colorful piece to a jigsaw puzzle game presenting a remarkable Brightwood Park scenery picture.

I hope you stay cool and have a wonderful week.