more winter walks

More woodland wanderings. I really enjoy photographing the light and all the dried brown bits of texture this time of year, some puffball mushrooms and a heart shaped hole in an old tree. We've had a few good storms and they’ve left plenty of branches and downed trees. This tree down by our creek (last photo, right side) split right down the center and I'm very grateful it isn't near any type of structure.Joe and I both love looking for animal tracks on our walks. I'm guessing the little footprints might be a wood rat of some sort, the line is from a tail! It's definitely too big for a field mouse. The other photo is a bird wing! Not in the same location as the rodent prints, but I imagine it might have been hunting just the same. I've never found such a perfect wing print before.I'm just starting to get itchy for green and dirt and hours in the garden. Luckily seed planting is just around the corner.xo,s