Along the Tom the Tinker Trail in the Kane Woods Nature Area.
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Woodland Stream
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A Walk in the Kane Woods
An early-fall walk in the Kane Woods Nature Area in Scott Township. Above, the Tom the Tinker Trail.
Blue Wood Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium).
A moss-covered log.
The Liberty Trail.
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Mushrooms on a Log
Beside the Tom the Tinker Trail in the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scott Township.
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Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis)
Growing in the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scott Township.
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Mushrooms on a Log
Mushrooms growing on a decaying log in the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scott Township.
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Along the Tom the Tinker Trail
The Tom the Tinker Trail runs beside a gurgling stream through a narrow valley in the Kane Woods Nature Area. The trail is named for a fictional character in the Whiskey Rebellion: farmers who paid the whiskey tax would receive threatening notes signed “Tom the Tinker.”
Yes, there is a manhole cover in the middle of this idyllic scene. A sewer line runs down the hill through the stream valley.
All through the woods we can see evidence that there was once a little community tucked into this narrow valley. Above, a ruined foundation clings to the side of the gorge.
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Waterfalls in the Autumn Woods
Along the Tom the Tinker Trail in the Kane Woods Nature Area.
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Bracket Fungus
Bracket fungus growing by the Whiskey Boys Trail in the Kane Woods Nature Area, Scott Township.
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Abandoned Homesite in the Woods
A long-abandoned homesite in the Kane Woods Nature Area in Scott Township. You can recognize it by the ornamental plantings now run wild—or, if not, the crumbling steps are a dead giveaway.
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April Showers
Gentle showers in a woodland stream; then a thunderstorm in the city; and finally the waterfalls and bird calls of a perfect early-spring day after the rain.
