Nature: Signs of Summer

I have been locked away in my office editing a lot lately and this morning I hit my breaking point and needed to get out.   So I put my phone in a drawer and spent a couple hours hiking through a local prairie & forest near my house looking for something interesting to photograph. Those two hours spent outside were exactly what I needed to continue another 10-12 hours of editing today. Here are a few photos from today and also three from a trip up north 2 weekends ago.