The past few days were quite rainy here in The Netherlands. The dry summer season has really ended. Nature really needed the water and it needs even more actually.

The rain and my busy schedule were the reason I didn't go for a #wednesdaywalk as I use to do.
But today I did go for a walk. I had to hurry a bit because some heavy rain showers are on the way again according to the rain radar 😳

I made a walk through a couple of different smaller parks in my neighbourhood.
One of them has a really narrow path which was overgrown with plants during the summer.
It looks very nice, but the leaves were still wet from the rain this morning.

Autumn has really started. It is getting more wet in the parks and that's when the fungi starts to pop up. This one was formed on a tree trunk. It looks just like a flower.

In a larger park there was this hovering tree trunk. It wasn't actually hovering; it was one of the many trees that got blown over by the heavy storms in spring. When the fallen trees aren't in the way they leave them where they are since they are a source of food for all kinds of insects.

A bit further on the route I spotted even more fungi.

I also spotted this grey heron on a lamp post. I thought it was a funny sight. I usually only spot them near water.

Near the end of my walk the sky cleared up a bit. I walked past a bit chestnut tree which was filled with large bolsters. It won't be long until these will open up and the chestnuts will fall out. When my kids were young we always collected them to create figures with string and
skewers with them. But they are too old for that now.

I hope you enjoyed my walk in the parks!
Thanks for this great initiative @tattoodjay!