Hole In The Wall

This is Valley Water Mill and this little hole in the wall is actually a place of historic significance. In the middle and late nineteenth century it was used as a grist mill and pond and then in the early and middle twentieth century as a water supply for the city of Springfield,Mo. The grist mill was in service until 1898.
This approximately 100 acre area contains a 17 acre lake, wetlands, a spring-fed stream, caves, sinkholes, glades and forests. There is a 2 1/2 mile trail to take all of this in by.
Pretty cool to take in all of this beauty and get a history lesson too. It's truly awesome to live in the Ozarks!

Tweeners...

As I said, the leaves aren't quite at peak color yet. In my last post I may have insinuated that I would be waiting until that time to get out and photograph the fall foliage. Surely you know me better than that! ( Must have been the cold feet!) It's this time of year when the trees still have plenty of green left and the landscape is blotched with the brilliant oranges, yellows and reds that I call my pictures "tweeners" - the time between summer green and autumn gold.