civilized ku # 1187 / ku # 1120-24 ~ the 6th season / even more things to contemplate as they are ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 02:24PM 
Yesterday's twig haul ~ around Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Backyard ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Reeds ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Thicket # 2 ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Thicket # 3 ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Thicket # 4 ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
Thicket # 5 ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggenIt has been said and, at this point commonly accepted, that the Adirondacks have 5 seasons - the standard 4 seasons plus the Mud season, which is sandwiched between Winter and Spring. It should go without stating, Mud season is not featured, nor for that matter even mentioned, in any tourism marketing materials / endeavors.
IMO, I believe with all my heart and soul there is also an another season, albeit unnamed, unrecognized, and (obviously) unheralded. That season, the 6th season, is the Twig season, another 'tween-er season which is sandwiched between Fall and Winter.
To be certain, twigs can be found, seen, and pictured aplenty all throughout the year here in the Adirondacks. Twigs, all alone or in tangles and thickets, are everywhere. However, it is only during Twig season that they are revealed in all their twiggy and, most often, tangled and twisted glory.
Sure, sure. Twigs are also on prominent display during the Mud season but who in their right mind wants to slog around in all that mud.
Reader Comments (2)
More to the point, who wants to look at all those damn twigs? In any season......
I'm a fan for sure... My favorite of these is Thicket # 4.