Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. I had to take this picture at several different angles to get what I wanted, that being a picture showing both the underside and topside of the fungus as well as having some decent lighting.

I have been trying to upload this picture for 4 days with no luck, stupid crappy internet. Anyway, this is a wider view of several of the trees in this area with the disease.

This is from one of a group of trees that appear to be infected with some kind of disease/parasite. They all have giant knots like this one, but close up, it makes for a cool picture.

A different perspective on a fallen tree trunk with some deep grooves in the bark.

This picture was taken along a stream that runs near our house. Cyprus trees grow all along this stretch of the bank, and their roots form these nob-like structures.

I went in the woods behind our house today to find some things to photograph. I found a couple of cool things, though nothing spectacular. This was an old rotted out tree trunk.

Not a whole lot to photograph around here lately. This one didn't turn out exactly like I'd like it, but I'm sure there will be plenty more opportunities over the course of the winter.

This is my last picture of the fall foliage from 2009. I definitely had a lot of fun this year and got a bunch of good pictures. Can't wait till next year.

Some brightly colored trees on the shoreline of Forbes Lake.

This a more close-up picture of the little stream in an earlier picture.

More color from the forest near our house.

A shot from inside the forest in the middle of it's fall color change.

This is my last picture of the Pine Hills area. It was definitely a interesting place and unusual for Illinois.

This is another picture along the Skillet Fork River near our house.

I thought this picture had some cool reflections in it. The stream is Skillet Fork and runs near our house.