{"id":6620,"date":"2025-07-14T14:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/?p=6620"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:58:22","slug":"flora-and-fauna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/augerhandle.net\/blogs\/jumpingfish\/2025\/07\/14\/flora-and-fauna\/","title":{"rendered":"Flora and Fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlyinyourstate.com\/nature\/michigan\/waterfall-trail-porcupine-mi\">Union Mine Interpretive Trail<\/a> in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, there was a wonderful creek that tumbled across mossy rocks and gathered in still pools.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-fVCfWFM\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-fVCfWFM\/0\/L4Vw2TjmXwrm2rJC5NFxs6RRzCn9zRXkz443WpnWv\/M\/IMG_3975-M.jpg\" title=\"tumbling-creek\" alt=\"the creek tumbling across rocks covered in bright green moss\" height=300><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-BRc8Lhk\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-BRc8Lhk\/0\/MfhZSKfcfmjFvd9t3Zx9fVLRkHdXFzsq9wc5w86Xs\/M\/IMG_3997-M.jpg\" title=\"gathering-creek\" alt=\"a silent\/still creek reflecting the light of the forest in the canyon\" height=300><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was flora.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-xRHGNxr\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-xRHGNxr\/0\/K7pfRJG8ZvXJVhB2vPBP27BQCBRQGdDSh6NXJwWrs\/M\/IMG_3983-M.jpg\" title=\"yellow-flower\" alt=\"a lone yellow flower growing out the the sock\" height=300><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-2kGHvLg\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-2kGHvLg\/0\/MczKttGSKB9dDxzJv4dv2Qgpc4CFmtDF3jbRK68Wk\/M\/IMG_3989-M.jpg\" title=\"cedar\" alt=\"Cedar foliage up close\" height=300><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-cC6MLrJ\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-cC6MLrJ\/0\/KcGs8245PM6JzgK7MxHb6mrFpW8QzTDSGBnMdb7Pw\/M\/IMG_4003-M.jpg\" title=\"ferny moss\" alt=\"fern-looking moss on the trunk of a tree\" height=300><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-KPtJ4s5\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-KPtJ4s5\/0\/L2mDR92hHZS2ZtsqfDCCZCsdfM64HVfLWMhm4bQ6r\/M\/IMG_4009-M.jpg\" title=\"ferns\" alt=\"two types of ferns\" height=300><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there was &#8230;um&#8230; fauna?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-xnthRr9\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-xnthRr9\/0\/KbSfp5dxPG4f6TWtC8fF8jr8JZ46VfxwLkTvcBH6t\/M\/IMG_3979b-M.jpg\" title=\"Izzy\" alt=\"Izzy beside the creek gazing wistfully at her (off-screen) mommy\" height=300><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jumpingfish.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-bCH3Gks\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/Blogpix\/2025\/07\/i-bCH3Gks\/0\/LSQfnvmjwkHX4FhbGPLTP5H4jJ2sDC3vVMT2gXXXJ\/M\/IMG_3988b-M.jpg\" alt=\"me acting astonished in front of a cliff of rock\" title=\"david\" height=300><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Along the Union Mine Interpretive Trail in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, there was a wonderful creek that tumbled across mossy rocks and gathered in still pools. &nbsp; There was flora. &nbsp; &nbsp; And there was &#8230;um&#8230; fauna? 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