Tracks and tomatoes (mostly photos)

The sun reminded us that we were starting too late
 - but we had played ball in the backyard
and a long walk wasn't necessary (so I drove to the park and we sought out shade,)

We walked the dirt road as there is shade along most of the way.

There's a hole on the edge of the road...

There's a hole on the edge of the road...
(wonder what is down there)

[Forgive the blurry photos, but I do what I can.]
Dragonflies were everywhere.
This one was stunning....he left no tracks.

Hobbit house. No Hobbit at home. And no tracks...

The fruit of the silver-leaf nightshade. This was a surprise as we don't always see the whole cycle of the plant.
These looked like tiny tomatoes. It makes sense as these plants are a distant cousin of the tomato.
In fact, the bloom of this wildflower is similar to the (much smaller) tomato flower bloom.

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanaceae 

More nightshade plants with fruit turning yellow...

One could see the "tracks" of the water down the dirt road...
signs of our recent rains.

Small hoof prints of a fawn (on left)...
smaller than the raccoon or possum or skunk across from them.

Skunk or raccoon or squirrel or possum...something small...

Dog tracks among the others. These prints are about the size of a 50 cent piece. This was a tiny dog.

A deer obviously slipped in the mud at the edge of the road a few days ago.

After our quick walk up and down the road the dogs were ready to grab a drink and jump in the car for a ride home...