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Forest Bed

It's hard to believe this is in the heart of Lexington.  It's part of University of Kentucky's arboretum.  This place is in a small patch of forest along Shady Lane (duh!).  They use it for biological studies, so you'll often see markers or fences around certain areas.  There's even small billboards along one path showing various results of trying to contain honeysuckle.  If you're not familiar with honeysuckle, it's a woody tree-like weed that grows like kudzu.  It simply overtakes everything - I know, it's taken over my backyard.  What was a small 6-8 foot bush 7 years ago is now a 20+ foot ungainly tree.

Olympus OM-4, Zuiko 55mm f 3.5 macro, Kodak Ektar 100

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