Queen Margrethe's woods

I went out for a walk on Sunday in the woods near our apartment. This was the view as I crossed under the street and emerged in the woods. I love the woods by our house in Texas, too, but I do miss the fall colors that were so abundant on Sunday. A lot of other people thought they were worth looking at, too.

The woods were full of hikers, bikers, joggers, couples clinging to each other, dogs, and kids who couldn't resist trying to walk on the railings, as the next picture shows.



I used to be sort of snotty hiker, back in the late 1960s, when I was going to school and back- packing in the Sierra Nevada mountains with friends. Now I rather enjoy seeing a lot of people enjoying the woods.

One of my favorite things about these Århus woods, like many things in the town, is how far back they go. This stone commemorates the fact Queen Margrethe 1, who became queen of all Scandinavia when everyone else died off in the black plague, gave the park to the city in 1395. Sic transit gloria reginae, but she left a nice park behind.