a Super day

Yep.  Today has been a Super day.

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Spring is here (almost) !

The garden

Lots of cedar trees have grown up in our lot  adjacent to the 'cabin'.  The picnic bench you see here has stayed close to home.  It is tethered onto a post in the ground.  Before tethering, it had floated down several lots to a neighbor's tree line during a good sized flood (before the flood of May 2010)

The garden has been tilled for 2012.  Rows are marked with string.  It's a beautiful day... mostly sunny and unseasonably warm

The sky has darkened; thunder claps are occurring, but no rain.  The dark sky brings out the contrast of the trees beginning to leaf out.

A telephoto shot reveals the River as it bends northward.

Down from the picnic bench is a path that leads over the bridge to the River's edge.  The water is higher now than in the Summer.  The path is ready to be repaired after several high waters that approached flood stage.

Kayaking

After starting the garden, it was time for a well-earned break.

Dragging the kayak to the beginning of the path at the Riverbank.

Preparing to climb aboard.  A little trickier this time as recent late Winter high waters have brought sand and mud to where there had been a good base of river rock.

Underway!  The substantial wake is created by such powerful paddle strokes

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It was a good ride, into the setting sun.

Already planted:  lettuce, broccoli, cabbage, beets, radishes, red onions, white onions, yellow onions.  To be planted tomorrow-- potatoes.

Let's go for a kayak ride!

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In less than 4 minutes:

• Let's get a kayak from under the porch, 
• drag it down to the River; 
• climb aboard and 
• paddle around. The other kayak is waiting for you.

Bonus: the River in the early morning. The scenics are so different in the winter; in the summer everything is so green.

[video created from a few clips; Canon SX120 on tripod]

(Another) new bridge

Mother Nature keeps absconding with our bridge. Solution? Try again. This is the latest, gone upscale - it has a handrail!

Kayaks here

Rick writes:.

..we're in the route planning stages for arrival in Tennessee around mid-September '07. Maybe we'll even have a kayak on the roof.

But the kayaks are already here! (Photos from last summer)

See the Virginians, Laura & Mark. He's so helpful in getting Laura launched-- and then she just barrels along downstream.




Amy appreciates the help from Dan. No, Rick, Karil wouldn't have to have an outfit to match the kayak's color. And, paddling downstream, notice how they stick together. Well, that was BEFORE their wedding.

Meanwhile, the other Amy has it all figured out-- click to enlarge and see what's in her right hand.

Kids, do these pix bring on some nostalgia? They do for me. It's fun on the river.