Restored!

Most everything is back to normal after the Flood of 2010.  Some things are better than ever.  When Winter arrives we can discover still more stuff that the River dropped in amongst the trees and underbrush; they're mostly covered by all the foliage now.

Sabotaged again

Another flat tire, another inner tube from the local farmers' co-op.  We're getting pretty quick at this.

Two tired? and Tireless

Riverbank, early this morning

What's in store for today?  Enjoying the River in the early morning.  But, before it gets too hot today (heat index forecast to be above 110°), need to finish mowing the lawn.  Can you find the tractor? (look along the Riverbank, near the right edge of the picture).

Zoom in on the tractor

It's two front tires are missing.  One lost its air, the other had a slow leak that needed pumping up: every other day, 100 strokes with the tire pump. Honey Locust, aka Thorn trees, are the culprit.  The ubiquitous thorns stick into the tires and pierce them.  So, it's time to quit messing around and get inner tubes inserted at the local Co-op.  That should put us back into business.

Helping Mother Nature with the Path to the River

July 2010 - sprucing up

The Flood of May 2010 did some "re-arranging" of the Path that leads down to the River.  

• The bridge survived, nearly intact.
• Lots of sand was dropped on the downstream side (to the right of the bridge)
• A sycamore was uprooted and toppled at the river's edge.  It's making new trees from its fallen trunk (upper right)

Now, re-filling some of the washed away earth at either end of  the bridge is underway.





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August 2002 - the Path is born

The path has undergone a lot of change over the years.  It was just coming into its own eight years ago.

Another great day awaits

Peaceful, quiet, full of the wonder of what the day will bring.


The cat was stalking a crow out in the yard.  The crow flew away when the cat, having slowly crept toward it for about 25 feet, made his sprint for the kill.


Have fun buzzing all around the neighborhood on the Tracker.

Peaceful in the early morning

Two geese just flew down the river, then made a lazy turn over our River bank to fly East over our path.  Honking all the while, they were like a major pleasant interruption to the peaceful transition from early morning fog to sunshine skimming across the yard as a new day begins.