I couldn’t even get to the Bench today. Huge storms have been rolling through last night and this morning. The Lily Pond has overflowed all over the path. I’ve never seen it like this before, I guess it’s because it rained so recently.
Category: Flood
Day 257 – Northern Bench
It’s been hot the last few days. The river level has dropped a lot, and it’s left behind so much mud. The banks that used to be green with grass and leaves are covered in brown mud. The mud on the path in front of the Bench has now dried and cracked. This is the […]
Day 254 – Northern Bench
Everything’s just covered in mud down near the banks of the river now. It’s a very sticky kind of mud. The mud makes for some interesting tracks though. I’m wondering what this one is, with the little round fingers and very clear nail marks? I can’t wait until the water level drops enough and I […]
Day 250 – Northern Bench
The water is around the legs of Northern Bench. In the photo you can see the big tree next to the Bench is also underwater. I startled a Blackbird and he flew away. There’s also a white-faced heron out on a log in the middle of the river. He’s using it as a raft to […]
Day 247 – Switchback Bench
The water is over the foot bridge again. It’s almost the perfect height for a ninja challenge. We really want the ninja challenge, so we are going to sit here for a while and see if the water goes down.
Day 243 – Blue Wren Bench
It’s an overcast, rainy day. It’s very humid. The cascades were gushing. I’ve come back to where the Bench used to be. Where there’s now just two holes in the ground. I saw a new bird. I think it was a black faced cuckoo-shrike. I’m going to have to go home and look it up. […]
Day 241 – Blue Wren Bench
It’s gone. The Blue Wren Bench is simply gone. There’s two big holes left in the ground where it was. I can’t believe it. The flood took the whole thing. I’ve looked downstream on the banks for quite a distance and I can’t see it anywhere. This side of the river has been so much […]
Day 239 – Big Old Tree Bench
It is a glorious day down at the Big Old Tree. It is sunny and beautiful. There’s birds everywhere. We just saw an Azure Kingfisher fly by really close. The flood has clearly been the whole way through here, and you can see a very defined line between where the water went up to. Everything […]
Day 238 – Northern Bench
And just like that the water drops and the whole Bench is back and the walking path is back. You wouldn’t know that it all happened except for the grass is flattened and muddy, and there’s debris stuck to the trees. This tree is by the path and the debris is at my shoulder height. […]
Day 237 – Northern Bench (less flooded)
The bench is coming back slowly. I do miss sitting on it.