McGee has fallen

Saw a dozen or more "exotic" bird species yesterday on Wylie and Shrike. Took time to look at McGee, too. Fitzgerald Line might be interesting to visit for water monitoring - ?

Up and further up.
Side banks:

Down stream is very narrow compared to a few weeks ago:

But the real shock was at the bridge itself. I walked out on the "beaver" lodge to get a better view looking north with the stream flowing form right to left:

Maybe 10cm deep ? Have not seen it this low since August 2016.
Did not see any minnows but there were a couple of dragonflies, no damsels.25C, some showers and sunshine, breezy.

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Water - the visible flow of time

The thought of water didn't leave me alone today. Actually every day ought to be water day. Life on earth goes back approx 4,000 million years and so does "our" association with water.

Yesterday, my images were all "down stream" from me - the flow of time, and life. Today another life flowed away, someone who has known me all my life. I thought maybe I would look upstream before turning in tonight. Maybe upstream is more optimistic? A promise of times to come?

At first the Creek is difficult to make out.

Can you see where the beaver were active?

And then just when we want to wade into our thoughts we meet a 3-strand barbed wire fence!

Anchored on the left:

And on the right:

We might get tangled in the fence - but not time, not winter, not water

A wonderful full life. Thank you - Bill