Scenery

[edwardofhuncote]

Venice?   

[David Houck]

Looks like you've got a bit of rain there in Boulder. 

[edwin]

Venice?   

Si, Venezia!

[David Houck]

We're in the clouds right now, can't see beyond the nearby trees, but just a few minutes ago the clouds lifted enough to see a bank of fog floating between here and the far ridge.

[pauldo]

Beautifully calm and serene.

[David Houck]

A lot of rain last night and today (and on into tonight).  Flash flood warnings and road closures in the area.


The old dry spring is happily running once again, if but for a short time.

[rv_bass]

Very nice, and I could use a good walk in the woods about now

[pauldo]

That’s a bit of magic there!  Was there a time when you observed the spring always running?

Rob, I hear your cry on that... being in nature brings many rewards.  I have been trappped in Milwaukee for awhile because of a foolish work schedule.  I force myself to appreciate the small glimpses of nature amidst the concrete and steel, then amplify those small glimpses in to satiating bites.

[cozmik_cowboy]

That’s a bit of magic there!  Was there a time when you observed the spring always running?

Rob, I hear your cry on that... being in nature brings many rewards.  I have been trappped in Milwaukee for awhile because of a foolish work schedule.  I force myself to appreciate the small glimpses of nature amidst the concrete and steel, then amplify those small glimpses in to satiating bites.

Sorry to derail a bit, but Paul, are you of an age to remember the band Skyfarmer?

Peter

[edwardofhuncote]

We got a pretty good soaking up here in Virginia too, Dave. I haven't looked at the rain gauge yet, but I'd guess at least a couple-three inches fell yesterday. Now comes the wind. <sigh>

Related tangentially: as a Water Treatment Plant Operator, all three of the Plants I currently run are sourced from springs, one of them an unusually high flow (about 5 million gallons a day) that the City of Roanoke, Virginia quite literally grew up around. The other two springs are fractional compared to that one, one is about 2 million per day, the other about 120,000 gallons per day. Both are flowing quite well after all this wet season. We had a kinda' dry Summer/Autumn in 2019, flows had decreased some, but not dropped off enough for concern. Underground aquifers in limestone/carst will do funny things sometimes.

[pauldo]

Sorry to derail a bit, but Paul, are you of an age to remember the band Skyfarmer?

Peter

I was 11 when they broke up in 1975.  Having a commune in the driftless part of the state sounds like joy to me!

[cozmik_cowboy]

Sorry to derail a bit, but Paul, are you of an age to remember the band Skyfarmer?

Peter

I was 11 when they broke up in 1975.  Having a commune in the driftless part of the state sounds like joy to me!

Their last gig was at the Karen Kupcinet Playhouse at Shimer College, where I was House Manager; great band!  Glad someone else remembers them (even if you probably didn't see them a lot at that age).

Peter

[David Houck]

... Was there a time when you observed the spring always running?

The spring was the original water source for the people that built the house and lived here before me; but by the time I bought the house, the spring was intermittent and they were using a well.  It's flow has continued to decrease over time.

[David Houck]

Found this article about Sky Farmer by Bill Kees, their guitar player.  It looks like it was scanned and OCR'd but not edited; but it's still an interesting if short history of the band, briefly touching on the commune as well.


https://therockasteria.blogspot.com/2013/09/sky-farmer-amazing-grace-1971-us.html

[David Houck]

So far this winter we haven't yet had a good snowfall, which is a bit unusual, but this past Saturday we did get enough to make everything look nice and winter-like.