Metro Monday, Part II

WE NEED SOME MORE RAIN...

While we have been getting rain (enough to make the grass grow and so we don't need to water the garden). But the Beaver Pond is drier than we have seen it in a couple of years.

During wetter times, the water would be well over Metro's head... Below are link to other post with photos showing the same stump.

http://bgstembridge.blogspot.com/2008/01/beaver-pond.html

http://bgstembridge.blogspot.com/2008/01/beaver-pond-dam.html

Beaver Pond Dam

Friday afternoon, we walked to the Beaver Pond to see the level of the water. Sarah had told me on Thursday, the water was within two inches of the top of the Beaver Stump. With just over 1.5" of rain on Saturday, we were sure that the Stump would be completely covered today. Well, guess again.

So I walked over to the Beaver Dam... I hear water flowing!!!


The pressure of the increased water on the earthen plug made by the beaver caused a collapse sometime in the past 36 hours.

And it most likely happened last night... The ice seen above shows a pattern of quickly receding water. The temperature overnight was 19.2° F.


I wasn't the only one investigating the damage, the tracks of a VERY LARGE beaver were near the flowing water.

Anyone need some turnips???

Our one mile round trip walk was beautiful this morning. The temperature was just right, when you layer up, and the sun was bright on this cloudless morn.

We took each other photo, unware until we heard the click of the shutter, as we read from the New Testament that is stored in a weather-proof container at the Tree House.

We stopped by the turnip patch on our return trip to the Beaver Pond this morning. We wanted to see if the turnip roots have started to turn woody. THEY HAVEN'T!!!

How many bushels do YOU want?