Whew. I am with you Kay. Posting pictures is impossible for ordinary folks like you and me--which makes it especially nice to have Dee and Sid take up the chore!!! It's really such a wonderful record of the farm's transition to Shiver River LLC.
Wish it was me posting the pictures. However, I have no idea how one does that -- way, way beyond me. Camping with the Blakneys on the coast Saturday and most of Sunday.
View of the City's new bridge construction from Henkle Way.
This is the bridge that is being replaced. A 30 foot span will be salvaged and stored on our property to be used somewhere in the watershed. It is apparently a big deal to be able to salvage such a prime piece of municipal left overs!
Steve Trask and Karen Fleck-Harding by the crane that will lift the bridge span.
Forest Service guy catching little fishies so when the creek flow is diverted into a pipe during construction, they won't be hurt.
A baby cutthroat - less than a year old. They call them zero age cutthroat.
More fish capturing.
The huge pipe diverts the water out of the stream bed so that the new bridge can be built.
The huge pipe goes under the bridge.
And comes out the other side.
Steve watching to make sure his little fish aren't hurt.
Another view of the bridge and the crane. It actually may be a USFS project or perhaps one done by both the City and the USFS.
This is where the span will go. It is the little area of the field across the creek, near our neighbor's little pagota. Karen looked carefully to make sure no protected plants were there.
The grader started on the entry road at 6:30 a.m. The sun was shining just over the horizon, so I had to toss on clothes in order to get a shot without the sun shining directly into the camera.
A tiny bit of the cat is showing.
A better photo of the cat.
More of the same.
Even more of the same!
Now you can see the driver.
You can now see where I was standing - well out of the way.
I'm pretty sure the loggers will come back today, so I won't be able to explore that part of the woods.
Aside from the nice road, it is really good to see how the sun filters through the thinned areas. New little seedlings will thrive now.
There are a couple a large bare areas, dusty with red dirt. I guess nature will reclaim them quickly unless we decide to put up a yurt for Big Foot.
Kay and I drove the Ranger on the trail that goes left from the loop trail, down to the creek. There is an opening there that was infested with false brome and scotch broom. From the looks of it, the spraying was pretty successful. Lots of wilted false brome and dead scotch broom.
Kay and I saw a big doe in the woods yesterday. This morning, there were seven turkeys on the hill as you enter the farm.
On Tuesday, Karen Fleck-Harding, Mark Miller and a woman named Elizabeth (and me) will walk the creek, looking for places to plant the Red Cedar that will assist in keeping the cutthroat cool in the summer. Should be interesting. I'll take photos.
Thanks so much for the pictures Kay. I think the road looks really good--nice, smooth, and even. There are benefits from having the logging trucks and heavy equipment go though it seems. I also love seeing your little hound - so cute with his graying head-a lot like mine, I have to say!!
The photos are fabulous! Good work on the porch, TRZ.
Joe, your entry was wonderful. Anytime you want to cook a massive amount of Italian food from scratch, just head out west. There is a hungry family out there that thinks you are pretty special!
