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| View facing east...Fall Colors! |
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| Heading Home with Duke...best hiking buddy ever! |
Indeed there is so much to be thankful for. I have had the blessing of calling this place home for 32 years now. The sweetness of how nature washes over me up here is so fulfilling and replenishing; I would live here permanently if my husband and child would too! The more city mice than me I guess.
I was hoping the recent rains would bring our main spring's water back, but no luck. We are very crestfallen that we do not have the high volumes of water running through in that creek anymore. This drought have truly been relentless. We still have Wild Grape Spring and Pond Spring but it is expensive getting new tanks/solar pumps etc. for a full hook up. So if El Nino doesn't bring our main creek back, we will be putting in a new system for sure.Even now in November, our river looks low and abnormal. There must be fish though, for the signs of them are in the skies.
Four of them: huge, beautiful bald eagles.Calling to each other from their nest right across the river. You can see their nest from our porch. Apologies for the lack of raptor shots; i was watching them in awe when I realized I should capture them. By the time I was ready they had all taken off to eat breakfast. Parents and babies. Babies had already changed colors too so they must be getting ready to fly off for themselves soon! The beauty of Fall has my attention. My heart belongs to this majestic place. This soul again is mighty thankful for the abundance of this magical spot.
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| Hard to see, but if you focus on that black spot in the Douglas Fir tree (top center-ish) that is the magnificent Eagle Nest!! |
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| A Hill with a View |
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