elfin creek is running

i am all scratched, my hair full of twigs
the creek is flowing
i follow its path
through tangled forest
dappled sunlight
sparkling water
here and there some ice



It seems late this year, the creek has been open other years in the middle of April.
or do i always think its late, longing for flow?

robins spotted

Yesterday i found that one tiny crocus here on the bank of the Takhini river.
I start walking at the beginning of the Kusawa road, going south east kind of following the high bank. And if you don't know it, walking through the very sparse forest of the Takhini valley, suddenly there is that river.
I met the first Robins on the way.


Of course i was looking for swans, there were 6 of them in that bend. and some ducks. I walk back closer to the 'coulee' which ends up in that swamp there. that dip at a kilometre from the beginning of the road.

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first crocus

incidents

Here in my dictionary,it says that 'incident' in Physics means: of a beam of light or particles arriving at or striking a surface.
Now isn't that something to think about? Yesterday Don and i walked across part of the river to get to the sandbank, to see the swans close up.
We did not have to cross open water.
Besides the two swans, they formed a group of at least two pintails, a mallard and a teal.

Now, the incidents according to its more obvious meaning.
These little things happen in my life lately, do they tell me that i have to take notice? or do you you believe life is just random?

No, i still didn't fall through the ice. Although on my own i would not have crossed a river, not even a secondary channel.
After our walk, we continued our drive to Kusawa lake. Don as a road builder, who had worked on this road last spring, wanted to see how well the road stood up through the seasons. (very well). I just happy, because this drive to the lake along the river is always spectacular. As it is early in the season, we see only one other traveller half way on this 25 km road.
And there you go at the very end, we have a flat tire on the front. No big deal you think, but was it not that, the spare did not fit!
But it did fit the back :)
Anyway it would have been a looooong walk.

to be

Takhini River

male Barrow's Golden-eye.

swans and probably pintails.

It is already a glorious day today.
I woke up a little lighter today. The money thing had been weighing heavy on me. As it turns out things might not be as bad as they seem. Now there you got it, what kind of reason is that, to not be happy?

something pending, that i dread?
Something i lost or never had
something that i am, and do not want to be
something that i want and cannot earn
this morning i realized again
there's never a reason to be sad
because the swans they did return

a horse kick

exposed probably by muskrats, water plants are helping to melt the ice on the pond
The last few days i have been looking for open water, hoping to see birds.
Today when i arrive at the 911-pond i do see horses.



I park my car on the highway, i turn it around, for a speedy getaway, just in case.
Normally i leave the keys in the car too, 'just in case' if i get lost, somebody at least can drive my car. It's true we do these things. This time i forget to leave the keys, they're in my pocket, oh well.

The weather is lovely, the forest is still, at first at the pond i see no birds. I decide to cross the pond, on ice that is still solid, but breaking up. I know, i will go down with keys in my pocket... No, i am not afraid of that, otherwise i would not. But i do know i am a little bit fearless, (compared to whom?)
Across the big pond, there is open water in little waterholes, and i see here and there birds flying off, before i even get close. (Not like in Holland where wild birds will feed out of your hand) I walk around happily, through swamp grass, still frozen underneath. I go all around and eventually i end up by the horses again, they come towards me and walk with me. I walk on to some other waterholes. Suddenly i hear a cacophony of birds and see two waterholes full of birds. I am happy to be with the horses, they can be my cover. Close to the birds i sit down, to take pictures. I take some of the horses' faces snuffling me. hmmmmmm....
Then i somehow make a to sudden move, the horse kicks my camera, grazing my eyebrow and my shoulder (no scratches) In that split second and by the sound of that kick, i envision my camera in pieces. Not so, but it does make strange noises and the lens is going in and out. I do fear it is broken and now i envision a live without camera (i have no money to spare, Alexanders education is going to cost us $20.000 dollar, which will put me on a budget more then ever)
Happy end as you see, because i did post today's pictures. I did, i am lucky i didn't get hurt. And for the pictures,
i kind of said some prayers and pushed the lens in, holding it down, like an obstinate child, i don't recommend this, but oh well it worked for me. And i am very happy to still have a working camera!