Familiarity

May 9, 2022

BW photograph of fast moving water going through boulders.
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One of the advantages of returning to a place time and again is that one becomes familiar with its character…how it, literally in this case, ebbs and flows.

BW photograph of fast moving water after a flood.
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We had three days of fairly solid rain interspersed with a few thunderstorms. That kept temps in the low 40s in the mornings and not out of the 50s during the daylight hours. Water levels rose and became quite forceful when funneled between the boulders.

BW photograph of tree debris caught amid boulders in fast running water.
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The combination of high winds and larger amounts of water altered the landscape…one who knows the area can readily tell when there is new debris about, or that which was there previously had been rearranged…

BW photograph of tree debris caught in boulders in fast moving water.
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BW photograph of two tree trunks laying in parallel after a flood.
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BW photograph of a portion of tree trunk caught on a rock after a flood.
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BW photograph looking downstream at fast moving water.
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Even a day later, the water volume was still up and moving right along…

BW photograph of tree debris caught against a large boulder in fast moving water.
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BW photograph of shattered tree debris against a large boulder after a flood.
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BW photograph of tree debris against a boulder at a curve in the water.
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BW photograph of tree debris after a flood.
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BW photograph of tree debris laying atop a rock after a flood.
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with further evidence of that which was moved about.

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The tree in the foreground was upright until the arrival of the recent storms.

Meanwhile, other areas of the country and world are dealing with much different circumstances.

Unfortunately, such conditions have become entirely too familiar.

Be safe and well.

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