8/20/2022 water L, vdr81, 9:15-11:00 Wind: 3-5mph from SOC: 7 Sun opaqued by hazy summerSilvery shimmers with golden sparklesCrickets ringing gently, bird chirps and sonsLovely sweet herbal scentSole slender bird floats serenelyOccasional leaf drops soft to slide on the water surfaceGoose feathers pushed to attention along the banks of 3 islandCicadas starting to ramp up …
8/18/2022, GV, water R, uv82, 9:30-11:10am Wind: 2mph from SWOC: 7 Sun gleaming in water with smeared cloudsRhythmic chorus of cicadas in the backdrop of high chimed cricketsWater in 4 coated with goose feathers and melting puffy downConcentric circles from turtle bubbles and head popsShadowed paddlefishCopper coated dragonfly surveys the waterMy curious kookaburra keeps ahead …
8/13/2022. GV, land L, 9:15-10:45? Arrive greeted by the welcoming birds, bands of crickets and such sweet scentsFlat mirrored water broken occasionally by fish jumpsSparkling dewy grassFeathery streaked wispy cloudsHills filled with Queen Anne’s LaceThistle continues to fill in with more flowersBrilliant sparkling diamond studded water
8/11/2022, GV, water R, 82uv, 9:00-10:40am Wind 3-6mph from NOC: 7 Glistening thistle and grassesResounding cricketsSweetest fresh herbal scentGleaming fertile water with suspended algaeSurface coated glistening pollenSteam rising and sliding on surface in the sun-bathed areas, then swallowed by tree shadowsSoft downy coated waters in 3/4ESparkling wake of jumping fishGoose silence broken by command for …
8/7/2022, GV, water L, 81vdr, 8:55-10:40am Wind:7mph from SOC: 7/7+ Brilliant shimmers beckonFish happily jump and belly flop into the sparklesWind and rattling cicada undulations swallow all thoughtsFinish glistening dazzlingly
8/4/2022, GV, water R, 82uv, 8:50-10:35am Wind: 7mph from SOC: 7/7+ Brilliantly gorgeous sparkling water, movingMost lovely sweet scents of herbs, grasses, flowersDragonfly drones surveyingOpen, accepting inspiration, rejuvenation, directionPeace and energy
8/2/2022, GV, water L, 81vdr, 9:30-11:10 Wind: 5mph from WWater: 7/7+ Gentle blanket of breeze Crickets, cicadas and bird song surroundPaddle fish in 1NW (just south of sandbar)!Turtles finding rocks for sunBig Mother turtle in 1NE nook!White thistle flowers continue to emerge, donning little caps and dressesBanks lined with butterfly bushes, yellow flowers, Queen Anne’s …
7/24/2022, GV, land L, 9:05-10:40 Filled with bird song and rhythmic cicada roundsUnfurling Queen Anne’s LaceNew green soft thistle, standing tall and ready to flowerBees and flying ants(?) Enlivened by the delicately crowning, floweringthistleWater gleaming, sparkling, vibrating, beckoningTiniest frog (distal phalanx-sized) hopping across the trail to safety in the grassYellow and black butterflies, tiny blue …