Back at The Ranch for another week. Took a walkabout this weekend. This time we are going up on the hill above the Lower Meadow and then back down toward the creek:
View of The Lower Meadow
Walking up the Lower Meadow Hill:
This has been filled for as long as I can remember - it is an actual artesian spring. There is talk of getting into the tank next year and seeing if there is any blockage:
Still walking up the hill:
On top of the hill and looking down:
The tank in the Lower Meadow is dry. It always dries out, but will fill back up in the Winter:
This lone fruit tree has been here for probably 50 years. I have no idea why it is here:
The man that runs cattle on the property has slowly been clearing out the blackberries. You can barely see the fence post.
On the road:
The creek is still fairly full:
What’s the weather like TB?
ReplyDeleteGlen, we are into fall right now: around 25 C during the day and 15 C at night. It is varying from what I can see over the next 10 days from a high of 27 C to a nighttime low of 9 C. Rains usually start by the end of October.
DeleteWe have this weed called juniper down here. In the hill country it's call cedar. I think it's a product of overgrazing in the old days. 30 years ago, there was talk of classifying some bird as endangered that lived in them. The bulldozers went to work with a vengence, and swaths of them were cut, dug up and burned. Springs that were known by the old ones, and written about in historical notes returned. I remember that no one realized how much water those evergreens pulled out of the ground.
ReplyDeleteI hope your spring is just a misplaced rock, or a dirt plug... That place is beautiful...
STxAR, I am familiar with the Hill Country Cedar (and its lovely outcome, Cedar Fever) - although I never understood why they called it a "cedar". Cedars are majestic trees. This is scrub brush. Juniper sounds better. I did not know it was due to overgrazing (but makes sense). The springs returning is really interesting.
DeleteI am hopeful too. And thank you!
That property is a blessing to your family, TB.
ReplyDeleteBe safe and God bless you all.
It truly is Linda. It is a privilege to be able to share this remotely.
DeleteOne of my joys in life is going down to the farm, taking a walk and surveying my kingdom. I don't think I could survive living in a box 26 floors up on a street full of concrete.
ReplyDeleteEd, I could not do it either. Just living in an urban area seems like a prison enough.
DeleteI can see stars here at night - really stars, not the paltry ones I can see from my urban light pollution.
Blue sky, no smoke!!! Woot! :-) But what did you do with the turkeys? No visit is complete without turkeys. heh!
ReplyDelete~hobo
Extremely grateful for the blue skies Hobo.
DeleteThe turkeys were about the property, but for some reason were not coming up to the house. It is close to November - perhaps they are nervous...