The rain overnight stopped by morning, leaving the lake three inches higher, the rain barrel full…
…and the orchard and field vegetation tipped over from the weight of the moisture. [BTW, this is the lupin cluster that a deer nipped the other day.]
We attended a hearing that began at 9am in a county courtroom, presided over by a judge who was over in Sault Ste. Marie (because, we heard, all the county’s judges owned land on our lake, or had loved ones who did, so had to recuse]. The topic was the county getting in compliance with state law about managing our lake levels. Most attendees were more concerned about the actual lake levels than the legal issues; many wanted the levels to be higher later in the fall to facilitate fishing by sportspeople using very large (IMHO, aka relatively deep draft) watercraft.
The upshot was: the county needs to get in compliance, which means the legal lake levels are the issue—and so the judge ruled (if I properly understood what happened).
By the end of the day, it was sunny and pleasant, but the air quality seemed reduced—distant views are somewhat obscured by moisture and/or smoke particles, or perhaps even the arrival of Saharan dust.
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The on-shore wind was pretty strong all day, kicking up waves.
Nevertheless, these dandies managed to hold their fluff-n-seeds, and keep them from sailing away.
Around 6:30pm rain rolled in. Now, the rain barrel is nearly full (after just having a skim of water on half the bottom), and it’ll be overflowing before midnight. This is very good, as things were getting far too dry.
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I’ve been enjoying this small field of pussytoes, but the light is not helpful for photographing. At all; ever.
I worked on weed removal for a while, mostly thistles. Bye, y’all.
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I didn’t anticipate any more photos of the lupin pair that I’ve posted several times, until I saw them this morning en route to the beach this morning. Nipped in the bud. Or almost the bud. By deer, I’m sure.
Also deer-nibbled: apple branches that were low enough for the herbivores to reach in the winter starvation times.
At the beach, the water level has dropped since we arrived, but it’s still waaaaay too high IMHO.
Orchard view: petals are dropping, and leaves continue emerging, so that the petal-white is becoming overwhelmed. Still pretty, lovely, and wonderful, however.
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