Three views from the corner.
Trio one
Trio two
Trio three
The walk.
Mogli blends
Shenandoah
Light
Tree fire
Today, the light
January 2, 2020
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SOLD!
July 16, 2018
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Prospective Buyers approach the Home..
Discerning Client…discerns.
Wait! Wait! I need to see it, I saw it online FIRST!
Dissed by the discerner…
But, yes! The non-discerning client doesn’t give a hoot about tires and stuff.
Sold!
Last One Left!
July 15, 2018
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Looking for a river property? Offering a sweet little abode IN the Shenandoah River! Airy and convenient, amaze your friends as they wade into the dining room for a fresh-caught fish dinner! Info: 86-FLOAT
You, too could look this good.
A High Impact Home!
See How Airy?!
All Eagles All the Time
July 15, 2018
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Amy approaches the eagle who just caught a fish, then landed to eat it
Getting closer
Watching lunch
Lunchtime for eagle
Closeup
Gack!
The peoples are so far away
Surveillance
Spot the baby
Adolescent pretty close to home
Home
LANDSHARK
heron
heron in flight
Shenandoah (with floaters)
other way
the peeps
Last eagle
Eagles and Econolines: The Shenandoah River in July
July 9, 2018
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Back in May we paid a visit to the eagles lining the Shenandoah just north of our house. They’ve all grown up and are now flying around. On our latest trip down the river (it flows north, so just how to put that is kinda tricky), we saw 7 eagles. A few of them were captured on film.
The day itself was majestic and crystal clear.
The Shenandoah River
All of the eagles’ nests we know how to find along the route (three) were empty this trip, but there were lots of eagles flying around up and down the river.
spot the eagle
the view
spot the eagle
Oh and we ran across an Econoline 360 too. No doubt left by the big 2018 flood. This is perfect for our friend TC Boyle.
Econoline in the river
Amy paddled over to check it out
But really, the eagles.
turns out there were two in this tree
fly away
Shenandoah Flood of 2018
June 4, 2018
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Puck senses danger. Tail up!
We started flood preparation in earnest the day before the flood crested (assuming that it crests today, that is). Fortunately, the great people at NOAA have a hydrograph that is extremely helpful for flood preparation. Here is the sensor nearest us at Millville.
The Millville hydrograph was wrong this time
Predictions said that the river would crest at 7am on June 4th at 15.6 feet. The prediction was off by 2 feet so far, but as far as we can tell from observation, the crest will happen soon.
We moved the boats up and rescued the submerged tables.
prep time minor flooding
the garden still above water
river peninsula already under water
truck full of table
Amy took out her kayak. The dogs followed.
Then it was time for a cocktail. The Last Word…hmm.
Last Word, hopefully not appropriately named
mogli got a workout in the flood
The flood in earnest started overnight. First major indication of prediction error was that the car bridge submerged around 10pm. Jack and Eli arrived from DC (Jack came down from NY) around 11. We ignored the road closed signs, drove in the back way to our car bridge and forded the now lake-like creek in the dark.
In the morning, we woke up to discover that the crest had not yet happened. Time to move the cars!
getting close to the cars
The river is getting very close to the house now. About 2-3 feet of vertical elevation left before the basement floods. This calls for some kayaking.
the new lake house
garden down
solstice fire spared
driveway or boat ramp?
road sign
visiting the neighbors by kayak
solstice fire, from the new lake
checking the fence line
garden swampland
the house
the new driveway
Busting Ice and Bothering Geese!
January 11, 2018
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With age does not always wisdom come. But, fun it was! We had a crazy-cold week that froze the river, and now a crazy-warm day to test out the water. Nice.
Mogli leads the way.
The mic on my phone was broken, but just imaging the sound of crunching ice.
Time for a break.
Here, imagine geese honking their displeasure! and ice popping as it melts. Hit ‘play’ and it is not upside down.
Sweet Mogli has captured a hunk of ice to take home! (Video is correct when plays)
Dirty hand is happy hand.
Exactly how i feel! :)
Walkin’ On Water!
January 8, 2018
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Yes, no holy man, but pretty damn cute. And risky! Shenandoah is frozen fun. No human i know would head out that far, naked!
Cautious, she is.
Dude! Come on back.
He’s a Beauty.
Not everyone has that…Je ne sais quoi!
Sweet Sycamore Cradles Both Eagles and the Moon.
December 4, 2017
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On this day I knew the shot, the reason I brought my camera on the expedition. The day before there was a magnificent scene of the moon high over an eagles nest along the river. I wanted to capture it on “film.” This next day, I got that shot, but did not. Over the 24 hours the moon had moved more than I knew, and was beyond the nest when I arrived at the spot shown in the last photo here. That was good luck! I took photos of this and more, and as I headed home an eagle soared over me, and as I turned to watch, did 3 large 360’s over the *other* nest mounted along the river nearby. The eagle drew me back to a high perch above the nest and tree to take the first 2 photos here. It’s in there!
moon moving to super, eagle nest 90′ high
Drones for Breakfast
September 17, 2017
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