Besides the cicadas (which were very cool), we found a small creek coming off the Des Plaines river, into which some beavers had built a dam, which involved a traffic cone. I climbed down to get a better shot and lost my footing on the muddy bank, went in up to my calves. But it was fun! I'd forgotten how much I miss the woods and creeks and the things that creep and crawl in the wild.
The shots of the trees, etc, aren't very inspired, but the shots I really wanted were hard to get at. It's fine to slip into a little creek for a shot of a dam, but slipping into the Des Plaines for a shot of a fallen tree seemed a bit much.
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The dam:
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1 comment:
I'm fascinated by your various cicada postings because we won't hear or see them at all here in Texas until the first weeks in July. I love the cicada chorus, too. I've even written poems about them but I can't find a single one at the moment. I'll keep looking. You keep writing..
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