Sunday, December 26, 2021

White Christmas at the beaver pond

The snow fell all night, it fell all Christmas day. The snow fell and froze in place. Inland, away from the warmish air flowing from the steel-grey sea, everything was blanketed and painted white.

I went to look at the old beaver pond on York Road.

The pond runs alongside the road. Sometimes it runs over it, draining down into Woodhus Creek.

Reflected snow banks, snags.

Most of the pond is under ice and snow.

Cattails, biding their time.

The beaver lodge is farther back in the swamp, hidden from the roadside.

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La nieve caía. Toda la Nochebuena, todo el dia de Navidad. Lla nieve caía y se congelaba; no se va a derretir mientras dure el frio. Subiendo hacia el interior, fuera del alcance del aire templado que llega desde el mar, todo dormía bajo una cobija blanca.

Fui a mirar la lagunita de los castores de York Road.

La laguna, por la mayor parte, se ubica al lado del camino. A veces, cuando los castores son muy activos, sube el agua y cubre el camino. Al otro lado, el agua llega al riachuelo Woodhus.

La madriguera está en el pantano, donde no se descubre desde el camino. Ahora, casi todo el agua reposa bajo el hielo y la nieve.

La cuarta foto muestra totoras, aguantando el invierno, algunas todavía llevando la vieja inflorescencia.


2 comments:

  1. Makes me cold just looking at it. ;-)

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  2. As long as the wind isn't blowing, it's not bad.

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