tuesday morning

 the detour

 has meant 

 that i've

 really seen

a new watershed 

 and this morning

i stopped, turned off the car, listened and looked.

water and fog muffled the geese

who still kept constant discussion.

a duck swam by

and behind me on the road

heading south

a horse trotted a soft rhythm.

grass river watershed

i'm trying to make a video

requested by aki

for this exhibition.

not sure i've managed it

with any clarity.

or grace.

you will hear my today's sinusy voice,

but i thought i'd share it with you.

high water, bittersweet

words i love: 

ecotone, watershed

right now watershed is in abundance. 

there is a lovely abundance to high water. 

a bit scary as nearby potsdam is now in a state of emergency, as are many adirondack communities.

at 6:45 this morning the little river was misty and flooded.

tonight it's cool, and there may be more rain

 in between we had a work day at bittersweet farm

ann looks at a wedding invitation on paper made at wake robin

 ann and catherine and brian

in the background a greenhouse skeleton.

we had terrible winds this week. they stripped and wrecked the greenhouse you can just see.

we salvaged and repaired,the greenhouse is now a little shorter, 

but much of the metal was salvaged. and though the new plastic will cost over $300,

at least it can now be used.

another greenhouse survived but was blown 30 feet away.

and will have to be moved, but we didn't have enough back power.