Thursday morning I saw two men trying to rescue a beached Mercedes at the edge of town. They were on a sandbar in the Colorado, below the overpass that connects north Austin with the airport. You couldn’t tell how the car had gotten there, at least not from the vantage I had up there on the old bridge that has been repurposed for pedestrian and bicycle use. The only visible tracks were of the backhoe that had driven out there shortly before I showed up, and was now poking around in the sand trying to figure out a viable extraction strategy. You also couldn’t tell if one of the guys was the owner of the car, trying to mitigate the damages of a wild Wednesday night, or if they were just an enterprising pair practicing the long Texas tradition of taking whatever bounty nature offers, by whatever means available.
Well written, an easy read. Telling "after the rainfall" photos. Good to learn your drought was finally broken. Expecting more rain to come on the front edge of the tropical storm?
Thanks for another interesting Field Notes. I enjoy the Mercedes story as well as the sightings of wildlife and habitat. Thank you, Martha Richardson
Well written, an easy read. Telling "after the rainfall" photos. Good to learn your drought was finally broken. Expecting more rain to come on the front edge of the tropical storm?
beautiful photo after the rain, with the 2 herons... are those tall fronds in the mid ground pampas grass?
lol ... "bounty nature offers"
Another excellent post. Thank you,
some very nice photos, reflecting that rain i guess, crisp and rich :)