Thursday, September 22, 2011
just photos
We head back east after an Ohio summer -- first through early morning commuters, then into sunshine and open country:
Friday, September 16, 2011
Irene
Hurricane Irene blew through here, swelled the Deerfield River beyond recognition, and opened my eyes a bit. Water is a reckoning.
Here the waters sweep across the athletic fields on campus, lapping at the door of the pressbox at the top of the football stadium:
Evening falls on the face of the waters at the end of the first day -- and it did feel biblical as the rains came and the waters rose.
This was main street in Old Deerfield, high water still a couple hours away. We were lucky. 30 miles to the north and beyond, Vermonters lost plenty.
Next morning, out come the paddlers.
Paul captured a couple new paths to the waterfall (thank you, Raymond Carver).
Here the waters sweep across the athletic fields on campus, lapping at the door of the pressbox at the top of the football stadium:
Evening falls on the face of the waters at the end of the first day -- and it did feel biblical as the rains came and the waters rose.
This was main street in Old Deerfield, high water still a couple hours away. We were lucky. 30 miles to the north and beyond, Vermonters lost plenty.
Next morning, out come the paddlers.
Paul captured a couple new paths to the waterfall (thank you, Raymond Carver).
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