WATER WATCH INDY June 8, 2024. A stream that slows in summertime still rolls along, making a boulder or log along the bank a nice place to settle in, for creek-watching. This spot is between Independence and the Oregon Coast. The poet Emily Dickinson once envisioned such moving water asking: "Blue Sea, wilt welcome me?"
WATER WATCH INDY Independence, Ore. May 25, 2024. Water isn't always to drink--sometimes it is to make you think. Or, maybe it makes you think to drink in sound and beauty. Here a waterfall pours out a showery chorus, an Oregon rock-strewn stream worthy of a postcard.
WATER WATCH INDY Independence, Ore. May 18, 2024. The phrase "babbling brook" has been a description used since the 1700s to describe the pleasant sound that flowing water makes as it travels around stones. Near the Oregon Aquarium, this stream bed has been constructed to make those gurgling sounds.They are so pleasant, that you can find similar ones online, on CDs, as tracks playing in stores and on sleep-aid apps.
WATER WATCH INDY May 11, 2024. The real mother goose (and father goose, too), with goslings, at a pond built as part of the landscape in an industrial park. Pretty scenery among a row of buildings isn't simply a nice spot for employees to enjoy but, as this pond proves, it can provide a respite for wildlife, too.
INDY WATER WATCH Independence, Ore. May 4, 2024. The clouds in the sky opened up with rain, sending drops down on water that doesn't seem to need any more H2O. On a day many say "May the fourth be with you," Trammart would like to add: Let's make that the 4th of July, where sun can be counted on.
WATER WATCH INDY Independence, Ore. April 13, 2024. We usually see them flying overhead, when our attention is directed upward by those sky-penetrating honks. But here are a pair of Canada Geese and three goslings enjoying a small waterway. Though not often seen traveling in pairs, these geese often mate for life.
WATER WATCH INDY Independence, Ore. March 30, 2024. A bird's eye view of the Willamette River--the video was taken from the nesting place of an Avian pair preparing for spring hatchlings. The site is in a tree along a paved pathway by the rolling water, not far from the apartments known as Independence Landing.
WATER WATCH INDY March 9, 2024. On sunny days that are nonetheless filled with hassle factors, a bench in front of the science building at Western Oregon University is a good place to go. Behind it, the gentle sound of swooshing water can be heard as shy fish flutter in the pond below (pictured). And the chatter of college students often fills the air, too, as they go to and from class. No bad mood lasts for long here.
WATER WATCH INDY Independence, Ore. March 2, 2024. Frozen water floated down from the sky yesterday, caught on video. The snowflakes melted back into their original liquid state almost as soon as they settled on the ground. But what a sight, so reminiscent of how the great poet Emily Dickinson described light snowfall--flakes dancing like "slippers" as they leaped across town.
