More wind and rain at the farm
Here in the northeast, it certainly has been an eventful winter, weather-wise. There has been plenty of snow and the week before last, we had plenty of rain accompanied with plenty of wind. The rain came down in torrents and the gale-force winds were rather frightening. I've mentioned before that my farm is something of a wind tunnel and I always worry about the tall trees on the property. I was very sad to learn that a beautiful, stately pine out in the woods could no longer stand up to Mother Nature. Please enjoy these photos of a rainy and windy Bedford.
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- The wind was so fierce that it toppled a tall pine tree out in the woods. It fell across one of the carriage roads.
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- The heavy winds and the water-drenched soil proved devastating for this tree.
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- One of many raging rivulets
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- More downed branches for the crew to clean up
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- Now raging, just the day before, this was a calm, gurgling brook.
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- Another raging brook
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- An overload of water here
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- With all the moisture, this lichen is bursting with green!
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- The brooks were overflowing everywhere!
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- This brook is the result of water pouring off a meadow.
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- A giant puddle of standing water in a meadow
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- This brook is rushing through the wetlands.
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- A very soggy paddock
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- And a very soggy tennis court
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- These red tailed hawks certainly enjoy all the wind. They make quite a game of it!
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- The carriage road leading to the stable will need some repairs – it has significant erosion.
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- A rivulet even formed through this grassy area, raging towards lower ground.
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- The road I live on was actually closed to traffic because a tree had fallen across it.
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- There were many road crews out clearing that day.
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- This is the nearby Cross River Reservoir – Its frozen surface has been covered with of the newly fallen rain.
Photos By Eliad Laskin
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