LL Buchanan Lake
Floating Islands
Betty's Island - 5, a floating island....
The ongoing story of a floating island. (Most recent report at top of the page)
Summer 2010 (PHOTOS SOON) The annual spiffy up the island adventure entailed pulling weeds, trimming the excessive slippery elm shoots, and giving the evergreen trees larger protective fencing so they don't look like they are growing inside a can. Major growth in the trees this year, most noticeable in the few slippery elm that were allowed to grow, until the better, slower growing trees get bigger. The grass under the wire hoop fencing is robust and green. One can sit in a chair under the shade of the trees, which is what the tree guy did, with a glass of fine wine.
A pair of cormorants regularly sit on the top of the snag. Not quite as impressive as an eagle or osprey, but cormorants are large, and give the snag a grand bird perch image. The osprey prefer the lower tree perches around the lake edge, where they catch more carp.
May 2009 Betty's Island got spiffied up a bit. A few new trees to replace non-survivors. Better wire fencing to protect the grass and trees from goose nibbling and beaver gnawing. New spray paint colors for Betty's shirt and hat. A solar cell desk light for Betty.
If you drive by on the freeway, and see the light, Betty is working late. Wave.
The grass may grow,
instead of being trampled by the geese, under the new hooped sections
of fencing. Some grass areas have screen laid on the grass to
allow freedom of movement around the island, but that grass will
stay trampled. The screen prevents the geese from pulling all
the grass out, down to dirt.
Fencing around the conifer trees prevents goose nibbling.
Fencing around the deciduous trees prevents beaver gnawing.
Goose down in the goose nest.
The dicky bird, bird nest inside the computer. Bird brain powered computer. May be an improvement over what some computer geeks do to computer programs.
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