Friday, May 05, 2006

Water, water, everywhere

I suppose you could drink it but it's straight out of the wild Rogue River unfiltered and I'd hate to think of what you might catch. However it is superlatively fine for preparing corn fields and irrigating melon patches.

The sprinklers are running even as I type. The rich, loamy pumice soil at Charlie's field turns a lovely dark color when wet. It looks like a milk chocolate cake. The river is a milky jade like green, loaded with minerals. The spray from the sprinklers is very cold from recent snow melt high in the mountains and has a delightful smell on fresh turned earth which is beyond my ability to describe. Rainbows abound, no matter where you stand one of the sixteen sprinklers is showing off prismatic color at all times as they turn. (sorry about that plurality mixing.)

Time and happiness to you.

1 comment:

Rae Ann said...

It sounds beautiful.