The Old Man of The River
My photo buddy Mark and I went down to the arboretum to photograph some ducks today. He brought out his huge $3.3k Canon lens to show-off, while I had my humble piece of glass. Turns out that my lens had better reach than his. Hah.
Anyway, as we were happily shooting away and dissing the noisy bunch of Thai students who chased most of our ducks away, we heard a large splash nearby. We turned saw a really old man wading around in the river.
We didn’t think much of him, but then realized that something interesting was going on. The man was picking up stones and arranging them. He was also tearing out the water reeds which were growing among his rock formations.
When he noticed us watching him, we began talking.
“See, the sound of the water’s much louder after I remove them (water reeds).”
We discovered later that he is the one who’s responsible for the interesting looking rock formations in a certain section of the Huron River which runs through the Nichol’s Arboretum. He has been maintaining his work for the past 20 years!
His rock formations slow the flow of the river and create a rather interesting view of an otherwise nondescript portion of the river. The slowing of the river makes that particular area a perfect spot for hoards of ducks to feed and groom. At around 6.30pm a small group of deer linger along the bank on the opposite side of the jogging path.
What would have been a regular birding outing turned out to be a rather interesting evening with the discovery of the culprit of the Huron River rock formations.
Anyway, as we were happily shooting away and dissing the noisy bunch of Thai students who chased most of our ducks away, we heard a large splash nearby. We turned saw a really old man wading around in the river.
We didn’t think much of him, but then realized that something interesting was going on. The man was picking up stones and arranging them. He was also tearing out the water reeds which were growing among his rock formations.
When he noticed us watching him, we began talking.
“See, the sound of the water’s much louder after I remove them (water reeds).”
We discovered later that he is the one who’s responsible for the interesting looking rock formations in a certain section of the Huron River which runs through the Nichol’s Arboretum. He has been maintaining his work for the past 20 years!
His rock formations slow the flow of the river and create a rather interesting view of an otherwise nondescript portion of the river. The slowing of the river makes that particular area a perfect spot for hoards of ducks to feed and groom. At around 6.30pm a small group of deer linger along the bank on the opposite side of the jogging path.
What would have been a regular birding outing turned out to be a rather interesting evening with the discovery of the culprit of the Huron River rock formations.
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