After chainsawing through late deadfall aftereffects of Hurricane Helene (trees weekend by that storm and blown down later), I took these pictures of the pond.

It’s very low. We’re in a drought, in case you haven’t heard.

Very low pond, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

Here’s a video:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/822238487605857/

https://youtu.be/P4oOE9daMIU

No dogs this time. They find chainsawing boring.

No Gretchen, either. She ran away to the frozen north. Something about baseball and trains.

Looking upstream to the north, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

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Heron Tree, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

Heron Tree and another cypress, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

Top of heron tree, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

Middle of heron tree, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

Lower branches of heron tree, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

Bottom of heron tree, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

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Movie: Pond and heron tree (52M), 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

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Almost dry beaver pond, 2026-04-25 –jsq for OPF

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