the Huron River lately

A lovely sunny Tuesday afternoon revealed an unexpected and delightful walk by the riverside. Funny how just yesterday it was snowing gigantic snowflakes.

A large snowflake day. April 4, 2022. 

I've been experimenting with writing on Medium and have started to develop a longform content series I am currently calling the 0100 series. It seems to be unearthing a fair amount of narrative from me on weather obs, so I imagine I will revise some of these posts for longer form essays here on my beloved Lake Poet blog. I'm finding that it really helps to give myself creative license to experiment with different platforms to see what works and what kind of writing it inspires me to cultivate. It's funny how a lot of this kind of writing I would do offline, now I just write and put it out there as I will, caution to the wind. So be it.

The sun is shining.

The Huron River on a sunny Tuesday afternoon. April 5, 2022.

© Dawn Nelson, 2022

Fast

The river was moving pretty fast so I decided to stop by a take a quick video near Canal Street (1310 cfs streamflow at 17:00 today). This time I stood right next to the USGS water monitoring station. The little concrete dock is no longer used, but the fancier model is tucked away in the shed mid-video.

Huron River at Canal Street, USGS station #04174500.

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 © Dawn Nelson, 2022.

Detroit River riverwalk

Short video of the Detroit River, Windsor in view. March 14, 2022.

A short stroll along the Detroit River riverwalk near sunset on an early spring day. Many birds chattering in the trees made it a comforting occasion on a Monday evening. 

Detroit River, facing downstream to sunset. March 14, 2022.

© Copyright Dawn Nelson, 2022