Thanksgiving at Middleworld Woods

It was a holiday season here. Wednesday night we had a tornado touch down less than 5 miles from here, and by Thursday morning the ground was covered in a thin layer of ice.  We had a lot of rain, but not enough to make the waterfall run more than a slow flow.  I'm always very disappointed in the phtotos of the waterfall because the photos all fall victim to an optical illusion - the waterfall looks like it's a 1 foot drop, when actually it's more like 4-6 feet, depending on how much debris has accumulated at the bottom of the falls.  John built a 3 foot rock wall around the basin to form a catching pool, but it still isn't perfected - it still lets too much water out too quickly.

The small pond at the back of the house had accumulated quite a bit of water though.  At center it was waist deep.  This is a much better gauge of how much rain we actually received. 

I have walked the trails several times over the last couple of weeks - most of the trees have shed their leaves now and it's the perfect time to really do some work on the trails and clearing areas.  I'm looking forward to the workday on Dec 4 - there's so much that has been done since the last workday, and if we have a good turnout, we can accomplish quite a bit more.  Oakshade Sanctuary is scheduled to pick out and clear their site as well on this upcoming workday.  Please start spreading the word about the workday - we need as many people as possible.  Hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving Holiday!