by Middleton Stream Team | Dec 9, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for December 15, 2017 [pullquote]” The cows, cats, and Artie’s horse are long gone. Wildlife is thriving. The native artifacts and mounds are still there but are overgrown and not easily found” [/pullquote] A few days...
by Middleton Stream Team | Dec 2, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for December 8, 2017 The Middleton Historical Commission decided in 2016 to mark the site of an important industry here that was started three centuries ago on what is now called Emerson Brook. A dam was built; a mill pond...
by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 25, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for December 1, 2017 [pullquote]”Muskrats, like most rodents, have a high reproductive rate. This far north a healthy female in a good environment may have upwards of 3 litters of 6 annually, but here these youngsters don’t mature until they...
by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 17, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for November 24, 2017 [pullquote] “The results of such persistence over the years have provided us with many fine pictures of hard-to-capture wildlife”[/pullquote] Last week photographs from around the watershed were...
by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 11, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for November 17, 2017 Dark and light green grasses In cowlicks swirl ’tween soft mud creeks Levied by dune and upland rock Watering place for more than ducks, Has depth and breadth Beyond its bounds. Where larval travelers get their start And subtler...
by Middleton Stream Team | Nov 4, 2017 | Water Closet Blog
Water Closet for November 10, 2017 [pullquote]”Natural music from the brook, wind in the trees, and rain drops pattering on leaves and clothes accompanied the hikers.”[/pullquote] After three months with little rain five inches fell here in the last...
