COLORFUL WATER WORKS

COLORFUL WATER WORKS

Water Closet for October 10, 2014 The weekly Water Closet below entitled WATER WORKS was published by the Middleton Stream Team in October 2007.  We are repeating it again this week with “colorful” added to the title.  Plants in most places on the planet are not...
WATER, STEAM, POWER

WATER, STEAM, POWER

Water Closet for October 3, 2014 Water in its unseen state has been rarely mentioned in the Water Closet’s nine years.  The other day talented Middleton artisan1 Carl Close called an old Stream Teamer and invited him to watch his steam boiler and engine, no toys, in...
THE LANDSCAPE SCULPTOR

THE LANDSCAPE SCULPTOR

Water Closet for September 19, 2014 “Why is the land so up and down”, the boy asked his grandpa who year round, almost daily, roams the undeveloped  forests and fields of Middleton and beyond, especially along its streams and river. [pullquote]” It obviously...
THERE WAS A MEETIN HERE TONITE

THERE WAS A MEETIN HERE TONITE

Water Closet for September 9, 2014 THERE WAS A MEETIN HERE TONITE1 As high dark clouds came from the southwest, three octogenarians of the Middleton Stream Team met to carpool to the annual meeting of the Ipswich River Watershed Association at an estate down river in...
THE GOOD SAMARITANS

THE GOOD SAMARITANS

Water Closet for September 5, 2014 On June 8th Kristen Thompson of North Andover witnessed a hit-and-run accident on Essex Street in Middleton.  She stopped her car and ran to the victim, a female snapping turtle.  Nearby on the asphalt were eggs that had oozed from...

ICE MAIDENS

Water Closet for August 29, 2014 Juanita, an Inca girl, is permanently cold yet warm in appearance. Mountaineers Johan Reinhard and Miguel Zarate found her near the top of Peruvian mountain Ampato, a god to her sacrificers.  Ampato is one of many gods in the Andes; a...
IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL (PART II)

IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL (PART II)

Water Closet for August 22, 2014   IT ALL FLOWS DOWNHILL (PART II) by Arthur McKee1 (Ecologist McKee’s Part I of this essay ended here last week after listing some of the many successes arising from the Clean Water Act. Here in part II he resumes.) There are some...

2014 Nature Photo Contest

The Middleton Stream Team Nature Photo Contest is now underway! Middleton has miles of brooks, streams and the Ipswich River and acres of wetlands. A wide variety of wild creatures such as frogs, turtles, beavers, river otters and great blue herons are frequently...