Rich, Lindsey, the brook, and I, at a meeting.
Rich and Lindsey at the HB Ice Storm Experiment, contemplating how to spread climate awareness into culture.
Lindsey and I at our first stop - Weir 6 - world’s most famous weir.
Weir 6 V-notch
A data logger inside the weir shed
Weir 4 (I think?)
Rich at Weir 5: “This represents humans who care. Humanity trying to understand.”
The color of the water changed significantly from watershed to watershed.
Rich admiring an ash tree whose future has just been determined: the emerald ash borer was recently discovered in the forest.
Lindsey and Rich, giddy over the dance of a horsehair worm in the water.
Who cares what I’m saying - look at that beech tree light! (I’m talking about “music art” and “podcast art”)
Weir 9 and its funky geometry.
Weir 9 was much more ochre.
Me, matching the water at Weir 9.
This device measures precipitation - that little roof moves over to the other bucket as soon as it senses precipitation.
I can’t remember what they were discussing here because I was struck by how the light was listening in on their conversation…it was something about the experiment involving those three sister trees between them…
More funky weir shapes
This is a new machine that measures the tree trunk “breathing” throughout the day. It hugs the trunk, making it less invasive than the previous mechanism.
Sunlight catching the V-notch
Ripples and reflections
Another one with the sun eavesdropping…
Lindsey in full glory, showing us the recently-organized weekly water samples going back..50 years at least??
Things are looking up.
But also - down. Experiments abound in an experimental forest, no matter where you look.
This is me on my first solo walk through the forest, saying “hello” to the brook (ie touching it for the first time).
Hubbard Brook.
