Kip’s Comments - December 30, 2022

Erosion Art

Today’s first image shared is both interesting and troubling. We are looking at wind-blown dirt on snow stopped by vegetation.

The image is interesting in that a person would be challenged to airbrush the shades of gray and black on the patterned snow. The creativity is amazing to study.

This image is troubling due to how much of our valuable topsoil blew during the recent blizzard. Field after field, ditch after ditch, there is hardly any white snow. The strong winds lifted and moved dirt virtually everywhere. Even where conservation practices are utilized, the wind was more powerful. It is disturbing to see.

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On to something else…

The fish under the ice had little to fear today. I was out testing some equipment and dangled a baited hook while I was at it. Nothing… not one fish… only one bite that I missed… It’s a good thing we had pizza in the freezer!

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