Whenever that happens the surf line will run up on shore almost to the base of the bluffs and when it's had its way it will leave behind a collar of driftwood and often a ridge of stone as well. The aftermath of this storm was no different. Logs were piled up along our stretch of beach.
Where the Stonewave sits, the wood piled up at its base. The wall withstood the beating with no obvious signs of damage
and the stone and lay at its foot as if it wished to join its more ordered kin. In all of the years I've lived here I've only seen one storm deposit this much wood on shore in one fell swoop. Canada must be treeless now. How could this much lumber be afloat in the lake? Why did it choose to come ashore on our beach, homing in like salmon returning to their home streams. Along with the natural flotsam comes the man-made detritus. Plastic bottles and lumber from docks, jetties and boat-launches. But also, some big worked beams. Some weighing a couple of hundred pounds, often with spikes or nails still in them. These pieces of beam must be 50-100 years old by the looks of them...if not older.
These storms can be very destructive and in this case a huge section of beach has been sucked away and another part has been stacked about two or three feet high with stone. For me this is a treasure. I spent Saturday and Sunday just gathering good pieces and stacking them for later use. In the picture above you can see a three foot long piece of irregular stone that washed up. There were probably 15 of these big ones that were pushed ashore and a couple hundred between the 1 and 3 foot range. It's going to be several days of stacking to find homes for this windfall. Several days to clear away the wood for later use as well. So although it hasn't been the most pleasant of Octobers yet, it has provided for a pretty impressive stock of raw materials for the next couple of weeks...if I can only find the time to do it justice.
and the stone and lay at its foot as if it wished to join its more ordered kin. In all of the years I've lived here I've only seen one storm deposit this much wood on shore in one fell swoop. Canada must be treeless now. How could this much lumber be afloat in the lake? Why did it choose to come ashore on our beach, homing in like salmon returning to their home streams. Along with the natural flotsam comes the man-made detritus. Plastic bottles and lumber from docks, jetties and boat-launches. But also, some big worked beams. Some weighing a couple of hundred pounds, often with spikes or nails still in them. These pieces of beam must be 50-100 years old by the looks of them...if not older.
These storms can be very destructive and in this case a huge section of beach has been sucked away and another part has been stacked about two or three feet high with stone. For me this is a treasure. I spent Saturday and Sunday just gathering good pieces and stacking them for later use. In the picture above you can see a three foot long piece of irregular stone that washed up. There were probably 15 of these big ones that were pushed ashore and a couple hundred between the 1 and 3 foot range. It's going to be several days of stacking to find homes for this windfall. Several days to clear away the wood for later use as well. So although it hasn't been the most pleasant of Octobers yet, it has provided for a pretty impressive stock of raw materials for the next couple of weeks...if I can only find the time to do it justice.
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