The Creek and the Jessie Project

I am back to doing water testing in the Herkimer Creek after just learning in a Zoom meeting how to be a real scientist (haha) and upload all of the data to the Chesapeake Monitoring Cooperative website.

It's hard to fathom how our little creek can have an impact all the way down to the Chesapeake Bay. If you click on the link, I think I am still the second most northern dot on the map, just below Utica.

I have pretty much given up on winter testing because access to the creek is getting more and more difficult. Erosion, old age and/or beavers are taking down some big trees (and small ones) and a few good storms have eroded the bank so much that it is difficult for this old lady to get into the water.

Update on the Jessie Project: she is still spending most of the day outside in the yard by herself teasing the vultures. She's had 2 practice visits to Breezy Acres Dog Resort where she gets to hang out with other dogs and humans, but she was still too nervous to enjoy it.

When we go to Ireland she will be there for 8 or 9 days. I have to do a better job of preparing her for our temporary abandonment. I am just not really sure how to do that...