Discoveries with Dougall 45

It is nearly a month since the 28th of Feb floods and Dougall and I are reunited for a beautiful though sad walk down Ithaka Creek. It was lovely to spent time together, its been a while, and he was on his best behaviour and very happy to see me. We headed out in the bright sunlight and saw the destruction everywhere. Hundreds of trees uprooted. Favourite ones where I would wait for the blooms to share with you, now a mass of decaying colours by the side of the creek. Debris from the force of the water stuck high up on trees, piles of branches and shrubs collected in neat piles in the parks for removal. 

Houses by the creek have all been severely impacted and skips are parked out in front to take away the ruined furnishings and personal items. This sign seems more pressing than ever. 

It was the sodden books that made me stop and take a photo here.

Elsewhere though the creek was at last subdued and burbling along and Dougall loved to dip in it and cool off. The house with its weather vane intact ready for better days, the colours changing in the trees and nature coming out again in all its glory. 

And those trees that mercifully have survived, a daily reminder in their magnificence, of how much we still need to do to preserve them from harm.