there's something that has happened the last two summers, before I show you, I'd like you to see how Lindo Lake USUALLY looks!
see in the distance the lake is so swollen it has began to pour into the meadow?
that is Theodore and Lucy in the distance swimming over to me
these are the wintering Canada/Cackling Geese
More Lake overflow
all of these are how the lake usually looks, but now just like last summer/fall it looks like this:
Empty. Dry as a bone. Foliage starts to grow and take over (yes that is a lone sunflower growing the middle of the 'lake')
Unlike most bodies of water in San Diego, Lindo Lake is a natural lake, it was not man made. usually it's level will decrease, but the last two years, the East Basin dries completely. fortunately the lake was split into two sections and the picture below is the side that remains full year round. However it can be misleading. It looks like a full lake, but in some areas, the geese will be swimming and then all of a sudden stand up and the water will come up halfway up their legs.
while this seems to be a sad occurrence, as with every situation in nature, all the animals adapt. Soon we will receive rain and the lake will fill again. it's a beautiful thing to see and I am counting down the days until it happens :)
Per usual, your photographs are wonderful! You use light and shadows so well. The February 2013 shot is incredible and the one with Theodore and Lucy and the morning mist looks very ethereal, like something you would see over a loch in Scotland.
ReplyDeleteI would like to take some morning shots of Bon Bon Pond, but, unfortunately, that would require me to get up at the crack of dawn. As someone once wrote. "I have nothing against mornings, but why do they have to start so early?"