I’ve been at my new job one month now and I’m delighted to report things still seem to be going well. This week OWEB had it’s board meeting, which I attended for part of a day as a spectator. During that time I saw presentations by our region reps about grants they were recommending for funding.
With this new information when I went for my Friday night hike at the little Metro rehab area on the way to the SEO barn, I looked at things with a new eye.
![logs2](http://tarachoate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/logs2.jpg)
This wall of logs is another way to create nice, cool fish resting places. Because the logs protect the bank, the river gets deeper there and the fish hang out.
![riverview](http://tarachoate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/riverview.jpg)
While this is a lovely scene at the end of my hike, the flatness and un-shady-ness is not ideal for fish; however, this area has been diverted from the main river and there are a bunch of logs in the area just above. So clearly some kind of planning is going on…?
In addition to these delightful pondering, I enjoyed the spring flowers in bloom.
I also caught a nice photo of a pair of tree swallows (so plentiful, but so hard to ID) actually perched.
After finishing my hike, I went to see the horses, then came home under an amazing sunset. This photo does NOT do it justice.