NEW chapter of #nature #memoir "Compton Creek Requiem: Compton Creek Requiem #9: Whirligigs, Black Walnuts, and Gifts of the Garden." #gardening #foraging #creeklife #farmlife #permaculture #growingthings #comptoncreek #comptoncreekrequiem

https://www.patreon.com/posts/compton-creek-9-150264194

Chapter #6 of Compton Creek Requiem is live. This one gets a little weird. "Watching the Stars from Atop an Old Car." Talking about my adopted dad again. His name was Charlie and he was the best man in my world. None like him before or since. #comptoncreek #comptoncreekrequiem #creeklife #farmlife https://www.patreon.com/posts/compton-creek-6-148878755?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Getting to live on the Hungry Run Creek for thirty years was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. #life #lifechoices #hungryruncreek #creeklife #crick #creeks #cricks #pennsylvaniacreeks #pennsylvania #centralpennsylvania #freedomavenue #burnham #woodland #nature

I'm missing our Giant Freshwater Crayfish. I haven't seen any big ones since the creeks flooded in October. Last week we had an official survey done and none were found, so they almost certainly washed away in the flood.

Not all bad news, though, as the creek quality is still ideal and they'll likely wander back up into our creeks from the main one in coming years.

The first two photos are from a May 2022 survey. This is the world's largest freshwater invertebrate and only lives in the waterways of northern Tasmania.

#Tasmania #CreekLife #FreshWater #Crayfish #Invertebrates #Astacopsis