Leaves below the falls

It really rained today—not a sprinkle but an actual, steady, all-day precipitation. To be sure, it wasn't a downpour; indeed, it wasn't even enough to get the millpond waterfall flowing again. But it's certain better than nothing and, in truth, it's probably for the best that the rain is coming every three or four days, about a quarter- to a half-inch at a time. A deluge would just run off the hardened ground, so this amount stretched out over time just soaks into the earth and eventually makes its way down to well level. The rain also helped bring down lots of leaves, and with the millpond stream barely moving, the still-colorful foliage had a chance to accumulate on the water. Armed with my waterproof camera—an image-capturing device that turns any misty, low-light scene Impressionistic—I came home with an instant Monet, but Clark's Falls rather than Giverny.