Some scenes around town starting March 14, 2010. Contributors include Hank Manz, Lisah Rhodes (LR), Chet Webster (CW), Jeff Crampton (JC), Diana Chabot/Joan Laxson (DC/JL) and Peggy Enders (PE). Feel free to contribute your own photos by leaving them for me in the dropbox.
A down tree across from Hayden Ice Rink
Another view of the tree
Looking out over the settling pond toward the main pond
Normally there is separation between the ponds
And that fence shouldn't be underwater
So I guess I won't be skating today ...
Above the "beach" looking back toward the parking lot
You can see just a little bit of beach in the corner ...
A view from the walkway which is now a dock
Water is flowing over the beach and back toward Bridge School
It is a day later and the water level has risen considerably (LR)
That little bit of beach is now gone (LR)
The water is flowing down the road toward Bridge School (LR)
The low area back of the beach has been overwhelmed (LR)
And the picnic area is pretty well flooded (LR)
The Old Res last fall when there was still a rocky shoreline you could see ...
And a beach ...
A flooded out parking lot near Five Forks
This is really a pond of considerable size and at least 2 feet deep ...
A view from the other side of the pond. Yes, the ground floor offices are flooded.
Four days later only some mud remains.
The area between Stop & Shop and the Battle Green Apts.
BIG puddle on Lincoln Street across from the playing fields
More of the same
The Stop & Shop shopping plaza in Bedford
I won't enter ... I swear!
Some pictures from the sand & gravel operation near North Street
The same place four days later. Just a little water left on the right.
Looking out across what is usually dry land to Butterfield Pond
Behind the office looking toward the earthen dam on which Lowell Street runs
Close to the same view four days later. Now on the left you can see one of the streams feeding Butterfield Pond.
Another look toward the earthen dam
Four days later you can now see the streambed. The water was close to five feet deep here.
Another dry-day view of the place where just four days before the water was up to the base of the rocks.
One last look across what is now a lake
Four days later with just a little water left, the high water mark on the sand pile will give you an idea of how deep the water was.
The baseball field by the high school ready for a good game of floatball (JC)
Gooseball at the Blue Sox field (JC)
All set to combine swimming and track (JC)
The historic water problems at the Blue Sox field have gotten a bit worse (JC)
The home sidelines of Crumb Field are a little wet (JC)
Tough for the players and tough for the fans at Crumb Field (JC)
Just in case the last picture didn't get the point across ... (JC)
At North Street just before the sand & gravel operation. Guess I won't be using the bikepath today ...
Just four days later, the stream is back within its banks and the garden is exposed once again.
Speaking of bikes, this is the Minuteman Bikeway at the Revere Street crossing (PE)
This is normally a ditch with a small amount of water in it. (PE)
Some pictures around the Old North Bridge in Concord. This one is of the parking lot -- now a lake (DC/JL)
Ducks enjoying a new pond. The old cellar hole is also flooded. (DC/JL)
Washout on the path leading down from the Visitor Center (DC/JL)
Anybody ready to volunteer for trail work? (DC/JL)
By the rude flood that abridged the arch ... the Minuteman statue is now on a peninsula. (DC/JL)
I would love to hear a talk ... but the benches seem to have disappeared ... (DC/JL)
Another view of the Ranger Talk area. (DC/JL)
Ankle deep at one end and if the river gets any higher, the bridge will be an island. (DC/JL)
If you are headed for the Visitor Center, better bring boots. Very high boots. Or a boat. (DC/JL)
One last reminder that life is not always better one town over ...
But as I walked to work on Tuesday, there was a sign of hope ...
The sun was out and Stop & Shop was watering their lawn. Coals to Newcastle or life must go on? You choose ...
But the weather wasn't bad for everybody ... (CW)
Two ducks enjoying the waters of Lake Webster near Willard's Woods (CW)
But now it is Saturday, the sun is out, and the people are, too. It's SPRING!!!
