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Ruth Spring is one of the many springs located along the Suwannee River, but it's considerably more under the radar than many of its brethren. Located near Troy Springs State Park, it is accessible by land, but only to those willing to take a couple unmarked dirt roads to get there. Shown here in the midst of winter, its deep color stood out well against the red and brown backdrop.
Name: Greer Spring
Location: Oregon County, MO
Rank: 3
Average Flow:
Million gallons per day: 222
Cubic feet per second: 344
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Recharge Area:
Only a few successful traces have led to Greer, from the northwest near Pomona, and the south in the immediate area. Much remains to be discovered about Greer hydrology.
Interesting Information:
Greer Spring flows from two outlets 300 feet apart at the bottom of a steep ravine. The branch drops 62 feet in its 1.25 mile run to the Eleven Point River, one of the steepest gradients of a major stream in the state. The water is so powerful that boating is prohibited. The branch has been the site of two deaths, one of a boater prior to 1932 attempting to canoe the waters, and the other of Lewis Greer, son of the prominent mill builder, who was knocked to his death on the rocks of the branch during mill renovation in 1884.
Brief History:
Homesteaded by Thomas Simpson in 1845. Samuel Greer and his father purchased 40 acres in 1859, and had a mill operating in the gorge by 1860. While the younger Greer was serving with the Confederate troops, other Confederates burned the family mill. Mill was rebuilt after the war, and expanded in 1870. Because of the steep grade, oxen were trained to haul grain up and down the hill without a driver! Increasing demand for milling, but no room for further expansion forced Greer to rebuild his mill 3/4 mile away, atop the ridge, and convey power by a series of cables. Around 1900, Greer (then called Big Ozark) was thought to be the largest spring in the state. Milling ceased in 1920. Property was owned and used as a family retreat by Louis Dennig family, 1922-1988. After efforts to establish a water bottling plant, property was sold to U.S. Forest Service in 1993.
Ownership and Access:
U. S. Forest Service. Day access by hiking only along a .9 mile trail, signed on Missouri Hwy. 19. Area surrounding and including Greer Mill for exclusive use of the Dennig family until 2013, and the old trail is CLOSED.
Early flowering blossom on the tree outside my house. I was standing rather precariously on a step stool to take this, holding the thin branch in one hand and the camera in the other. It took a few attempts to nail the focus!
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They start to bloom now. I very like that time of year :) It's only a pity, that it is so fleeting...
...The grass is riz, I wonder where the boidies is?
Around here, all you have to do is walk out the door for an answer to that. It's full spring ahead in our Ottawa region and the boidies is lovin' it.
To us, the year's first satisfying sight and sound of the Canada Goose is the surest sign that spring is on the way. This happened a month and a half ago with the trails still clogged with snow, when that first familiar faint sound made me stop and bark, and a while later Dad stopped and said "Canada Geese!" Then a minute later he pointed, and a while later, I saw them. American robins followed and it was game over, winter.
I like to play in the snow, and I miss it, but really I take every day as it comes, as I always have, as all dogs do, and make the absolute best of it.
Now if you'll excuse me I need a nap.
"And it was going so well."
What'd I say?
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460. Clancy, 8yrs, 20wks
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One of my favourite parts of the year when the bluebells and flowers begin to bloom. This was taken half way down the Camel trail between Wadebridge and Bodmin
Dear friends...thank you for all your well wishes and prayers!!
Believe me when I say....despite the sad events, much more good came from the circumstances.
I am doing fine...finally over the spring flu thing I had and have definantly come to terms with Grandmother's passing.......She had a good long life.
Much love to all of you....wish you well today and always........xoxo
P.S. trying to catch up...but taking my time as well....so please know you are NEVER forgotten
This is one of my favorite holga pictures, probably because it reminds me most of spring! We just returned to Indiana from spring break in Tennessee and discovered that it had snowed once again! This was a very unpleasant surprise. I can't wait for spring to come to Indiana! It always comes just a bit before summer, so there's not alot of time to enjoy it . Ah welll...
Alot of my holga pictures turned out blurry, due to lack of skill in focusing correctly. So I am only putting up the pictures that turned out alright!