Upper Jay is upstream from Jay on the wonderful Ausable river, whose two branches drain the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, come together, then flow into Lake Champlain. My little brook meets the East Branch not far from my morning perambulations. Most days I wend my way to the brook and hop across to my favorite boulder. I don’t mind getting my paws wet – I’m a Wisconsin Snowcat, after all – but, for the most part, this is not a problem as the smaller rocks allow a careful scramble to my spot mid-brook. If I pull on Oom’s leg, she’ll kneel down and let me hop from her knee to her shoulder. She usually knows where I’m hoping to go and gets me there safe and dry.
Here I am on my start side with the boulder that I launch from.
Here I am on my favorite boulder looking downstream.
I’ve been learning a lot of things by just sitting watching the water, listening to it and the Kingfisher and other birds close by. I haven’t seen any fish, but I do see frogs.
It is a nice place to sit and meditate. I’m sure the water holds wishes, but I don’t yet know what they are.
I hope you have a quiet place to sit and think. Alex and I both think humans are a bit too squiggly. It is good to sit still occasionally and just be in the place you are…though it can make you sleepy. We try to sleep on our people every day to help them keep still.
