Vermilion River Bottom (Missing Stone) Revisited Again
December 7, 2014
By October 12 not much had changed. I was still able to walk across the drought-shallow river to photograph this spot. Meager rains hadn’t dislodged the large stone in the depression. Eventually the drought ended and I was no longer able to wade across the river. In time flood waters rushing over the river bottom flaked away the shale from around the depression, and the formation disappeared.
Romancing Reality 
That is absolutely superb – a work of art, Linda. It’s as if an oil painter has layered on the paint in thick layers and the whole effect has a lustre to it. Did you heart leap a beat when it saw this – I think mine might have done?
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December 7, 2014 at 7:29 AM
Thank you, Andy, for your colorful response. My heart leapt at the sight of this depression all three times I encountered it. It didn’t matter what was going on around it—it all seemed interesting to me. I was so disappointed when I was able to wade across again to see that the configuration had disappeared. But such is life with a river. I’ve been told that a person should never fall in love with any one aspect of a river, but that advice doesn’t work on me. I keep falling in love and having my heart broken. At least there’s always a new love in the wings.
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December 7, 2014 at 7:54 AM
But please show us what was left, maybe a new discovery in the making …
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December 7, 2014 at 10:42 PM
I’m afraid that what was left was so unremarkable I didn’t photograph it. The photos in the series Leptothrix discophora of Late September, beginning with Leptothrix discophora of Late September—3 and continuing through number 8, were taken very close to that spot, as were the photos of Rocky Vermilion Shoreline 7 and The Iron Bacteria of August 8.
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December 13, 2014 at 7:34 AM
Magnifique ! C’est du grand art, à encadrer tout de suite.
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December 11, 2014 at 12:48 PM
Merci beaucoup, Orepuk. Vous êtes gentille.
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December 13, 2014 at 7:49 AM