Library view of the mill stream

11 September 2008
1040-1053
Library side of the mill stream, Mill Stream, Willamette University, Salem, OR

The area I am in is densely bushed and it seems as though the ground that I am standing on has been freshly dug. The mill stream in front of me flows at a fairly swift current bumping and curving along the rocks across the stream there is a maple tree with fresh woodchips around the base of the trunk. The ground on both sides slopes smoothly into the stream. From my vantage point I can see no plants growing out of the water although there are a few patches of green weedy plants below the surface of the water