tanyard creek

dog and i walked the tanyard creek trail today --- technically a part of the beltline trail although it has nothing to do with railroads except at its southern end which passes under the old railroad trestle for the part of the beltline that runs just north of piedmont hospital ---

i was somewhat disturbed by the rather bluish murkiness of the water in some places --- reminded me of the río quibú at havana's school of the arts in 2002

this looked suspiciously like a beaver dam, although i didn't see beaver --- but i did see muskrat at work (note that they are not really rats at all)

the northern end of the trail ends at Colonial Homes, bordering the Bobby Jones golf course on the way --- the course is built on what was surely once great farmland in the floodplain on both sides of Tanyard Creek

at two spots there are great stands of loblolly pines, both despoiled by playground equipment, although it makes sense to put them there since pine oil is such a good disinfectant