I was at the spillway on Sunday, when the bottom fell out of the sky. It started pouring rain (photo above) so I headed out. When I got to the dam, I could see it was still raining hard on the spillway side of the lake, but it was dry and sunny on the other side. It was really beautiful (the picture below doesn’t do it justice).
September 9, 2018 – Lake Tamarack as seen from the dam
I look back every year to make sure I never forget the senseless devastation of lives…and to remember the amazing resilience of this country. Click here to link to some 9/11 images.
The sun hit this spider web just right, and made the spider look like it was glowing.
September 9, 2018 – Closeup of spider in big web in Bent Tree
September 9, 2018 – Big spider web in Bent Tree
As of the time of this post, there were only two photos for this listing, but more should be coming soon. The photo below was the second of the two photos…cool cat!
Click here to link to the listing information for the 3 bed, 3 bath octagon house at 501 Valley View Vista in Bent Tree. The asking price is $184,900
501 Valley View Vista (listing photo)
When I arrived at the spillway area on Wednesday afternoon, shortly after 5:00, the place was empty…no people, no dogs. I was taking pictures of some birds when I heard a vehicle cross the spillway, and I snapped the photo, shown above, of a Public Safety vehicle going by. I guess that Public Safety is patrolling to make sure the new off leash dog hours are followed.
September 5, 2018 – New Spillway Rules Sign
September 5, 2018 – at the spillway, just after 5:00
This trail camera takes color pictures during the day, but takes black and white pictures in low light situations. Sometimes the black and white ones are my favorites. This one seemed very serene.
August 21, 2018 – Bear in Bent Tree
Yesterday in Bent Tree (click photos below to zoom):
September 5, 2018 – hummingbird on pokeweed in Bent Tree
September 5, 2018 – hummingbird on pokeweed in Bent Tree (click photo to zoom)
I had the song “Polk Salad Annie” running through my head while watching the tiny hummingbird. Polk salad (aka poke sallet) is made from the leaves of pokeweed. Here’s an old video of Tony Joe White singing Polk Salad Annie that I found on YouTube:
Some years there are no changes to the Rule & Regs, other years there are lots of changes. The Board policy (as stated in the Rules & Regs) is that residents and property owners will be notified of any changes in a regular issue of the echo and on the official website.
From the BTCI Rules & Regs
As of Friday, 61 Bent Tree home sales have hit the books so far in 2018, with total sales of over $13 million.
61 Bent Tree home sales and counting
We should produce a Bent Tree TV series…an investigative reality show called “Rumor Has It”, where the rumors are investigated for their origin and validity, and laid to rest one way or another.
Please accept this post with the humor that is intended :)