Peaceful Creek Walk
A couple of nights ago I got the pleasure of walking along our creek all by myself. I enjoy going out into nature with my children, but as I’ve said many times before it is important for me to connect on a peaceful, personal level with God’s creation too. It was towards the evening time, the temperatures were very crisp and cool, but not biting. The sun was casting shadows and reflections in the creek from the trees and blue sky above.
The steep banks were covered with mud and patchy moss on both sides. Erosion from the wintertime has exposed lots of new roots from trees.
Since the weather had gotten pretty cold again there wasn’t many signs of life in the creek, except for an abundance of water striders skimming the surface. You cannot see the striders very well, but if you look closely you can see the ripples they are making in the water. I look forward to when the frogs begin to sing and bring this creek alive with their enchanting symphony.
In several areas the water was making a beautiful babbling sound as it trickled over the rocks. It had rained terribly hard the night before which always keeps the creek on the move for a couple of days.
On my way back to the house I noticed the moon becoming visible in the eastern sky as the sun was setting to the west.
Do you have a creek nearby to you? Perhaps at a local park? Don’t miss out on an opportunity to take a peaceful creek walk for yourself!
Melissa,
My husband and I took a creek walk on Saturday. It was a peacful time. (I forgot to take my camera!) We discovered an old spring! clogged with mud and leaves and my husband said that when he was little his family would get water out of the spring! I began thinking…BLOG POST! Our plans in the next 2 weeks are to clean out the spring and use it! I enjoyed reading your post today as I can relate now to how peacful this time is.,,,to hear the creek and see what kinds of life you can find!
In exploring the creeks at our farm we saw a crawfish with literally what looked like 100 babies attached to her. It was an awsome sight. Christie mother of 11 and still homeschooling the last three. PTL
Hi Christie,
How neat! We just read a book the other day called Crayfish by Phyllis W. Grimm which talked about that very thing and had photos of them! Thank you for sharing.
Blessings, Melisa