Scudder's pond is apparently fed by a small stream, and a large amount of water comes down a street to the north, and then apparently in the old days, they put in a drain pipe and routed the water from the street into Scudder's Pond! Wow, that was stupid! The water washing down the street picks up oil and all kinds of junk from the street, including dog and animal waste and dumps it into the pond? About 10 years ago they had to do a giant project and clean out all the sand and silt that had filled up the pond. That project took months to accomplish. That sand came from the streets as well. Then they put in some kind of device that was supposed to swirl the water entering the pond and then the sand would drop out as the speed of the water slowed. So the pond looked so much better after that. But lately with all the rain, the pond has been really full. There is an overflow right by the street where the water leaves the pond and goes into a pipe that empties out in the harbor. So I don't know why the level of the water in the pond is so high. But these chairs are usually on the land, and people use them to watch hockey in the winter.
It really is a fun and interesting photo, but sad how it came to be. Hope the owners retrieve their chairs quickly for future use.
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The subdued natural color pallet works perfectly with this very nicely composed pond scene but, of course, the two out-of-place blue chairs steel the show!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first looked at the photo I thought someone discarded the two chairs. Better to know that the height of the pond water caused these chairs to be submerged. The bright blue certainly catches your eye! betsey
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