Beautiful. Astounding. Natural. Sunny. Those are just some of the words to describe the Hylebos on today's visit to Lower Hylebos Marsh and the West Milton Nature Preserve. I took Laurie to see some of the prime examples of our work. Both sites were beautiful, yet starkly so, with winter's influence still dominant.
At the Lower Hylebos we saw this tree, recently fallen across the stream. This is the way nature redesign's her stream work.
We also saw two suspicious looking fellows pop out of the vegetation and walk briskly out of the site. I wonder what they were doing in there?
West Milton was partially frozen. Stomping through the muck was not nearly as muddy as usual, though boggy spots were still evident. (I think Laurie found one!) Everywhere, ice covered standing water, giving the site a stillness interrupted only by a retreating housecat, probably out birding. Don't get me started on the danger of housecats!
Here is a picture of me playing with the picket fence structure. (note my Arsenal scarf. Go Gunners!)
We rounded up our trip at the West Hylebos Wetlands, where we met with Diana Noble-Gulliford, Marie Sciaqua and Paul Gulliford from the Historical Society. They had been entertaining a group of kids from Silver Lake Elementary. Diana and Marie showed the students Barker Cabin and then the kids took a tour of the wetlands.
I mentioned the long partnership and natural affinity between the Friends of the Hylebos and the Federal Way Historical Society and Diana joked that "we shared the same mother." So true. Ilene Marckx was a big part of both organizations. I'm glad we'll be sharing space with the Historical Society at the park for Hylebos Days.
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