local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

drawing site and photo 12/30/2020

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 center

with

rifts

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Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

 

 (since top photo)

Water recedes morning 27th, 28˚...

with 25th I returned with these stones after heavy rains, 50˚ - 60˚ overnight temps and snow melt swells the gushing river Waters bringing local flood warnings...

 

weaving before N'Easter and since with a Brainard site... with heavy rains and warmer temperatures tonite will I do another since with this site with drawing/marking day Sunday?... with 60˚F this morning change abounds...

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dreams

flow

by

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Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

(since top photo)

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Lunar

orb

nourishing

Water recedes morning 27th... 

28˚...

the 25th I returned with these stones after heavy rains, 50˚ - 60˚ overnight temps and snow melt swells the gushing river Waters bringing local flood warnings...

 

weaving before N'Easter and since with a Brainard site... with heavy rains and warmer temperatures tonite will I do another since with this site with drawing/marking day Sunday?... with 60˚F this morning change abounds...

Elements are Life

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local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

(since top photo)

daily since 12/24...

Water recedes this morning 27th... 

28˚...

today, the 25th I returned with these stones after heavy rains, 50˚ - 60˚ overnight temps and snow melt swells the gushing river Waters bringing local flood warnings...

 

weaving before N'Easter and since with a Brainard site... with heavy rains and warmer temperatures tonite will I do another since with this site with drawing/marking day Sunday?... with 60˚F this morning change abounds...

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stable

comfort

place

Elements are Life

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local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

yesterday the temperature hit 61˚, overnite low 20s and 4" new snow... and with drawing with

these changes this morning 28˚... 12/26/2020

today, the 25th I returned with these stones after heavy rains, 50˚ - 60˚ overnight temps and snow melt swells the gushing river Waters bringing local flood warnings...

 

weaving before N'Easter and since with a Brainard site... with heavy rains and warmer temperatures tonite will I do another since with this site with drawing/marking day Sunday?... with 60˚F this morning change abounds...

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enfolding

relations

appeal/a peal

Elements are Life

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local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

today, the 25th I returned with these stones after heavy rains, 50˚ - 60˚ overnight temps and snow melt swells the gushing river Waters bringing local flood warnings...

weaving before N'Easter and since with a Brainard site... with heavy rains and warmer temperatures tonite will I do another since with this site with drawing/marking day Sunday?... with 60˚F this morning change abounds...

∆ ∆ ∆

dominating

forces

rushing

Elements are Life

Love, Peace & CoCreativity...

local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek 

Brainard NY

weaving before N'Easter and since with a Brainard site... with heavy rains and warmer temperatures tonite will I do another since with this site with drawing/marking day Sunday?...

 

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carings

 weave

messages

 

 

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Hudson River

Riverfront Park

Hudson NY

 

 

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settling

revitalized

place

 

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I drove @80 mis. with rivers looking for access wth stone and Water after N'oreaster, 10" to 21"...

arrived with these with morning Winter Solstice

 

 

charcoal with stone, Water & Earth...

Hudson River

Riverfront Park 

Hudson NY

 

 

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hauntingly

contrasts

emerge

 

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I drove @80 mis. with rivers looking for access wth stone and Water after N'oreaster, 10" to 21"...

arrived with these with morning Winter Solstice...

charcoal with stone, Water & Earth... 

Hudson River

Riverfront Park

Hudson NY

 

I drove @80 mis. with rivers looking for access wth stone and Water after 10" to 21" N'oreaster,...

arrived with these with morning Winter Solstice...

 

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fracture

moments

passage

 

~ Elements are Life ~

Love & Peace with CoCreativity with all...

 

 

enJoy with Winter Solstice

...conjoining with Saturn<>Jupiter...

local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

 

 

∆    ∆    ∆

 

dreams

with

Earth

 

 

 Elements are Life

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local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

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ordered

rationale

communes

Elements are Life

Love, Peace & CoCreativity...

local circle Fire charcoal with stone, Water and Earth...

Kinderhook Creek

Brainard NY

 

 

∆    ∆    ∆

 

 lighten

y/our

load

 

 

 

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Hoosic River<>Hudson River

Stillwater NY

 site with West bank Hudson River... beyond the point of land is confluencing Waters

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expanding

structural

adjustments

 

"Enterococcus is an EPA-approved fecal contamination indicator.

Samples taken by citizen scientists and processed at laboratories that aren't directly affiliated with Riverkeeper, using methods and study designs that are consistent with Riverkeeper's Hudson River and Citizen Testing programs.

Rainfall data comes from wunderground.com. Wet weather is a common trigger of fecal contamination.

What do the Numbers Mean?

Water Quality scoring is based on the 2012 Recreational Water Quality Criteria from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for safe swimming. ,"

- https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/citizen-data/upper-hudson-river/schaghticoke-hoosic-river-hudson-confluence/

“The water quality study measures salinity, oxygen, temperature, suspended sediment, chlorophyll, and the sewage indicating bacterium Enteroccocus.

We use a lab equipped with the IDEXX Enterolert system to test for Enterococcus. Our water quality scoring is based on EPA’s Federal Recreational Water Quality Criteria for safe primary contact (swimming and immersion).

Water from about 30 cm below the surface is continuously pumped over the side and then past an array of sensors on a Hydrolab DS5 data sonde. As the water flows past the sensors, the Hydrolab records temperature, salinity, and turbidity, as well as the oxygen and chlorophyll concentrations. The Hydrolab is interfaced with a GPS unit so that the time and location of each measurement (in latitude and longitude) are also recorded.” 

- https://www.riverkeeper.org/water-quality/testing/what/

5 Years After Hoosick Falls Water Crisis, Millions of NYers Still Don’t Know What’s in Their Drinking Water

For Immediate Release: December 8, 2020

Legislators Pledge Action if Dept. of Health Fails to Test for Unregulated Contaminants 

Albany – Five years have passed since the US EPA informed residents of Hoosick Falls, NY that their water was unsafe to drink because of toxic PFOA contamination. Yet in that time, the NYS Department of Health (DOH) has failed to implement a landmark law that was intended to prevent future situations like Hoosick Falls from happening by expanding drinking water testing for unregulated contaminants to millions of New Yorkers.

Should the Department fail to act, Senator James Skoufis and Assembly Member Richard Gottfried have committed to passing their bill (S.6625/A.7839) to jump start testing for unregulated contaminants during the upcoming legislative session.

For years, Hoosick Falls residents were in the dark about the cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water. Because the Hoosick Falls water system serves fewer than 10,000 people, the village was not required to test for a suite of unregulated contaminants, which included PFOA, in 2013. Had testing been required, Hoosick Falls residents would have been alerted to and protected from PFOA much earlier.

In response, Governor Cuomo’s administration promised swift action to close the testing loophole. In 2017, the Governor signed the Emerging Contaminant Monitoring Act, which directs DOH to create and regularly update a list of unregulated contaminants that every water system, regardless of size, would be required to test for and notify the public if high levels were discovered. However, DOH has failed to follow through. Approximately 2,000 small water systems have not been tested for unregulated contaminants like strontium, chromium-6, or vanadium. 2.5 million New Yorkers still don’t know if there are chemicals in their water that could make them sick. ..."... - https://eany.org/press_release/5-years-after-hoosick-falls-water-crisis-millions-of-nyers-still-dont-know-whats-in-their-drinking-water/

 

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Hoosic River

Schaghticoke NY

this site within a couple miles with Hoosic and Hudson confluencing...

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freedom

living

truth

“Schaghticoke /ˈskætɪkoʊk/ SKAT-i-kohk is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 7,679 at the 2010 census.[3] It was named for the Schaghticoke, a Native American tribe formed in the seventeenth century from an amalgamation of remnant peoples of eastern New York and New England. The tribe has one of the oldest reservations in the United States, located in what is now Litchfield County, Connecticut. It has been recognized by the state of Connecticut but has not yet achieved federal recognition. …”

“area was historically occupied by the Mohican tribe, and later by a mixed group of Mohicans, and remnants of numerous New England tribes who had migrated west seeking to escape European encroachment.

In 1675, Governor Andros, governor of the colony of New York, planted a tree of Welfare near the junction of the Hoosic River and Tomhannock Creek, an area already known as Schaghticoke, "the place where the waters mingle." This tree symbolized the friendship between the English and the Dutch, and the Schaghticoke Indians. The Native Inhabitants were Mohican refugees from New England welcomed to Schaghticoke because they agreed to help protect the English from the French and the Iroquois. They stayed until 1754.

Prior to the proclamation of colonial independence, Schaghticoke was part of the colony of New York with most of its citizens governed by the city of Albany, which owned the land they rented.

Originally, Schaghticoke was a dangerous place to live because they were frequently raided by the Indians and Tories. This led to the slow settlement of the Schaghticoke land. Once the land was fully settled it was a part of Albany County, until 1791 when Rensselaer County was formed.

After the revolution many immigrants came from England and Ireland to settle in Schaghticoke. The town flourished near the water powered mills created in the town on the Hoosic River. The town was mainly agricultural. There were many farmers residing in Schaghticoke who made crops for local industries.

The Knickerbocker Mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[4]

As of the early decades of the 21st century, Schaghticoke still has a strong agricultural presence but is also characterized by increasing residential development, and contends with related political, social, and economic issues.”…

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaghticoke_(town),_New_York

5 Years After Hoosick Falls Water Crisis, Millions of NYers Still Don’t Know What’s in Their Drinking Water

For Immediate Release: December 8, 2020

Legislators Pledge Action if Dept. of Health Fails to Test for Unregulated Contaminants

Albany – Five years have passed since the US EPA informed residents of Hoosick Falls, NY that their water was unsafe to drink because of toxic PFOA contamination. Yet in that time, the NYS Department of Health (DOH) has failed to implement a landmark law that was intended to prevent future situations like Hoosick Falls from happening by expanding drinking water testing for unregulated contaminants to millions of New Yorkers.

Should the Department fail to act, Senator James Skoufis and Assembly Member Richard Gottfried have committed to passing their bill (S.6625/A.7839) to jump start testing for unregulated contaminants during the upcoming legislative session.

For years, Hoosick Falls residents were in the dark about the cancer-causing chemical in their drinking water. Because the Hoosick Falls water system serves fewer than 10,000 people, the village was not required to test for a suite of unregulated contaminants, which included PFOA, in 2013. Had testing been required, Hoosick Falls residents would have been alerted to and protected from PFOA much earlier.

In response, Governor Cuomo’s administration promised swift action to close the testing loophole. In 2017, the Governor signed the Emerging Contaminant Monitoring Act, which directs DOH to create and regularly update a list of unregulated contaminants that every water system, regardless of size, would be required to test for and notify the public if high levels were discovered. However, DOH has failed to follow through. Approximately 2,000 small water systems have not been tested for unregulated contaminants like strontium, chromium-6, or vanadium. 2.5 million New Yorkers still don’t know if there are chemicals in their water that could make them sick. ..."... - https://eany.org/.../5-years-after-hoosick-falls-water.../

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