Work Zone on the Sudbury

Today was the kind of day I dreamed about during this past winter's long and frigid siege: warm, perhaps even hot, close to ninety degrees, with a dry and refreshing breeze out of the south.  Brought to mind that song from the 70s, "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Croft.  Beats the bejesus out of winter!


Things were looking good right from the git go.  The boat launch at Route 20 in Wayland was very tidy...

...thanks to the group Big Heart/Little Feet who maintain these receptacles for trash and recyclables.

I headed downriver en route to Sherman's Bridge and, just as motorists encounter road work, I encountered river work being done along the way.  Water chestnut plants were being harvested by  crews working from both canoes and mechanical harvesters.

The canoe crews...

One of two mechanical harvesters...

Water chestnuts meeting their fate...

Once full the harvesters would head downriver to Sherman's Bridge where they would unload into this conveyor and dump-trailer...

The object of all this work...the water chestnut plant itself...

Today's teeney-tiny trash haul...

Seems like it's always the left shoe.