Wednesday, July 23, 2014

An Easy Going Assabet

Days such as yesterday are what I long for all winter.  Classic summertime.  Sunny and hot with a light southwest breeze and a sense of time almost standing still.

The hottest hours of yesterday afternoon were wiled away on a very tranquil Assabet in Stow where the river was in no hurry to get anywhere, not even through the narrow passage downstream of Gleasondale...

An osprey was seen overhead, and painted turtles were hauled out on every rock or log.

One non-painted turtle that stood out from the crowd was this very relaxed fellow...

He was close to where I saw an old stinkpot musk turtle in April.  Perhaps it's a family member?

Trash was mostly old and stale...
There were 12 recyclable containers (1 redeemable) and 9 pieces of misc. rubbish.  YTD = 3361

The bottle standing to the left originated at the Simpson Spring Co. in So. Easton, Mass.  Later I would Google the company expecting to find it had, long ago, gone out of business.  Not so.  It is still bottling water and soda from the very same spring today.  Their web site says they're one of the oldest independent bottling plants in the United States.  Good to see a relatively small operation survive the test of time.

The bottle cleaned up nicely...
Markings on the bottom are G-6800 with a 3 and 59 on either side of an encircled I.

No comments: