Tag: Jepps Brook

Tonight The Brook Is Loud

Doppler and I just took a walk outside. Skies are partly cloudy. The air is cool and refreshingly dry. There is a breeze, but not enough to rustle the leaves or cover the sound of Jepps Brook.

Judging by Google, I am the main chronicler of Jepps Brook. It’s the tiny stream a few hundred yards from my front door.

When a brook is small the effects of weather are pronounced and happen quickly.

This week, a month’s worth of rain has sent white water rushing over the smooth boulders that lie in Jepps Brook’s bed. It has temporarily widened the brook, much like a snake that’s swallowed a mouse.

The brook is loud tonight. It’s not New York City loud. You can’t make that comparison.

There are no individual noises, like car horns or sirens. The brook’s signature is white noise.

I have driven past Jepps Brook nearly every day for 23 years. I always slow down. I always look. I am never disappointed. It is endlessly beautiful.

On nights like tonight you don’t need to see it to know it’s there.

When we leave I will miss Jepps Brook as much as I miss any person.

But The Last Snow’s Still Here!

Jepps Brook looking west

It’s been three weeks since the last significant snow. It’s unusual for the ground to stay white this long in this section of Connecticut. There’s more coming starting Wednesday morning. Ugh! Brooks, rivers and streams will run high this spring. They’re running high already.

The New Camera Shoots Video

If I’m going to shoot video I’ll need all sorts of new skills. I’ll also need to carry a tripod because HD video exaggerates and camera shakiness!

Last Tuesday Birthday Man showed up with a new camera, a Canon 7D. How did he know? It’s just the right size and color.

The 7D is larger and heavier than my 450D with a quieter sensor and the ability to see better in low light situations. It also shoots video.

If I’m going to shoot video I’ll need all sorts of new skills. I’ll also need to carry a tripod because HD video exaggerates and camera shakiness!

This being the perfect summer day I thought I’d try it out with a little video in my favorite spot–Jepps Brook.

Note: The original video was pulled and replaced by this version with a better soundtrack.

Snow Is Ugly/Snow Is Beautiful (Photos)

Mother Nature: You’ll note I now have my photos. Please feel free to melt what’s left.

It’s been a while since we had a substantial snow. Don’t feel sorry. We’ve been storing the white stuff as if there was a “Snow 401-K.” There’s still plenty everywhere!

I carried my camera while heading to Rick’s house this afternoon. There was beauty to capture. There was ugliness too. Let’s start with that.

Snow falls white, but it’s a dirt magnet! After a few weeks the snow is coated with soot and dirt. Ugly!

Nearly every road in Connecticut is now flanked by this ugly snow.

On the positive side Jepps Brook has started to poke through its snowy blanket a few hundred yards from here. The same goes for Sleeping Giant, what passes for a mountain in South Central Connecticut.

Mother Nature: You’ll note I now have my photos. Please feel free to melt what’s left.

Jepps Brook: The Video Version

Using a variety of tools but mostly “Deshaker,” “VirtualDub” and “MediaCoder” here it is!

Yesterday I posted a few photos from Jepps Brook. I also took some video with my iPhone. It was pretty shaky–too shaky to put online. Luckily there are ways to fix even that!

Using a variety of tools but mostly “Deshaker,” “VirtualDub” and “MediaCoder” here it is!

[pro-player type=”flv”]https://www.geofffox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/jepps-brook.flv[/pro-player]

Spring On Jepps Brook

I went across the street and behind my neighbors homes to walk the brook’s bank. It’s a little squishy still.

The real flooding is over, but Jepps Brook is still running strong and high. I went across the street and behind my neighbors homes to walk the brook’s bank. It’s a little squishy still.

With no leaves yet on the trees there’s enough light to take fast shutter shots I won’t be able to get in a few weeks.