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The falls, and creeks were so low the rich mossy rocks and lush creek-sides were farther away from the actual water flow.
This was one of the best running falls of the day. It wasn’t very deep here at all. I was standing in the water with my feet, boots and all in the water. I love these hiking boots! I had my feet completely immersed a couple of times on this day and my feet were dry and warm.

My new Induro CF tripod seems to be holding up to the abuse I’ve been giving it this last month too.
(knock on wood!)

Here’s the whole poem by Mary Oliver. She is one of my all time favorite poets.

Sleeping in the Forest
I thought the earth remembered me,
she took me back so tenderly,
arranging her dark skirts, her pockets
full of lichens and seeds.
I slept as never before, a stone on the river bed, nothing between me and the white fire of the stars but my thoughts, and they floated light as moths
among the branches of the perfect trees.
All night I heard the small kingdoms
breathing around me, the insects,
and the birds who do their work in the darkness.
All night I rose and fell, as if in water,
grappling with a luminous doom. By morning I had vanished at least a dozen times into something better.
~Mary Oliver

Nikon D90| Nikkor 17-35mm @30mm| f8| 2.5 seconds| ISO 200| Manual Mode| Remote Release Cable| B+W 3 Stop ND filter|
Uvas Canyon; Santa Clara County; California; Waterfall; Basin Falls