Tag Archives: Murphy Falls

03.22.2023 Wordless Wednesday-Murphy Falls

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01.25.2023 Wintry Wednesday-It was a cold day in….2019

Had I worn my boots I’d have been in the water and more straight on but when it came time to go in I got cold feet.

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09.21.2022 Waterfall Wednesday

We had very little rain this past summer and many of the brooks here were actually rock landscapes.  But last week we had a little bit and Murphy Falls had this trickle of a cascade flowing for a more intimate … Continue reading

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11.05.2021 Flashback Friday-Murphy Falls in Autumn

After yesterday’s post from Dean Brook and reference to Murphy Falls, I thought I’d share this old image from 2015.  Similar has appeared in portrait format back then but this is the first appearance in landscape. And of course countless … Continue reading

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03.08.2021 An Icicle with Character-2

There were two icicles that i enjoyed finding at the top of the little waterfall I visited on Saturday. This one is a bit more complicated to compose and I went about it from two different angles.  In both cases … Continue reading

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02.20.2021 Murphy! Is that you?

Yesterday as I was shooting ice, snow and water at Dean Brook’s Murphy Falls (my name for it after my late beagle and not official) I noticed this abstract.  What do you think?  Did he drop in to visit me?  … Continue reading

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12.22.2020 Murphy Falls in WInter

This little waterfall in Dean Brook is almost always reliable for a good image. There wasn’t quite as much ice as I expected but enough so I could include some as an interesting foreground element. Mary Beth noticed that my … Continue reading

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10.19.2020 Splish, splash, I avoided taking a bath.

In the brook, of course.  No B.O. Plenty am I.  Despite the strong flow, the water is rarely more than ankle deep over the rock bed of the brook until you go farther downstream. I’ve made many attempts to capture … Continue reading

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10.18.2020 Brookflow took a three month hiatus

Between the rain we got on Tuesday and followed by an all day event on Friday the water flowed in Dean Brook like it does in the springtime. It was great to have worldly sounds and thoughts drowned by the … Continue reading

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03.07.2020-2 Dean Brook Cascade with Icicle Cornice

More hangers over a little downstream from the pendants I shared earlier. Murphy Falls again but a little different this time around.  Lots of water and icicles hanging around from the bank.

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