Day after Autumn Rain

Brief walk in from SW Gate to see effects of rain yesterday - not much. The soil was thoroughly wetted and the bare soil roughened but no sign of washing or flooding west of Beaver Dam. Now a few gallons of open water in the East Pond (5 deer fifty feet SE of the pond). The NW Pond had risen from 0.36 feet to 0.41 feet. No sign of the snapping turtle. I am sure I heard a frog jump into the water as I approached. The Eastern Wash was running barely past the Elm Bridge. Through the Woods along the EW Fence Trail white Eupatorium boneset was blooming. On the western edge along Chautauqua white asters were in bloom. Some Clematis had bloomed again by the SW Gate. Poison ivy berries were golden and leaves of some P. ivy were turning golden red. The trumpet vine pods were full mature and green.