Hopedale Pond, December 17, 2006. I've been told that the water level has been lowered so the dam can be checked.

   Occasionally I've seen a few seagulls on the pond, but not often and not many. There have been many more than usual for more than a week now. I suppose they're finding it easy to get lunch in the little puddles that get left behind as the water level drops.

   In the picture at the top, the fieldstone side of the Rustic Bridge can be seen at the bottom. The view is upstream. The picture at the bottom shows the remains of the dam from the 1949 dredging project.

  December 22 - The water level has been rising for the last day or so. Evidently they're through checking the dam.

   
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