A very nice homemade stock fence; this is strong enough to contain horses, but I’ve never seen any in this pasture. The upright posts between the welded frames are made of cedar, a tree that grows abundantly wild here in Central Oklahoma. This fence is relatively new and stands out near NE 122nd Street along Westminster Road.
The same concrete railing stands on both sides; a very nice place to sit. The area is fairly remote from most traffic, unless the sand and gravel yard is busy. Imagine: The breeze can be felt, but isn’t strong enough to make the trees rustle. You hear crows calling, several different songbirds, but the hawks are silent, hunting along the river. Every now and then you hear something burble in the water below, where the rip-rap catches the water along the bank. Somewhere just on the edge of your hearing are bullfrogs.
Just a little farther along NE 122nd Street is an alfalfa field not yet fully grown enough to produce the tiny purple flowers. This field rides up over the flood bank of the North Canadian River Valley. That’s the last obstacle to general catastrophic flooding, which is exceedingly rare. A little less rare is that water has come up to this hump a few times during my life.
Today I spotted there rare purple flowers along the Draper Bikeway.
I’ve never seen a fence like that. Interesting!