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what is a waterfall?
What makes a waterfall a “waterfall”? Jelkes Creek doesn’t have enough elevation change to create a falls through its meandering path in Sleepy Hollow and Dundee Township to create much besides bogs and marshes. I would guess that this damn & spillway were created as a control point for Jelkes Creek as it flows under Hwy 31. What I find most interesting is that I’ve driven by Lake Beatrice for over 15 years and missed that this spillway existed the entire time.
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on a call
While on a call about photography of the boring world around us, I saw an image of blinds with a pull string. It was a perfect image – simple and yet compelling, so I attempted to re-create the image during that call using the blinds in my office.
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