T.U.I

This art project has another name, but I like to think of it as the Tomb of the Unknown Invertebrates. The tumuli on the right was made by burying a collection of very large tree trunk sections that were cut down over the years due to disease and storm damage. These were piled up in the Dell Water for storage beforehand, sometimes for a few years. This “dead” wood became a remarkable habitat for a host of lifeforms, including beetles, ants, flies, wasps, and spiders, not to mention a wonderland the fungi.

The stones, also piled up for storage after being excavated, are a fine collection of glacial erratics, right where the glacier halted.