Plug spring

We named this geological oddity Plug spring. Years ago, its shape was quite different. It is a water spring, putting out a steady though small amount of nice fresh water, but only a few years ago it looked quite different. There was a berm of earth, as shown above, but it was more connected-to-the-ground looking. Now it looks like a dirt bedroll, tossed on the ground but not really connected. Before, it was a curved berm with a plug-like piece rising out of its center where the tuft of grass is now, surrounded by water, almost like the bulls-eye of a target. The water source is now to the left of the picture, but it used to be right up against the inside of the berm, with the plug next to it. Walking on this feature was strange, since it bounced as if it were on a bed of jelly.

All the critters on this end of the property visit the spring often, judging by the tracks that surround it. In a few years, it will probably look much different than it does now. Weird.