Welcome back to Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack remains more than confused why the phrase “Don’t put your friend in the sofa-bed and fold it up” now must be added to the list of activities Tax Deduction No. 1 and his friends aren’t supposed to do in Hack’s living room.
Friggin’ teenagers. At least they put the smallest of the three in the bed lengthwise before folding it up, ramming it back into the sofa frame and putting the cushions back on.
Teenagers. Pollen.
That’s one way to kill time while waiting to figure out today whether the massive green mats floating in Diamond Lake are toxic blue-green algae or, of all things, pine pollen.
The lake was pea-green soup Sunday, looking a lot like it was suffering from the first blue-green algae bloom since tui chub were eradicated from it in 2006.
If so, that would be a huge setback for the lake, whose excellent water quality is one reason it grows lots of insects that support the best trout fishery in Oregon.
Results of Monday’s water tests should be available today.
Chances are, it’s a mixture of both some sort of algae and pollen.
Visibility in the lake was back up to a little more than 9 feet, which suggests it was more pollen in the mix than anyone could have imagined.
Kind of like the new sofa-bed restriction.
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