The next day we returned to take a second look. There was a sense of - deep shock - and AWE - almost a sacredness: to the sight of these beautiful manifestations. And as I have thought about them, . .. it seems that this may very well be "concrete" (or "ICE") evidence: of a visitation of some form.
The foam on the river looks like the foam which forms when one boils potatoes from the garden; with peels ( and small amounts of soil) still on them. The disks were also made of frozen bubbles: in varying sizes; mixed with tiny white Ice Hail pellets, and whatever dirt,sap etc. was in the foam on the river. The consistency of the ice was similar to styrofoam. I did not lift
the disc completely out of the water: I did not want to break it.
When I returned the disc to the river, it did not move in the eddy in the same way as it had previous to being pulled from the river. I was a little sad about that: almost like I had "killed it": disturbed the dance. Also: surprisingly enough: there were only 2 of the large circles there this second day: and there had been NO melting overnight: just a small amount of snow fall, and a little bit of wind. I am thinking the other 6 large circles ( and the 1 that had been downstream the day before) had floated out of view down the river?