Monday, July 13, 2015

Summer Shots at "Our Place"

The Queen oversees all  ;o)
(Sutter 13 1/2yrs)
How can sooo much hair be groomed from one girl
every 2-4 weeks?




























Tomatoes like pond view!









Trying "Sweet Baby" watermelons!
(girls love watermelon)





"Summer Kitchen" in 90 degree temps!


Girls at Tuesday Training Center in Westminster Vt
Purple Clamatus

Beautiful
"Birdie Furrr"
(to the birds from Sutter)
This photo of pup Sutter finding a glove on her first trip to Maine
will forever be etched in my memory ... still has that glove, although
a little chewed around the edges!


3 Black Ducklings all grown up!
Magenta Clamatus
 Father Hairy Woodpecker feeds suet to youngin'
(Peterson's Guide says males have red spot on head)


Start of wild blueberries
(last year was a skimpy 1 Qt)
Seasonal Blue Heron
Emma the "clean-up" girl (2 bumpers retrieved)  ;o)
Willow on a leisurly swim to retrieve ...
her ears and tail are the last to submerge and get wet!
(L) Mya & (R) Emma berry pickin' across the pond!



Emma like retrieving two at a time!!!

Monday, July 6, 2015

Wow ... July already!

We traveled on the 4th of July to an awesome Graduation cookout for family/friends of God-daughter Jess ... so many folks that the girls were comfy in their "home away from home" van with the fan going ... they did get some lil' visitors and got to lick the plate with tid-bits!
It's the van with the tailgate up
Willow resting comfy in the Van on her bunkbed!

























Sometimes the "Rules of Nature" feel sad ... when we returned home from the wonderful cookout, we were greeted by a lone Canada goose parent and just one gosling (our annual pair with 4 babies is broken) ... they had been gone from our pond for 2 weeks and figured they had just moved on...
Lonely parent and surviving gosling  :-(

 Have they returned to a place of comfort to heal :-)

Mother duck & 3 babies swim by!







































Mother Woodpecker feeds suet to her youngin'







"Hey, who was suppose to bring the paddle"

Lifeguard Sutter on duty!









































Sunrise "Breakfast Nook" by the pond  ;o)
Spread 3yds Hardpak to fill rain washout ... Ooops, while driving
over it to pack it down, the car slid off the driveway !!!
AAA to the rescue ... no damage ;o)