Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Ending May and Going into June


Temperatures are up to 90 and down to 40 ... pollen swirls seen on the flooded pond/meadow, storm windows coming off slowly, first grass mowing, vegetable seeds sprouting, strawberries planted last Fall are robustly in bloom, flowers & trees blooming, Dragonflies have arrived (start eating those mosquitoes!), girls are swimming/touring pond in the Peddleboat and 5 New Arrivals to pond ... SPRING HAS ARRIVED  😎

Pollen Swirl
Tomatoes, beans, cukes and summer squash
Strawberries
Crabapple tree planted in memory of our Appaloosa
horse CJ 10+ years ago
Beautiful!
Let the "Water Sports" begin!
This pair of  Canada Geese return every Spring to
hatch their young!
"Anchors Away ... Come On Our Captain, Lets Go!"
Dock is still 6" under water!
Missed the rare "Kodak Moment"
when 3 Hummers were feeding!

New gardener ... Good help is so hard to find!
6am ... How did the Peddleboat get over at the
Beaver Lodge ?

Palliated Woodpecker outside kitchen door!


Mama Mallard and her 4 ducklings!
Mya checking out Water Iris that are starting to bloom!

Only one girl can go for a paddle ... Willow wins!
Swimming Fun at SunKissed family pool!

Good roll in grass after swimming!
6/18/18  Starting to see the Dock boards!
(grass seeding of mud as water recedes) 
Every morning the girls help open up the dam!
(Supervisor Willow  😏)
Morning chores ... pile of "Beaver Sticks" collection!
(to become winter firewood)
Mallard family ... mama leaves 2 remaining ducklings in
the meadow for short periods, while she flies off
"to run an errand"!
We planted a New Peach tree!
6/20/18  We can stand on "Dry Dock"!
(now we need new boards!)
Our new favorite place to sit ... at the Dam, with a cool breeze!
Beaver ... the "Flooding Culprit"  😲
First Scent Tracking session of 2018 (in Massachusetts)
for this crew ...then swimming in the rain and ICE CREAM! 

First quart of our own Strawberries  😋
Doing some chainsaw work from the rowboat to clean-up
around the pond (with supervision from the porch!)

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