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 😎
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| Pollen Swirl |
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| Tomatoes, beans, cukes and summer squash |
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| Strawberries |
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Crabapple tree planted in memory of our Appaloosa
horse CJ 10+ years ago |
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| Beautiful! |
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| Let the "Water Sports" begin! |
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This pair of Canada Geese return every Spring to
hatch their young! |
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| "Anchors Away ... Come On Our Captain, Lets Go!" |
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| Dock is still 6" under water! |
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Missed the rare "Kodak Moment"
when 3 Hummers were feeding! |
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| New gardener ... Good help is so hard to find! |
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6am ... How did the Peddleboat get over at the
Beaver Lodge ? |
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Palliated Woodpecker outside kitchen door!
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| Mama Mallard and her 4 ducklings! |
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| Mya checking out Water Iris that are starting to bloom! |
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| Only one girl can go for a paddle ... Willow wins! |
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| Swimming Fun at SunKissed family pool! |
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| Good roll in grass after swimming! |
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6/18/18 Starting to see the Dock boards!
(grass seeding of mud as water recedes) |
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Every morning the girls help open up the dam!
(Supervisor Willow 😏) |
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Morning chores ... pile of "Beaver Sticks" collection!
(to become winter firewood) |
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Mallard family ... mama leaves 2 remaining ducklings in
the meadow for short periods, while she flies off
"to run an errand"! |
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| We planted a New Peach tree! |
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6/20/18 We can stand on "Dry Dock"!
(now we need new boards!) |
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| Our new favorite place to sit ... at the Dam, with a cool breeze! |
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| Beaver ... the "Flooding Culprit" 😲 |
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First Scent Tracking session of 2018 (in Massachusetts)
for this crew ...then swimming in the rain and ICE CREAM! |
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| First quart of our own Strawberries 😋 |
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Doing some chainsaw work from the rowboat to clean-up
around the pond (with supervision from the porch!) |
