Busy Doings as June Starts

2 male & 3 female Hummingbirds at the feeder, a pair of flying Blue Herron chasing each other and fishing at pond edge, our resident Beaver snacking on lush growth and cleaning up fallen dead branches in the pond to haul to the dam/spillway, annual Canada Geese pair with 5 goslings grazing grass/clover on pond bank, ? Merganser mama duck and 6 ducklings (not photo agreeable) and a wild rabbit (also not photo agreeable) - various birds are still enjoying the suet/seed feeders (awaiting arrival of first baby woodpeckers)  😎

Sunflower, Beet and Green Beans have sprouted, tomatoes are planted and about to plant Cukes, Summer & Acorn Squash plants - Pond Sump pump is in for Summer watering!

First sighting of 5 Canada Geese goslings as parents 
bring them out from deep in the Marsh!

Grazing with Mom & Dad!
(you say, BUT ALL THAT POOP!!! - I go out each
am before the Golden girls and rake it up for the
veggie garden/containers)

A Beaver Snack!!!

He thinks these blueberry bushes need pruning!!!

Older Male arrived 5/6/22
(several weeks early)

Pandemic postponed the kitchen/woodstove room floor replacement of 2 years ago, it's now back in the plans:

Way Overdue for New Floor!!!

Original deteriorating flooring!

Commercial Grade Wood Laminated interlocking flooring
that I chose to compliment the log walls and
withstand Golden Retrievers (it has beautiful knots in it
and looks a bit lighter in person)!

Need this much for 13x17 floor measurement
= 240-50 sq ft!

Larry & Pete will install flooring in
September, when the girls and I will take
a "Get-Away" to Old Orchard Beach Maine!
(prefer "off season" get-away)

Flooring next to log wall!

Flooring in the sunlight!

Flooring with Golden girls!

Mya - The Best Helper  😎

Beaver Downed Tree!

Afternoon Project!

These Two are Golden 💖

Delimbing branches from dead trees across pond, from 
rowboat with small handy hand chainsaw! 

Our first strawberries
(we ate some before photo Ha Ha Yummy)

Iris Beauty

Beautiful

MEMORIAL DAY 2022

 Almost end of Blackflies, arrival of Mosquitos and better yet Dragonflies have hatched/arrived in numbers and are feasting on mosquitos!!! The Golden girls and I had a Wonderful Memorial Day weekend - God-daughter Jessica and her boyfriend Donald stayed with us and we had a wonderful time visiting/Church/doing projects/grilling/watching movies with snacks!

Donald's new fishing pole and they
bought me a Keurig mini coffee maker
for use when "Coffee Drinking" (like Jess)
Visitors come! (also makes tea/hot chocolate) 😃

Each did their own thing - I mowed
grass, Donald fished across pond
(in red shirt), and Jess sunbathed 😎

Girls Love Donald 💗
(read tee-shirt "Don't Stop Retrieving")

Donald wanted a project!
(cut up a Birch that the Beaver dropped, so I can
make Birch Peanut Butter birdfeeders)

Jess "hauled" logs up from boat!

Fun Boating Together!

Movie Night!!!

"Rare photo of Mom boating with Us"  💚

2022 New England Golden Jubilee at Dog Mountain in St Johnsbury Vermont

Wonderful, Sunny 86 degree day with a nice breeze, where dogs are allowed to run free everywhere (even explore in buildings) and swim in 2 ponds - yummy BBQ and huge Raffle for humans (didn't win a thing!) What a Day with my Girls  💖

142 Goldens 2022 💖

Huge Raffle!!!

BBQ lunch!

In the Chapel where thousands of Remembrance 
Photos adorn the walls 💝

Don't they Look Angelical 😇

140'ish Golden Retrievers!!!

SunKissed family contingent!

Don't know who took this photo (Mya on my (R)
and Emma on my (L) not shown (see her nose) 💞

Blessing of the Dogs 🙏

10 and Older Group!

HAPPY GIRLS, HAPPY MOM 💖

Blessing of the dogs 🙏

TRUTH 💝

Wind Blows Us into May!!!

Beautiful Sunset over Cedar Pond 💖

A Bit Early Yet, but Getting Ready - Seeds and
12 new Strawberry plants  🍓

Sunny Day Paddle - Mya at the Helm 😎

Had a pair of "Common Flickers"
insect grazing on our lawn today!

Forsythia Bush is Beautiful this year!
 

Willow's "Cruising" Place
Right Beside Me 💚

Emma, now the Oldest, assumes Willow's position 
in the Peddle-boat seat  💖

Emma's turn at the Helm  👍

2022 Annual Rooftop photo 💝

5/8/22  HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY
to My Very Special Girl Emma 💝

     
💖

Finally Dared to plant -
still very Windy and Temps hovering!

First "Full-In" Swim/Retrieve  😎
But Just twice, as water still COLD!

Watching!

Tomatoes - too early to plant in garden,
so transplanting into bigger pots!

Tomatoes soaking up sun "hardening" during day,
then into protective porch at night!

REALLY - from 50's to this in a week 😲

CJ's Crabapple Tree

It's the End of May so Let the Planting
Begin - tomatoes are in and carrots, beets,
green bean seeds are sown! Gotta get
squash & cuke plants! Oh, and Daisy
plants are up next to containers!

Afternoon's work from boat, cleaning fallen 
branches from pond - new hand-held mini-chainsaw
is terrific!!!

Mini Chainsaw