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| The Girls of Summer ... planning our Fall Get-Away to the Ocean! (Emma, Mya, Willow) |
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| Critters only left us 3 peaches ... sadly, NO PEACH JAM 😒 |
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| The "meadow" is re-emerging ... till the next rain 😄 |
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| Welcome "Raymond" to Camp ... we haven't had a lil' camper in a while ... let the Adventures begin! |
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| Mom, Emma and I were asked to be in a Promotional video for the Life Care Center of the Merrimack Valley (Billerica, Ma) (photo by Catherine Manzi) |
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| Mya leaping at the dam! |
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| Emma leaping at the dam! |
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| 2018 - Don't think we're gonna see the "Meadow" for a while! This must be the rainiest summer in history ... another 5" emptied from the rain gauge 😲 |
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| 2016 Same shot of the "Meadow" ... we had tomatoes in pots! |
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| Beaver & I have sculptured the dam, to raise/lower the pond water level ... and enjoy a shady/breezy place to relax! |
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| Blackberries & Black Raspberries are ripening! |
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| Mya enjoying picking her own Black Raspberries! |
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| Agility Practice Day and Photo-Shoot! |
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| The girls went to a "Pool Party" at their friend Beckett's house 😎 |
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| Dead tree just misses Tool Shed in storm 🙏 |
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| Dead tree just misses our "Fleet" of boats and is floating around from one end of the pond to the other 🙏 |
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| Our "Homegrown" Impatience is in full bloom! |
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| Mya learning Skateboarding! |
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| While chainsawing, did I inadvertently create a "Pond Creature"? (Think we'll keep it 😅) |
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| Girls at the SunKissed family Reunion ... 34 litters of Golden Retrievers represented 😎 |
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| Sunny, Hot, Humid with a nice Breeze ... a Swim and new Smoked Knuckle bones ... It's a GREAT Dog's Life 😋 |
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| This hangs in our HOME 💖 |
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| HAPPY 4th OF JULY ... GOD BLESS AMERICA! (Emma, Mya, Willow) |
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| 90+ degrees and everything is dry (except the Meadow)... time to put "Sump Pump"into the pond for watering! |
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| Working on cutting up "Beaver" downed tree! (tree with brown leaves across pond) |
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| Emma loves Wild Blueberries 💙 |
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| Watching 2 Blue Heron circle pond! |
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| Sister Love 💕 |
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| Willow investigating ducks! |
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| Emma checking to see if the Meadow "Breakfast Nook" is dry yet! "Nope mom, not yet!" |
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| Box gardens are coming along ... several handfuls green beans and tiny summer squash/tomatoes/cucumbers! |
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| Every year the pond has a non-toxic "Algae Bloom" and the girls have swimming restrictions close to the dock! (https://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/81962.html) |
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| Meadow is still muddy as water recedes , so gated to keep girls out! (but Willow & Mya found another way in ... thru the flower bed!) |
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| Peg, Jim & Beckett came for a visit! (they brought the girls yummy Smoked Knuckle bones) |
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| 7/18/18 ... All night & All day rain good for everything but the Meadow, which is flooded again ... Beaver & I are back doing daily Dam work again ... Ducks/ducklings love the flooding! |
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| We're in TROUBLE now ... we have a Beaver Pup ... guess our Resident Beaver is a SHE ... brave lil' thing right up by dock and boats!!! |
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| Old Dock! |
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| New Dock ... made from salvaged Agility equipment slats ... Golden Approved! |
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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!) |
