Fab Weather and the Pond Lady

This weekend's weather made it possible for hours of yard work catch up. Mass post-winter clean up was accompanied by hose fun, sun burn, and yes, a broken lawn mower.

Sunday evening, Suzan finally had a chance to get into the pond and clear out some of the over grown cat tail plants. Just as she was heading out, Ken and the kids had spotted a 3' water snake. Ken double-checked the Internet to identify and make sure that the snake was harmless, which it was. So, fighting slithery snake phobia in an effort to teach her kids not to be wimps (even though she was freaking out on the inside), she decided to proceed with the mission. Then her hero jumped into action: Ken spotted the snake near the bank (with a frog in it's mouth!) and was able to capture it! The task was put back on track, and even though it was a bit unnerving rooting around for things unseen, with the help of the kids and metal rakes, a portion of the over grown plants were uprooted and cleared out.

Meadow Frontiers

For a few years, we have talked about putting camp sites along the path of our upper field, leading to the fire ring area. Today, Hayden and his friend Jonathan were given the task of planning the site locations. They set out with a check list, a google map of the property and flag markers. As you can see, they took the quest seriously (and yes, we are still pondering Hayden's choice of head safety gear). Morgen helped finalize the map after she got home from school. They came up with a solid plan that we intend to implement over the next month. We look forward to working on this project and sharing the meadow with our friends this summer.