6/25/07

* picked 5 cups black rasps. between yesterday and this morning - enough for a pie

* AGAIN we found a dead skunk at the gate. This time it was in a garbage bag. Last time it was a dead skunk on a garbage bag with 2 gloves next to it. WEIRD

* On Saturday (6/23) we ran into the woman who always has her dogs off the leash. She gave us her name.

6/22/07

First ripe raspberries picked 2 days ago. Mulberries have been ripe about 1.5 weeks, but they are tough to get to.

6/18/07

FJ was killed by a dog about 1 week ago. We found him dead in the yard. "Fatty Junior" was our friendly neighborhood groundhog. But now we have Fatty III out in the yard.

6/15/07

NEW ROOF completed on:
*house
*barn
*outhouse

New causeway put in

* 30 min. cutting branches from causway.
* H.T. kicked out 2 swimmers at dusk - right by our new sign! - they knew nothing about 1,4 Dioxane.

PALL has decided to sell Gelman Sciences. We will go to a public meeting on Thursday about it.

6/8/07

60 minutes - put up a new "no swimming" sign on the north side of the lake.

We'll see if someone takes it down. - I won't be surprised if so.

Went for a walk and on the SE portion of trail that crosses driveway, we heard then saw a small owl. We did not recognize the call - it flew to a couple different branches when it noticed we had spotted it. It was only about 8-9" tall.

After referencing bird book, we see that it is either: saw-whet or Eastern screech.

UPDATE: Confirmed as saw-whet; its call does NOT sound like an Eastern screech.

6/7/07

2 hours mowing.

Someone took our metal sign stake across the lake only a few days before we put it up. We will have to post it on wood instead and ope we can pound it in.

6/2/07

Officer stopped by to check on bad dog walkers.