This past Thursday Alex and I had lunch at Spressos Coffee Cookies Cakes, which offers Wi-Fi. We berformed backups and upgraded TheSwirl to use WordPress version 2.0.3, applied a security patch, and then Alex showed me a couple of new plugins that he is using on his web site at www.TivoBlog.com. I dumped the embedded [...]
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I spent most of the weekend building a more erosion resistant spillway for the lower pond. Given the recent flooding (6/28 and 7/12) we have experienced the pond has done quite well. The overflow is quite broad and new grass has started, although it doesn’t have a great root system yet. This weekend I dug [...] Tuesday night I was mowing my pasture between the two ponds. I was on my 2nd pass around the section when a young otter ran out of the tall grass headed to the stream flowing out of the pond. He was sleek and a dark, seal brown color. I am sure he thought he had [...] This past weekend sister Barbara joined Kathryn, Eric and I in our camper at Soft Maple. Billie Jo, Billy and Dakota brought their tent and joined us. Eric enjoyed the trip as there were several other kids camping this weekend as well. On Eric joined them in burying a brother. Saturday evening we hiked [...] The bass that we previously stocked in the ponds have demonstrated their predatory nature. There were a lot of frog eggs and tadpoles hatching in the ponds – due to the lack of predators. Recently that has changed as I have observed the small bass prowling along the banks to catch bugs and tadpoles near [...] Our 4th of July holiday included several family gatherings. Barbara brought Mom & Dad to our house for a Friday picnic leaving Mom for a couple days “vacation”. On Saturday Ed, Kelly, Phoenix and Izzabella joined Billie Jo and Dakota for a picnic at our house. Unfortunately, I never gathered everyone for a group picture. [...] |
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