We went swimming at Puffer’s Pond today. It’s not our first visit this year, but it is the first since its been warm enough to really swim. The water is still pretty cold, but it never really warms up too much here. It was very refreshing.
The kids created a lake with a waterfall running back [...]
Our gardens are pretty minimal this year , but things are coming along nicely at Susan’s house. She planted the peas and found some wooden lattice for them to climb on. I planted spinach and swiss chard between the peas.
There are two types of kale and pac choi in another bed. [...]
A robin has made a nest on top of the light on Susan’s back porch.
Today we hiked the 6.3 miles from route 141 across Mt. Tom to route 5. So we’ve hiked all the way from the Connecticut border to the Connecticut River. It feels like a nice milestone.
There is some nice scenery from the top of Mt. Tom, especially overlooking Easthampton. We also got a [...]
We spent a long weekend visiting family in Virginia. The cousins had a great time playing and it was a great trip. It’s too bad Virginia is such a long drive, though.
The weather was beautiful; we spent quite a bit on time swimming in the pool and the river. I got to [...]
Here’s the headband R. was working on. It only took her two days to finish. She’s getting fast! And there’s her purse again.
R. finished several projects this morning, including this purse.
Here she is with her new headband and wrist warmers working on her next project.
We went for a walk at Arcadia, the Audubon sanctuary in Easthampton yesterday. We saw a number of interesting wildflowers, including these:
Mayapple
Star flower
I also got a good look at a red tail hawk who just sat on this branch while I approached.
Other wildflowers that were in bloom included ladyslipper, mayflower, toothwort, cut-leaf toothwort, american [...]
Grampy turned 90 recently. That’s quite a milestone!
R. made this fruit salad for the occasion:
Inspired to study the impact of global warming in New England, a Boston University professor, Richard Primack, has begun a citizen science study to monitor local plants and animals. Primack discovered historical records of the flowering times of plants in Concord, Massachusetts, recorded by H.D. Thoreau in the 1850’s. They have begun to [...]
