Weekend of July 11, 2008

• Baby swallows have left the nest. Five babies. Three parents!
• Black and white checkered bird spotted in elderberry bush, next to house barn.
• Blackberries are ripe.
• Picked ripe peas
• Thinned out the beets
• Put the last rafter on the barn roof. Now ready for strapping.
• Bought a sawmill attachment--not used yet.
• Found dead fish on the beach--carp?
• Marc built a work table for his ax.
• Left Monday morning.
• Ordered Stihl Kombi trimmer.
• Did oil change on the Polaris ATV
• Kevin gave Marc a power washer--not working.
• Found female Blandings turtle on the road on the way to the beach. Brought home in the cooler and released her to the pond.
• Grant/Denise visited in Cadillac
• Big poplar sphinx moth near the water pump.
• Saw gray tree frog.
• Found a hydrometer in the barn.
• Scarlet runner beans are flowering.
• Ordered service manual and toolkit for Polaris ATV.
• Snapping turtle we released into the pond was sunning himself in the middle of the "road" leading to the trailers.
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