Nuttin continues to happen here in NewMahket. I have been around to document it more this month. It is fun to watch the babies grow up. The yard work is winding down and will be the subject of the next blog. Here are a series of pictures of the mother turkey sheltering her brood. They […]

We went out kayaking again. This time we headed into Newmarket for breakfast. There were four of us, Meg, Mark and Paul Lightfoot and his wife Mikki. It was a quiet morning. We met at the dock at eight AM. There was initially a light fog. We went to Borwn’s Bagels and got breakfast. It

I was torn over which blog to do first, the fishing blog or the babies blog. Both are fun to do because there is good content. I choose the fishing blog first, which was a good choice as I got another days worth of video and pictures for this blog. We have been seeing baby

Mark, Meg and Wink joined Rod and Susan in Door County for a short get away. We stayed in a quaint airbnb in Sturgeon Bay. We showed up on Sunday and stayed until Wednesday. The arrival didn’t quite go as planned. Thunderstorms in Chicago kept us on the ground and we didn’t get in until

Meg and Mark went out for their first kayak adventure in 2019. The intent was to take a leisurely paddle into the Nature Conservancy area of Lubberland Creek. We bumped into Paul Lightfoot at the dock and he decided to join us. This was intended to be a warm up before a longer paddle into

I haven’t managed to blog in June yet, so there will be only one June blog.  The landscaping work is still ongoing and we are also working in the gardens. I traveled to the 2019 SAE Noise and Vibration Conference. Andrew and I also drove to Washington DC and delivered a car to my sister

We decided to do a few cosmetic changes to the yard and enquiring minds want to know how things are going. Of course I have been documenting the progress. I had planned to do a blog with before, during and after photos. There has been good progress but slow so I changed my mind and

Andra and Dave led the Moody Point bird walk again this morning. It has been a good year for birding and the air was full of bird song. The weather was clear with a breeze from the Northwest. We started at trail head one and were seeing birds as we gathered. Wink saw a hummingbird

I think this time of year is one of my favorites. The daffodils are blooming and the yard is greening up and the migrating birds are starting to arrive. Most of the new arrivals came on Cinco de Mayo and have been very active since. There is finally abundant food for the deer. They have

I am lagging in my posting again. I really want to put up some recent pictures but want to clear the backlog too. So here is all of April in one fell swoop. Cooper Hawk The turkeys have been busy around the house. Turkeys The deer stop by occasionally as well. Deer Hawk Mockingbird The