Monday, June 15, 2009

News From The Observatory

A wonderful weekend! Family, friends, and fishing.

On Saturday we had a reunion of our family and friends here at the observatory. You could say it was a family reunion, because our friends are family to us! Everyone had a great time, and we all vowed to get together more often. Of course it doesn't always work out that way in our busy grownup lives, but even if we don't get together as often as we'd like, we still think of each other.

And then on Sunday we went fishing!

Peppermill Lake


Peppermill Lake


As we were getting ready to leave Peppermill Lake, we loaded the boat on the trailer and here was this snake at the landing. He was going way down to the bottom and chewing on a dead bullhead. He would spend a long time down there before he came up for air. Really neat to watch! He swam all around the boat, trailer, and us and didn't seem too scared. Only swimming away a little if we got real close.


The poison ivy is blooming now. We'll have a bumper crop of poison ivy berries this Fall! The only nice thing about it is, the animals eat it and aren't allergic to it. Humans are the only things allergic to poison ivy. These pictures were taken in our backyard!


And, of course, the latest aircraft picture!


- Quads, hailing from Grand Marsh Observatory atop Elk Castle Hill

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