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Baby Ducks
For the first time in many years Momma duck has had her babies on the creek. they are so much fun to watch.
Momma duck with her ducklings.
Ist Charlie find of the year
And the hunt has begun. Charlie was found today for the first time this season.
Congratulations Steven and Jenni for finding Charlie.
Can you tell where he’s hiding?
WINDY!
It’s been a windy day here today. Power has gone out once. How many more times before the night is over, that is the question.
Surf’s up!
We don’t see white caps on White Birch Lake very often, but today they have rolling along all day.
Charlie is hidden and ready to start another season
Charlie has found his first home for the season. How long before he will be found?
He’s peaking at you. Can you guess where he’s hiding?
Raft makes its way to the water
Getting ready for Memorial Day Weekend means getting the raft into the water. Here’s the pictures from winter home to summer home. It takes an hour to move the raft as our tractor moves slowly.
Winter home in Bobcat. We slip the pontoon trailer underneath to bring it over to the lake.
Creeping along.
It’s a tight squeeze near the horseshoe area
Crossing County K. We position people at our entrance and the curve before the creek road to stop traffic as we cross the road.
Pushing the raft down the creek road.
Final stretch to the boat landing.
We slip a boat underneath the raft and Andy sits and holds it in place as John motors the raft around the point.
Cruising to the final destination.
Does it really take two people to find the buoy and clip to hook the raft up?
In place and ready for use.
Crappies are biting
John and our two sons, Brian and Chris, went crappie fishing last night. They each got their limit and we know have 75 more fish to eat. Yum! John’s fishing report: Crappies are spawned out and the Bluegills are now on the beds.
Sure am glad I don’t have to clean all those fish. I just get to eat them.
Hummingbirds Arrive!
This has been an unusual spring. Early ice out, warm temps and the hummingbirds arrive two weeks ahead of schedule. I had to scramble to get food made and feeders hung.
Happy for food. They were buzzing my office window this morning letting me know they wanted their food. It always amazes me that they remember where the food hangs.
The female waiting for the male to finish eating as he won’t share at the feeder.
I think we have momma making a nest in the pine tree where the feeder hangs. I tried getting a good look, put can’t quite tell. I will keep my eye out and hopefully can get a good photo. I’ll keep you posted.
16th annual Journey’s Marathon
The 16th annual Journey’s Marathon took place this past weekend. this race is a pre-qualifier for the Boston Marathon. White Birch village Resort has the honor of hosting the starting line for the full marathon. It was a beautiful morning on Saturday for the race. Much better than last year with the freezing rain. The race starts at 8AM and it is a hub of activity from 7:15 – 8AM. By 8:15 AM you would never know anything had taken place. It’s a fun morning.
Final Stretching
Friends and family wishing the racers good luck.
Five minutes before race time.
The race announcer begins the race each year with the traditional Irish Blessing:
May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
The wheel part of marathon gets a three minute head start.
And the race begins
Even a snapping turtle was trying to see what was going on.
Docks Go In
The sure sign spring is here is Dock Day! With the warmer than normal spring we are having, the day was beautiful to put in docks. The water temp was a balmy 60 degrees!
All the posts get stored at the playground for the winter.
Main dock going in.
Floating and ready to be placed. Each section has a number with corresponding numbered posts.
John waiting for the next sections to arrive.
Our rowboats have more uses than to fish from.
I got a kick out of this picture…….beach chairs out and ready for use, just to look at dock sections. 🙂
Charlie Falls Through
Charlie didn’t make it until Tuesday. He went through the ice late Monday night, March 19th! Congratulations to Gene Wengert, this year’s Ice Out Winner. He chose March 19th at 4PM. Is March going to become the norm for ice out? 2 out of 3 years now Charlie has gone swimming in March. The average date for ice out here is mid-April.
John, Kelly and I were in Green Bay when the event happened. (We took Kelly to the Lambeau Field tour for her birthday). Thanks to the watchful eyes of our carpenters we have the picture for you. By the time we arrived home tonight Charlie was lying along the shore. He broke free from his chair.
Charlie this morning at 7AM. I left the carpenter's on Charlie watch while we were gone and as you can see at 7 AM this morning most of the ice was gone. Unbelievable how fast the ice went out this year.
Charlie must have been tired of his chair as he broke free and floated to the shoreline.
It made for an easy retrieval.
John will have to get his waders on to retrieve the chair.
All the ice is gone. We even saw fish jumping at the surface of the water tonight.
Charlie drying off.