EASTER SUNDAY

Happy Easter

It'll be an odd Easter this year, churches are shuttered, family distant and holed up. Oddly quiet on the roadways, few cars driving by. Rose picked up a small spiral ham and my fav scalloped potatoes that will be great for dinner.

The governor of Maine concluded, "friendly magical creatures" including the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy are essential workers and may continue traveling throughout the state.  Whew, and I was worried...

Spring chores are in full swing now, fields getting mowed, getting ahead of all the puckerbrush and raspberries, they grow up so fast along with all the wild roses, and the nasty vines, poison ivy, and poison sumac. The birds spread the seeds of several pain in the ass vines around here, Bittersweet the worst of them can be seen climbing 20-30 feet up trees choking them out, we cut the vines where we see them at the base.

Back side of the brush pile... Freshly mowed and ready to grow, (Needs a cow)... lots of milkweed fluff the birds will be picking up for nesting.

Zebulon is getting big.  He's enjoying the good weather, and shedding his weight in fur weekly

The greenhouse before, falling down and being overtaken by brambles

The remains of the Greenhouse, benches, etc. Time to go to the dump.

We picked up and moved a bunch of bricks, Rose figures $1000 worth of bricks that we'd piled in several places over the years.

Several dead trees fell down over the winter, these all needed to be cut up and put into the burn pile. My Stihl chainsaw I picked up two years ago is still running great, it does need a good sharpening, maybe later today I'll take a file to the chain and get her ready for the next big thing.

Rose is happy, Easter Sunday her barn swallows arrived, she saw a lone scout that usually arrives a couple days before the main group of them, they normally arrive April 8th - 12th.  I was surprised to see a bluebird up in a tree in the field yesterday.  We have several birdhouses to repair and rehang before mating season starts up shortly. 

We lost a big elm by the driveway we'll have to get a tree service in to take it out, seemed healthy right through June last summer then the leaves started falling off and today most of the bark is missing and branches frequently fall in the driveway, we won't park there anymore due to the trees rapid decay.

COVID 19 continues to run rampant throughout the area, we're pretty much hunkered down at the house now. The new normal... it's funny I used to complain about long lines INSIDE the grocery store... this is the grocery store in Bedford.  

Hannaford in Bedford

I'm hearing about farm feed shortages, probably a good time to buy a heifer, oh and garden seeds being in short supply in some areas, seed suppliers have orders at 800% of normal, lots of scared or very bored folks out there. I do think we'll put in a garden this year.