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| Shadbush is in prime bloom |
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| A place of wild peace |
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| En Garde! Prepare to defend the Peace! |
There's a bittern in there somewhere.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Monday, April 23, 2012
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Mayflowers!
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| Sweetest perfume. We saw these as buds |
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| Hooded merganser on Dam Buster Branch Pond |
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| Ring-necked also on Dam Buster Pond |
Monday, April 16, 2012
It's Outdoor Time
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| Fawns will be soon |
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| Red maple flower buds are swelling |
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| It's lake time |
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| And time to get to the good high places |
Friday, April 13, 2012
Roads Are Open
We were able to get around this afternoon. Roads are now good for pickups and passenger vehicles. Shoulders are soft in places - be careful where to pass.
A bit of creative smoothing when you drive will take out minor ruts where they occurred.
A bit of creative smoothing when you drive will take out minor ruts where they occurred.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Easter
Lakeville is having very pretty snow and a quiet weekend.
We are blessed with some beautiful Easter egg layers.
And the early song of winter wren sweetens the ears.
May your world be good. Beauty and peace await your return.
We are blessed with some beautiful Easter egg layers.
And the early song of winter wren sweetens the ears.
May your world be good. Beauty and peace await your return.
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| Easter 2012 inLakeville |
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| Common Merganser Easter pair on Upper Sys |
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| Wood ducks on Lombard Stream |
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| Sweet Mayflowers are coming |
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| Pug Stream at the Arch |
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Too Tough to Call
S-L-O-W-L-L-L-Y, very slowly, roads are getting better. It's a tough call. Frost is mostly out everywhere, but there are tender patches. We have not been able to find time enough to go over all the roads, so what follows is a guess in part.
The best call seems to be to let the followers of this Blog know that it's highly likely, but not guaranteed, you can get to your camp this Easter weekend. Where short (5 to 20 foot) pieces of the road are soft and make ruts it's not a problem. These are places that will need some strategically placed gravel when road work begins and the damage at this time will serve as a good identifier. But it's too early to open the roads to general public use so the ropes and signs will stay up. The year round residents are now able to take their vehicles in.
We don't know about upper Spaulding Pond Road, Pug Lakes Road north of Old Tower, and the east and west ends of Sys Road. If you find you are making 5-inch ruts for more than 20 feet, please reconsider.
And please remember that your driveway might be impassable. And be prepared to reverse a long way to find a wide hard place to pass oncomers - the shoulders are soft!
May all be well with All.
The best call seems to be to let the followers of this Blog know that it's highly likely, but not guaranteed, you can get to your camp this Easter weekend. Where short (5 to 20 foot) pieces of the road are soft and make ruts it's not a problem. These are places that will need some strategically placed gravel when road work begins and the damage at this time will serve as a good identifier. But it's too early to open the roads to general public use so the ropes and signs will stay up. The year round residents are now able to take their vehicles in.
We don't know about upper Spaulding Pond Road, Pug Lakes Road north of Old Tower, and the east and west ends of Sys Road. If you find you are making 5-inch ruts for more than 20 feet, please reconsider.
And please remember that your driveway might be impassable. And be prepared to reverse a long way to find a wide hard place to pass oncomers - the shoulders are soft!
May all be well with All.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Still Closed
Cold weather this week kept the frost from coming out and set things up for a second round of soft road conditions. We had a few inches of snow that's not melting because the roads are that cold. Weather next week is to be in the 40's and below freezing at night. It's likely the roads will stay tender for another two weeks.
It's still possible to get in Old Tower to Lower Pug but the rope will stay up because Sys Road is still fragile. It appears that a crowd that went to one camp on Sys last weekend rutted Sys seriously with ATV's when it was tender. Snow needs to go to judge the damage completely.
Creatures are stirring. The pair of black ducks are back on the beaver pond on Dam Buster Branch. Otters have been traveling together in the woods and along the little streams. Early birds are going through. It's a good time of year again.
It's still possible to get in Old Tower to Lower Pug but the rope will stay up because Sys Road is still fragile. It appears that a crowd that went to one camp on Sys last weekend rutted Sys seriously with ATV's when it was tender. Snow needs to go to judge the damage completely.
Creatures are stirring. The pair of black ducks are back on the beaver pond on Dam Buster Branch. Otters have been traveling together in the woods and along the little streams. Early birds are going through. It's a good time of year again.
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| Otter short slide across road |
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| Otter track in the woods |
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| New snow not melting on frozen road |
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| Lower Pug from west. Lower Sys in distance. Hello Zurich! |
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| Upper Sys looking south. Passadumkeag Mtn. in distance. Windmill development coming. |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Normal Returned
Temperature went back to 14° overnight and cool in daytime. Frost stopped coming out on the roads and we're set up for soft tender soup that will rut very badly when warm conditions return.
Lakes are beginning to open. Keg is mostly clear this morning, Junior has some open water.
Ropes will stay up this coming weekend because most of the roads will be damaged if used. There's an exception on Old Tower as far as Lower Pug.
Be well.
And don't import firewood. We have had an incident where quarantined camp firewood arrived in the area from Mass. Maine Forest Service is giving the matter serious attention. It is to be destroyed because of insect import hazard.
Lakes are beginning to open. Keg is mostly clear this morning, Junior has some open water.
Ropes will stay up this coming weekend because most of the roads will be damaged if used. There's an exception on Old Tower as far as Lower Pug.
Be well.
And don't import firewood. We have had an incident where quarantined camp firewood arrived in the area from Mass. Maine Forest Service is giving the matter serious attention. It is to be destroyed because of insect import hazard.
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