So I'm heading out into the woods tomorrow. Finally for a period longer than a 3-day week-end. Got plans to do things like build a funky woodshed, repair stuff, hike around, maybe even fish; although fishing to me is almost as much work as felling trees and splitting firewood, which I really do enjoy. Gotta check out the beaver pond on the back forty and see if the water level as risen enough to give the beavs any problem with their dams. They have two dams now within 20 feet of each other. The lower one captures a small tributary that flows in, very slowly, beneath the much larger structure so they have created a rather sizable body of water. There is a convenient tree to lean back on there and just soak it all in. Total nature immersion. And there are no invasive species (save for me) that I recognize. No buckthorn, honeysuckle, wild grape or locust. Just sugar maple, birch, oak, alder and basswood. And blueberries, wintergreen, lycopodium, mosses, lichen and rocks. And deerflies and mosquitos at certain times, too. Keeps out the riff-raff. But the sandhill crane family, loons, turkeys and bald eagles offset the insects, somewhat. And we have a sizeable black bear hanging around the neighborhood, too.
The moon is waxing and I'll be up there when it's full on the 28th. Won't see as many stars but I'll be able to walk around at night without a flashlight. Of course, its likely to be overcast and, therefore, no night sky to speak of. But I have a lot to read (current novel: Orhan Pamuk's "The Black Book) and a lot to ponder...and hummingbirds to feed.
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