A NICE MORNING FOR A MARSHY WALK LED TO A LAZY AFTERNOON

Wouldn't you know it!!  I spend hours cleaning the Jeep inside and out and this morning when I stepped out the Jeep had a fine yellow powder all over it.  Nuts!!  It's the annual pine pollen season again and that stuff just makes a big mess of everything.  And I know it purposely waited this year until I had finished cleaning the Jeep!!

Our second mighty fine sunny day in a row but on the cool side at 50F.  Tee shirt, shirt, and light jacket kind of morning.  Well that didn't last long and by 9:30 I had already discarded the shirt and jacket as temps came up quickly.  Of course with the rise in temperature came the Mosquitos and other nefarious flying insects.  Had we been home we could easily have slipped indoors but we weren't.  We were in the swampy Hullett Marsh where those flying insects ruled the day.

OUT THERE WAS A ROUSINGCRESCENDO OF FROG SOUNDS

It was a nice mornings walk again and we had the area we were in all to ourselves.  The dominant wildlife were Frogs.  Couldn't see them but we sure could hear them.  Their 'chug-a-rum' sounds dominated the air.  Hundreds if not thousands of them as their 'chug-a-rums' blended in a rising and falling chorus unlike I had ever heard before.  The multitude of Frogs were not close to where we were walking but on the far side of what is known in the Marsh as Whoodie Pool.

DESPITE FROG SOUNDS ALL AROUND US WE ONLY SAW A FEW

With the air getting warmer and the bugs getting nastier we were soon back to the Jeep and headed for home.  Thank heavens we had that nice little window of cooler morning air when we did.  The day warmed up but cooled down nicely by late afternoon.  I would be quite happy if this kind of weather were to continue indefinitely.  About the only thing I did this afternoon was mow our clover again.

THIS MUSKRAT DIDN'T SEE US

Well here we are at the official first day of summer.  A decade ago I would already be counting down the days to our departure for the great American Southwest sometime in October.  My oh my how things have changed but I guess it's inevitable.  It's not likely we'll make it this year but I've said that before haven't I.  We still have a foot in the door.

TWO PHOTOS OF WHAT I BELIEVE ARE PROTECTIVE BOXES FOR TURTLE NEST EGGS

Kelly comes home tomorrow (Sunday) but I haven't told Pheebs yet.  Could be a bit of a busy week coming up starting with a representative of the new Park owners dropping around Monday morning to fill us in on what's happening.  We did hear the new owners plan on bringing in more units.  That of course is not good news for us because those units and additional traffic will likely be in our corner of the Park.  More congestion and more people means more noise.  And that's all I have to say about that for now until we know for sure what the future plans for the Park will be.  That of course will determine what our future plans will be as well.

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A couple was having a discussion about family finances. Finally the husband exploded, "If it weren't for my money, the house wouldn't be here!" The wife replied, "My dear, if it weren't for your money I wouldn't be here." 
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Seeing his shares plummet on a black morning during the recession, the boss called to his secretary, “Get my broker, Miss Wilks!””Certainly, sir. Stock or Pawn?”
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