Great Weekend

https://kanchisilksarees.com/ya81vkwq Spent the weekend at the farm.  Taught Patty how to use the zero-turn mower, which she had a blast with.  I set her up with a small rectangle to mow and she ended up mowing the whole place, about 7 acres of grass in all.  She had the noise canceling headphones on and was evidently singing out loud the whole time.

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Pond and Dam Repair Underway

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Local Wildlife

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Bear

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Deer on a cold morning

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Bobcat

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Bobcat returning with its dinner

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Turkey

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Tom Turkey giving a show

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Buck with antlers just starting to grow

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Egret poking its head in front of the camera

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Two river otters (right side of pic)

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Springtime is Gorgeous Here

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Winter wheat

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Buttercups on the hill behind the house

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Spring Cleaning

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Wife pulling out the bushes decimated by the deer

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Planting Apple Trees

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Digging the holes, the easy part

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Last tree in, note the rock pile

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Uncle Sonny, my Mom, and brother Mark help put up the final cages

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The place is saturated

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Aftermath of the snow

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A foot of snow that had compacted but not been driven on since it fell a week ago

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