Creative crafts! Chipmunk buffets created by Ava and Paulina
Friday, August 18, 2017
Corn and a passing shower at the Cookout
Tornado Alley
On August 9th, a tornado touched down in the northern part of the Lake of Bays, up towards Limberlost. It sliced along parallel to the Limberlost Road, smacked East Walker Lake and Fieldale Road, and really trashed the forest adjacent to Carl Fisher Dr.
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| Brian photograpahed the path of the tornado across Mansell point and into Rebecca Lake and onward |
But the worst of it struck across Mansell Lane, a private road leading to some lovely cottages that used to be surrounded by mature forest. The power of Nature is stunning. It was fortunate that there were no serious injuries, and remarkably little damage to buildings. But the trees...
At Bondi, we were well away from the strike zone, but we had high winds, which took down trees -- Brian has been busy cutting some off the hiking/ski trails already. And part of our corn was knocked down by the hail -- only part of it, oddly. Brian and David shored it back up, with stakes and ropes, and you'd never know looking at it now that it was impacted.
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| on Nancy's lawn -- minor, all things considered |
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| tying up the corn knocked down by hail |
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| Along the private road, Mansell Lane, probably the worst impacted |
Monarchy
Look who Brendan Jaekl found on our echinacea August 9th! We are seeing more monarchs this summer, and we are so pleased about that.
Keep leaving Milkweed in your gardens and hedgerows, peeps!!!
Sheri Robb got this photo down at the dock.
Memories are Made of These
there are so many ways to create great memories with families! Elizabeth can both pedal and steer, so Dad gets a free ride. Andrew makes sure Dad gets the bait on the hook just right. Amelia, Elizabeth and Matthew have an early morning chat with the ducks at their dock.
Russian dancers on the trampoline!
Alli and Zack last week, demonstrating some of their dance moves on the water trampoline
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