Today was official Busy Beaver Day! While I went to a women's seminar at church, Herb mowed the grass at home. You can tell who helped him! (In case you can't tell from the picture, her paws are green!
After I got home, we headed to Leahaven with the dogs to address our beaver problem. As we feared, our hay farmer had driven his equipment over the dam by the pond and made huge ruts because the beavers expanded the pond right onto the road! (We expect Tony to be a busy beaver and repair the damage he did!) Since the road is damaged and we couldn't drive to the cabin, Herb had to carry a kayak all the way from the lake, turtle-style.
I must admit, the dam makes the pond look beautiful! It seems too bad to interfere with the beavers, but we do need to be able to use our road! While Herb got a plumb-line (string+rock) ready, Zephyr climbed the dam and walked the edge again. Poor beavers--more repair work to do tonight!
Busy beaver Hero was very interested in something in the brush, although he wouldn't get in the water. I think he found out where the beavers' lodge is! Meanwhile, Herb took the kayak out and measured the depth of the water where he has to put a pipe to partially drain the pond. It's only 3' deep near the dam where the pipe will go, though the center is fairly deep at 8'.
Who wouldn't want to live here? I think those beavers are pretty smart!
Great hat, Herb!
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Don't you mean, "Great legs, kayak!"?
ReplyDeleteGREAT FUN guys. Looks like you had a wonderfully busy day full of fun. If you get bored, you can always come up to see us and help me busily write my papers....! Not as fun, but just as rewarding. :-)
ReplyDeleteZeph is sooooo cuuuuuuuttte!
ReplyDeleteHer green paws make me think of that awful kids' joke, "Why is my hair green?" :)
ReplyDeletegreat post! busy day! monique
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