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2949. thoughtful - 4/18/2005 2:54:04 PM If it were our area, it'd be unlikely to be redone, certainly any time soon. Our area is heavy duty into wetlands and anything like even raking your own leaves into your own backyard if it's a wetlands area can yield threats of arrests and fines. 2950. wabbit - 4/18/2005 3:02:16 PM We have the same thing here, but the lake was created before those regulations were established, so rebuilding the dam would probably be grandfathered.
I don't understand some of the wetlands enforcement. Up the street from my parents is a little house with a corner lot that they can't sell because the land next to the house, on the corner and with roadways on two sides, is considered wetlands. It is wet land, for sure, but what is the point in not allowing these people to clear some of the trees off of what can't be even 1/4 acre with 1" of water in some places? There aren't any exotic flowers or creatures living there, the place has been checked. It pretty much dries up in the summer anyway; what make that yard 'wetlands' is beyond me. 2951. jayackroyd - 4/18/2005 3:38:21 PM Peregrine web cam 2952. ronski - 4/18/2005 6:07:08 PM That sure is a lot of muck up there.
I think it's time for a blue hyacinth:
 2953. ronski - 4/18/2005 9:26:30 PM Again, at my Mom's, Louise de Colligny daffodils. An early pink variety, once called the "orchid of daffodils," fragrant, and, sadly, no longer available in the trade.
 2954. alistairConnor - 4/18/2005 9:37:27 PM Our stream is high, overflowing into the field -- after a cumulative 30 cm of snow over the weekend, and heavy rain today.
We'll get some alluvial sand and stones in the paddock, for free.
Today the farrier was scheduled to come, at 6PM or so, to tend to the pony with the foot condition. I went to get the ponies after work, I was worried about how I was going to get them to cross the stream. I needn't have worried, they had broken out. Electric fence shorts out completely in this weather, it didn't take them long to work that out.
OK, so we went half a mile up the road to where they usually hang out when they're on the lam -- friends have five ponies. Sure enough, they have been corralled there. We halter them and start plodding home, and the farrier drives past. We flag him down, and he does the hooves in the barn at the friends' place, it's a much better location for it, especially considering the rain.
After which, they invite us to stay for dinner, and inevitable discussion of the European constitution. The ponies also get a free night in a dry stall. That gives me tomorrow evening to think up some more convincing fencing. 2955. ronski - 4/18/2005 9:39:54 PM Flowers on the red maple (Acer rubrum; or swamp maple) trees, near my Mom's. By us, only some slight budding. The latest I've seen them flower in years. It's as if they still can't shake off the chill of March.
 2956. Magoseph - 4/20/2005 11:37:32 PM From Sweden:
2957. Magoseph - 4/20/2005 11:53:51 PM Provence-Alpes-Cote-dAzur >> Saint-Laurent-du-Var
2958. Magoseph - 4/22/2005 1:19:15 PM 
Can it be a chameleon?
2959. ronski - 4/22/2005 5:28:01 PM Trillium grandiflorum in bud (white trillium):
 2960. Ronski - 4/23/2005 8:31:03 PM From the garden:
 2961. Ronski - 4/23/2005 8:34:22 PM From the woods, serviceberry in bloom:
 2962. Ronski - 4/23/2005 8:35:40 PM Satsuma plum:
 2963. Ronski - 4/23/2005 8:36:45 PM A white peach:
 2964. Ronski - 4/23/2005 8:38:45 PM Yello crown imperial, blooming sparsely:
2965. wonkers2 - 4/23/2005 9:46:49 PM Beautiful pictures!! 2966. Magoseph - 4/23/2005 10:48:49 PM Very beautiful indeed!
2967. Ronski - 4/24/2005 4:53:58 AM Thank you.
Virginia bluebells, in bud:
2968. Ronski - 4/24/2005 4:55:09 AM Iceland poppy, in bud:
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