Monthly Archives: April 2011

“Wermine” Visits the Homestead

A few days ago we had a surprise visitor to the homestead: a short tailed weasel. We often see weasels around the homestead, sometimes up close, but it’s been a long time since we’ve seen any. Aly sighted this one … Continue reading

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Strange Trackways

The whole family went out to beach comb yesterday’s morning tide, a minus 4.5. We looked for starfish for the garden, but didn’t see any large enough to collect yet. The seaweed is growing amazingly fast, though. I picked some … Continue reading

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