A few pictures from Avalon Park

Swans are gone, out to the water and more privacy. 

Jewel weed, the antidote to poison ivy

Fiddle head ferns, skunk cabbage 

Snow goose?

When it stretched its wings they looked just like this. Could the recent high winds have blown it off course? Another bird seen today (no camera, darn) looked like a small white egret. It was on the field near the north P-lot at SUNY near the track. Too small to be a Great Egret; not plumey and elegant like a Snowy. Cattle egret?

They've hatched!

Four cygnets hatched today at the nest in Avalon Park that our intrepid pair of swans built right next to the boardwalk, delighting children of all ages. The papa's in the background catching some shut-eye while the mama's on the nest. One more egg to go.

Best show in town.

Phlox

That's a lot of bull

And he lives at Annie's Acres in Manorville with a lot of horses and other animals. Good thing he didn't have to be moved out during the wildfire (see pictures and article)

 It came really close -- this was just across the street from Annie's.

 Another area I saw today as I drove around.

Funny how after a fire you can see all the old bottles.

Say, wasn't that a ... ?

V.O.C. (Very old car)

Never know what you're going to see (and hear, wow)

 on Shore Road, Setauket, on a Saturday afternoon.
Closest thing I could find in Google Images was
This

The fence up close

Hope this gives you, K, some idea of how the fence is made. Holes are drilled through the uprights for the wire, much easier than hollowing out big holes, I would think. Two-rail fence can be made as well. I'm not sure the pioneers would have approved of the spagetti look of that rail..

Melvelle Park, April 1st -- what's happnin'

 Dandelion, an old friend

 Pachysandra blooming

 Non-elective surgery

 New fencing, looks better than that chain-link fence

 Buttercups

 Empty beech nut husks

 Swans can't read

 Japanese knotweed