0408-ds-award-plaques
Photos were taken of the OYC awards plaque to get the names for a web page. A few names were unreadable in the photos.

0415-erin-garden
April was time for a late rototilling of Erin and Mike's garden. A stray rose of sharon was transplanted out of the garden. The area that had basil the prior year was the only section with no tarp and mulch and had weeds in need for getting buried. The ground over this area was then tilled with mulch added over it. There was excess mulch in one of the other sections of garden.

0416-erin-garden
The ground in most of Erin and Mike's garden had been covered with a tarp and mulch since the prior fall. This was removed and the ground underneath tilled with the rototiller. The tarp and mulch was then put back. The ground is ready for planting at this point.

0425-joann-greenhouse
The plants in Jo-Ann's greenhouse look ready for planting but it is still too early to put them in.

0514-injured-foot
This is what happens when a log rolls quickly and a large limb sticking out from it whacks you in the ankle and foot. This set back taking apart down trees in the yard by nearly two weeks.

0523-trees-down
These are the two trees in the back yard that were dead and taken down. Some of the tops have already been cut up and taken away and enough of the side limbs were taken out to get the stalk on the ground. Prior to that the larger stalk was about 8 feet above ground creating a very dangerous situation should it move unexpectedly. This is before starting to cut up the stalks and move and stack the logs.

0524-tree-progress
Some progress has been made here taking apart the tangle of stalks of two trees crossed on the ground and part of the stalk of the larger tree. The mess from the top of one of the trees can be seen. That is on Bill's property and was later cleaned up.

0528-azalea-wood-pile
In these photos the large azalea is in full bloom in the foreground and the stack of the larger tree has been cut up. The debris from the tree top has yet to be removed and the other stalk has yet to be cut up.

0601-holly-azalea-wood
The pickup truck is loaded with some pine, some bittersweat, a few small fire bush and privet, but mostly holly. All of the laurels were being choked off by holly. One of the laurels yet to be freed and among the two most affected is shown. The laurel is almost not visible in the photo due to the holly surrounding it. The azalea is shown, maybe even more in full bloom than the prior day with no further progress on the wood pile having taken a day to do weeding.

0602-azalea-wood-pile
The azalea is now past full bloom. Part of the stalk has been moved and stacked (elsewhere). These were the largest and heaviest pieces and so it doesn't look like much was removed. Most were large enough to need to fly solo in the wheelbarrow. The rest are more liftable. Some of the small pines flattenned and broken by the stalk coming down have been removed as well.

0616-laurel-wood-pile
The pink laurels are now in bloom. One red laurel that was in the dark due to the holly and pines skipped the bloom stage and went right into new growth once exposed to sunlight. The other red laurel is starting to bloom.
The stalk of the larger tree is now gone. The tops of the trees have been picked up. The area where this debris had scattered was lightly raked, taking care to minimize disturbance to the wild low blueberries and the delicate wintergreen growing there. A lot of pre-existing tree debris, mostly branches blown from other trees was also cleaned up. A lot of the other debris was pine and so obviously not from the trees that were take down. The other stalk is now cut up but has not been moved.

0617-laurel-bloom
The pink laurels are now are now approaching full bloom though many of the flowers are still not open on the one behind the garage. The flowers of the one red laurel that has decided to bloom are beginning to open. There is still a bit of weeding to do near the two red ones. There are also six or seven small laurels that can be transplanted to better locations. This is nice since originally only the five larger ones were planted. The birds planted the rest.

0619-laurel-bloom
The laurel blooms are now a little past prime but still a lot of color.

0623-fleet15
Ted and Katie took first in two races but Lydia and Norman managed to take first in the first race of the day and of the Cove Series. Wayne and Pete had to settle for only one second place and two thirds. Other than the first race, Lydia and Wayne traded second and third. Mike and Pat were not far behind in most of the races.

0627-greg-cp23
Left to right we have John, Greg, and Curtis on Greg's boat. Unfortunately the camera was left in the cabin after those two photos.