Bird Seers

We finally got some farm action in this long weekend, as it's been quite wet and subsequently quite swampy up there. A group of us spent the better part of the afternoon spreading manure, planting onion sets, checking out the progress of our garlic that was planted last season, and doing some general tidying up and exploring of the land. We came across a mama duck and her nest in some of the brush behind the barn, which is pretty exciting when you think about the fact that we'll have little baby ducklings wandering around in a couple of weeks. It felt good to get our hands dirty. Fresh air in our lungs, the sun on our faces, the earth on our hands. Nothin' better.

While at the farm I found the tooth of a deer, and on the car ride home I caught a glimpse of a hawk carrying a snake in its beak. An auspicious day.