Bopcha Blog

Bill and JB came down Wednesday night and spent the weekend helping with Gavin and the Mercer Island bb team's visit and performing other chores. Here Bill is filling in holes left when the loggers removed a few of the scraggly trees near the house a few years ago.

Yellow jacket nest in the ground near the path to the bridge. Not a safe location!

Just after dusk, JB and her eradication crew poisoned the nest with eco friendly spray. A morning check up of the nest seemed to indicate that all inhabitants were dead.

JB and Bill bushwhacked their way down the bank to cut down a few scotch broom bushes that had attempted to sneak in.

Kay and Luis see a giant, dog-eating snake in the grass!

Alien invaders or wild cucumber?

Rick and Miss Tym. She runs hot, but Rick has her purring most of the time.

I am simply posing. Miss Tym and I have an uneasy relationship.

On his break, Rick shows Kay how to fire up her camping stove.

The septic tank folks were out marking what I think will be the drain field for the new septic tank (see white stakes).

Rick got some mowing in before the rain started to fall. It looks great!

The burn deadline is June 15th, so I called the fire department for the daily burn advisory and then proceeded to burn the pile of limbs that had accumulated.

Neighbor Doug asked if he could fell the two dead cedar trees you can see in this photo. They are on his property, but would need to be felled onto ours so that they wouldn't hit his garage or house. The trees would not hit our new fence. He was super nice and I said he could proceed.

Genius at work!

The thrill of victory!

Me, deep in the forest.

The picture is inadequate to express just how pretty the sun shining on the water looked.

Dead tree coming down.

Dead limb bites the dust.

Kay and I found what I think is a Tiger Lily in the woods.

A giant hole in the field severed the phone line (now fixed). Part of soil testing for the septic system as I understand it.

View of the hole from the driveway.

Nicely fixed phone line. The phone company was unbelievably responsive!