Ducks on the Pond.

3-4-12 SHORT HILLS: It has been rainy and cool, but I have been outside when it’s not raining, starting on the spring project—re-doing the pool fence. The fence is redundant to the extent that the yard itself is fenced, but having the extra fencing provides additional security. Half of the fence runs through a yew hedge that I have allowed to grow untrimmed for years. The hedge makes doing the work difficult. The wire mesh attached to the original wood fencing is intact and in place, but the wooden posts and rails are completely rotted away.

I bought lumber, rebuilt a deteriorated gate, and now need to pull the remnants of the wood fence off the wire and take it to the dump before starting on the replacement posts and rails.

While walking the dogs around town today, we saw ducks and Canada geese on ponds that we passed. Last night I saw, after hearing them first, migrating geese go by overhead.

New blooms: snowflakes.


Ring-Necked Ducks

Mallards.