Photos
Llamas on the Air Line Trail this past June. It turned out to be a hot day and the animals became over-heated. The owners ended up having to get permission to bring their llama carrier down the trail to rescue the poor things.
Second photo is of a shelter we saw on the Sellew Walking Trail. No one was home that we could tell. We observed; we photographed; we moved on.
Working on my book
For the last week I have been working very hard on Vol. II of Come Ride With Me—a book of my poetry and prose (true stories of family, adventures, and articles, etc.)—for my children and grandchildren. I thought Vol. II would be much smaller than Vol. I, however, I think it will have almost as many pages. I have done the proofreading and now I’m ready to do the edits on the computer. From there I will go to Staples and see if they can print what I need cheaper than I can. I didn’t think I would need to buy new 3-ring binders this year, but I was wrong. So I have to go out and price binders. But you know what? I think the whole project is worth it. My kids and grandkids will always have that part of me—my words.
Hiking
Recently I have done two excellent hikes (ok, walks). The first was the Sellew Walking Trail in East Hampton, CT Thursday, Nov. 1st. The trails leads right to the Air Line Trail between Ripallo viaduct and what is known as “the rock cut”. We were able to clamber up the embankment (it is environmentally ok in this area) onto the Air Line. It took moderate exertion to get up the ridges and embankment, but it was fun. The Ripallo viaduct is about one to one and a half miles from the trailhead in East Hampton. The viaduct as of this writing is under repair and the trail user will be unable to get through—the trail is closed at this point. Coming from the other end, you can’t get into East Hampton. One would have to know the area or have a good map in order to know how to get around this barrier.
The second walk was Sunday, Nov. 4th, on the Air Line trail from the parking lot at Bull Hill Rd. east to the commuter parking lot 4.5 miles away. As we walk, the history and anecdotal stories are recited, which makes the walk that much more interesting. I’ve done this walk before and I always learn something new. The Colchester Land Trust sponsored this walk.
By now you should have guessed the Air Line Trail is one of my favorite places. If you go to the website, visit the photo galleries. Spectacular! If you are a railroad history buff, you probably already know the history of the Air Line.
House Mouse
I think I know how the little bugger got in. I have a closet under the stairs and the outside wall has exposed insulation. A corner of the insulation seemed to be pushed out and there was lots of debris on the foundation ledge. I cleaned up the debris and poked the insulation back where it belongs. I had to clean up more droppings downstairs and the worst of this whole episode is the droppings I found on a table in the living room UPSTAIRS. How it got on that table I’ll never know. I just hope it (all of them?) were out of the house when I pushed the insulation back. Tomorrow I will get some Decon and hide it where my mother won’t see it. If I can take care of the situation without her knowing about it that would be wonderful!
1 comment:
Bev,
If you want to get rid of the mice (no such thing as one!)you need to seal the hole they are entering by and use a mouse trap with peanut butter as bait. It's quick; you know where the body is (rather than finding it by smell with poison) and it's more humane than poison. Do it now before they have time to mate. Try to find a round mouse trap. They kill 4 at a time.
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