First Weekend

    Took the dogs down to the river behind the old high school in Exeter, NH and brought my binoculars with me.  Beautiful.  I observed many species of birds and plants.  The colors are yummy.  A very large snapping turtle nearly got one of my dog's  legs as they invaded its territory.  I observed some very substantial cones on the white pines which appear to be coming from last year's growth.  At one point a bull frog appeared in the river before me and just "hung" there for a quite a long period of time.  Although I know he wasn't, it seemed that he was just staring at me.  We placed my mother-in-law's ashes in the river but I don't think she would return as a frog!