There's more going on at Sandy Beach Road than we knew. This morning Bill and Diane Rossi went to see the progress on the building sites and Sue LaGue showed them where the beavers have been working in the line of trees between LaGue's and Ricker's. Diane sent these pictures. She said the tops of the alders the beavers had cut were still there. Beavers generally work at night, I believe, and probably they will come to retrieve their harvest and take the tops to wherever their dam project is. They often take small trees like these for their winter food supply, and will bring them to the beaver house and anchor them under water in the mud so they can get to them without going outside. It would seem unlikely they would be building a dam close by, but there is generally a lot of activity in the channel that comes into Joe's Pond and also on the brook by Ned Hamilton's. They've been known to build their dams in at the opening of the culvert by Ned's, backing the water around his garage and tennis court. Perhaps they will build a dam in one of the culverts on Sandy Beach Road -- they are industrious and clever. They may be able to effectively slow down the runoff and stop the erosion in some of the trouble spots state and local officials have been agonizing over! GO BEAVERS!!

It's another really nice day. We've both been busy inside most of the day, but it's about time to get out there and enjoy the sun while we have it.