The call to arms came last evening, that we needed to convene a working party urgently. The recent excellent growing conditions had caused the vegetation lining the side of the boardwalk to grow intemperately, and people were finding it impassable in places. So 10 intrepid volunteers gathered in the growing heat and cut, slashed, raked and swept what felt like several tons of reed and assorted plants. It was nice to discover the boardwalk underneath it all! Anyway, it looks great again now, until it all grows again.
What it did illustrate once again was that we need more volunteers. If many hands make light work, the reverse is true and we all got pretty hot.
I was excited to find a decent sized lizard basking in the sun on the boardwalk: haven't had a good view of one for a couple of years. And then, going back this evening, I found this nice female common darter dragonfly, enjoying the early evening sun.
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