Annual Draw Down

Just happened to notice today that more beach was showing. Several rocks were poking up out of the water that earlier in the week were submerged. Looks like the lake drawn down has begun. It is that time of year.

Speaking of this time of year....this past week has been absolutely beautiful. Perfect for working outdoors. I've gotten a lot of raking done.

At quitting time late this afternoon I looked across to Red Hill. The setting sun lighting gave it a vibrant orange glow. It only lasted a few minutes but it was memorable.

It is Fair Season

One of the great things about the fall season in New England, besides the color, are the local Fairs. Two of the biggest in this area are in Fryeburg and Sandwich. The Fryeburg Fair started last Sunday and is on all this week ending next Sunday. The Sandwich Fair opens its Midway on Friday evening, with the official opening Saturday morning and closing Monday afternoon.

Come on out to enjoy these events.

Watch what you put in the lake.

Recently I noticed the beach at one of my neighbors was covered with tiny little white pellets. The next day I discovered these same pellets on my shoreline, several houses away. A short trip up and down the lake in my boat revealed these pellets path covered about 2000 feet of shoreline. Some pellets and clumps of pellets were still floating off shore traveling down-lake. Unfortunately I did not find the source of these pellets in my search, it was a mystery.

Then later that afternoon some friends stopped by. They had been out on the lake that afternoon as well and saw the pellets. Fortunately they had discovered the source. The pellets were pieces of low-density Styrofoam from an old swimming raft. The Styrofoam under the raft was so old the action of the waves was able to break pieces off.

After a call to the raft owners, I found that they knew the raft was on it's last legs but were trying to get 'just one more summer' out of it. I was assured it would be removed and scraped. Hopefully no environmental damage was done.

Let that be a warning to all of us, watch what you put into the lake!

The perfect afternoon

After a foggy start this morning, the sun came out during the early afternoon. What a beautiful day it has become. The lake is calm, showing the reflection of the autumn foliage in the water. My wife and I decided to take a slow boat ride around the lake. The perfect Sunday afternoon.

Rain

Sure, it is sunny during the week and now that it is Saturday and folks are up to peep at the leaves, the rain comes down in buckets.