I took this picture in the NW field this afternoon--I believe this is a wild cherry tree. It's growing right where the spring rises there in the lowest part of the field. Wild cherry bark and wood are poisonous to animals, and presumably, to people, but its blossoms are certainly beautiful.
On Saturday (yesterday), the Waldingfield Beagles visited Ramsay for an informal, off-season hunt, arriving around 5 PM. Ari, the huntsman, and his wife, Suzanne, brought the beagles from their farm Ridgelee, in Ivy. Our friend Page came as a whipper-in, along with her boyfriend, Mike and three other whippers-in. After gathering in the field just beyond the Grigg barn, everyone set off heading west.
The pack was sent into the woods due west, but didn't find a scent, then they moved to the upper corner of the NW field, and struck rabbit scent in the woods on the north side, and flushing three large deer out of the woods at the same time. The whippers-in, who are responsible for keeping the pack together, got most of the hounds back out of the woods after they "ran riot," but one was missing, who later turned up on the other side of Ridgely where the pond is. The pack was brought back to the starting point and returned to their trailer, but again, one hound ran away. After some light refreshments provided by the huntsman, the hound had still not returned, and I eventually heard her in the woods behind the Sanderson's house, beyond the Guest Cottage, so we retrieved her and the hunt was gone by about 7 PM.
I had not heard from Joel last week about fetching the hens for the new coop, but he emailed on Saturday to say that Wednesday of this coming week would be a good day, so we will make a plan. We have all the equipment and supplies for them.
The evening light yesterday was lovely, and I took these two pics while I was looking for the missing hound...
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