Beaver ponds...mud...and FINALLY some spring!

It's amazing what a few little furry creatures can do with a lot of trees and a long, wet spring.  Today we took off for an afternoon adventure at a homeschool friend's rural cabin and forest wonderland.  She had noted that some beavers have taken up residence in the low meadow between the forested hills.  A few years ago my father in law had a beaver move in along his seasonal stream on his high desert ranch--I guess I can see why he opted to have the critter trapped.  I imagined the beavers taking on his little desert willows that crowd along the stream banks.....but look what they can do......                                                                                                             

Spring has been a long time coming this year.  After a taste of February sunshine--just enough to get some early lettuce planted--we have had freezing nights, rain, cool temperatures and epic hailstorms.  Today, the sun was warm and lovely and danced and sparkled on these new bodies of water--the beaver ponds.