Saturday in March --- time for bbq?

We ate on the porch, Saturday, owing to the wonderful and balmy weather with nary a bug in sight

threw some sausages on the grill

the we walked to see how the sleuss gate was doing at Hempstead Lake. On our way we could see that the beavers had been busy munching on birch trees

Next I tried to clean out a little, any obstructions, around the gate

Looking at the lake, you can see that not all has quite melted yet --- but most of it has ... a film of ice on the surface it about it

You see below the beavers little pad

and then we went to check the flow of water from the lake, in to the stream. All was good.