So no one wants to take a guess as to where yesterday’s photo was taken? 72 visitors since the post – all shy! or maybe not interested? or not into games? Anyway, you know those are not gumballs!
Yesterday’s Adventure
Yesterday was a beautiful day for a ride! Can you guess the destination? This photo is a clue!
Enjoy the Day!
The MPA continues to actively work to preserve our Manchaug Pond! Have YOU joined us? Do so today!
Your Lake Needs You Next Saturday!
Did you have a good day today? Sure is beautiful around Manchaug Pond! Next Saturday, plan to spend the morning at Manchaug Pond and have a better day giving back to the lake with people who care for this great natural resource. Join your MPA Board of Directors in giving time to your lake. You and your family and friends can join us as we clean the boat ramp and roadsides around Manchaug Pond of trash from the spring and summer season. We take pride in our lake and want others to do the same. Meet at the State Boat Ramp between 9 and noon. Bring your gloves – we’ll provide the bags and the good company as we work together for the lake.
This Morning’s Heavy Rains Filtered by 319 Grant Work
Heavy rains hit the area this morning bringing rivers of water down the roads and from the watershed hillsides into Manchaug Pond. Let’s take a look at the completed site work made possible by the s.319 NonPoint Pollution Grant to filter all this stormwater: On Manchaug Road in Sutton, the first site – a GABION WEIR. Site 2 – LEACHING CATCH BASIN- complete with small boulders to keep people from parking in the area. Site 3 built in the existing ditch – CHECK DAM WITH FILTRATION POOL. Site 4 – CHECK DAM – breaking the flow in that same roadside ditch. State Public Access Ramp: Site 5-1 – Grass Paver Infiltration System Site 5-2 – Nutrient Filtration System 5-3 – Rain Garden Area before planting 5-4 – Catch Basin Upgrade In Douglas on Oak Street, Site 6 & 7 – Gabion Dam with Filtration Purge Pool This site work has been done to filter the stormwater of nutrients to improve your Manchaug Pond resource! The project is funded by the EPA and MassDEP, spearheaded and administered by the Manchaug Pond Association, written with the help of engineers and environmental scientist at CEI, Inc, and matched with work performed cooperatively by …
Waters Farm Days – Tractor Pull Held!
Although Waters Farm Days Fall Festival was cancelled this weekend due to the heavy rains, the tractor pull was held this morning at 10 am. Thanks to our MPA Board Member from Area 1 for the photos!
Yes, good weather for waterfowl!
Rain is dancing on the lake… the flock of geese are cruising on the water and the seagulls are in the air. But, with the rain, the Manchaug Pond Association exhibit will be at Waters Farm tomorrow (weather permitting!) to participate in the 30th annual Waters Farm Days Fall Festival. Since we have an outdoor location for our booth, weather is critical to its success and the health of volunteers! (I personally had the first shift and didn’t want the end of my time with a cold to develop into pnemonia.) Hope to see you after the weather clears!
Waters Farm Days Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 3 & 4
Today, October 2nd Last year, October 13, 2008 See you this weekend at the 30th Annual Waters Farm Days Fall Festival! If the weather holds out, the Manchaug Pond Association will have it’s educational exhibit over by the house at the overview to the lake. See you there! http://www.watersfarm.com/
MPA Annual Meeting 2009: The Chowda Continued…
Well Capt’n Gray Beard, I did speak with the Annual Meeting Chef, Capt’n Paul, and this is what he had to say: “Wow, can’t have pillaging and plundering, can we!” He reports that he has yet to reveal, to anyone, “the exact method of cooking recipe.” HE WILL divulge that this special seafood “chowda” contains chopped clams, baby clams, shrimp, real crab, krab (faux crab), faux lobster, oysters, conch (if available), sea scallops, and white fish (can be haddock, cod, pollock, cusk, or striped bass) in it.It also has chopped onion and minced garlic, non-alcoholic beer, clam broth, potatoes, fat free half and half, salt and pepper. So, you’ll just have to attend every annual Manchaug Pond Association meeting to get your fill! Don’t bother doing any searches or questioning the dynamic MPA kitchen crew…. no photos of the chowder were taken and it was made off-site before the crew arrived. Thanks for asking! See you at the next Annual Meeting.
MPA Annual Meeting 2009: The Chowda!
Capt’n Dick The Gray Beard said… Aye, Matey… ‘Tis gettin’ crisp on the water as we be enjoyin’ the foliage. Me was thinkin’ that a great way to warm up after a cruise would be with a bowl of Capt’n Paul’s Seafood Chowda that we tasted at the MPA Annual Meeting! But me cook ain’t got no recipe. Me thinks you aught to post his recipe or we’ll be pillagin’ an’ plunderin’ ’till we get some more of that wonderful grub. Thank you! September 25, 2009 10:33 AM Seems we have pirates in our midst with our Annual Meeting Seafood Chowder being our greatest treasure!
Cormorant Found Dead!
This cormorant was found by a neighbor last night along the shore. Cause of death unknown. Here are photos taken last month of a pair, alive and well: