The Meadow Pond

While on our hike to the apple orchard, Luke and I happened on the meadow pond. What a lovely surprise to see this oasis for every living organism in the meadow, brimming with tadpoles, bottle flies, dragon flies, and wild plants. Bodie still had his ball in his mouth - unusual as he often loses it - and Luke threw it a few times. The frogs must have been very upset, as this is the first time we've been up there this season. Luke is leaving day after tomorrow and wanted to roam the whole farm before he leaves, especially the apple orchard. I was a little wary of snakes in the marshy grass but haven't seen a single one this year (cats?) The wild plants and flowers are just stunning. You would pay a fortune for some of these plants if you were to purchase them for your "woodland pond" in a development yard...and they are growing wild here on the Farm.