Full moon over Mooch.

Full moon over Mooch.

Drove to Mom’s house for a visit and to replace the faucet in her kitchen sink. This is the 2nd kitchen faucet install this month. I’m getting good at this. I should have a side hustle as a plumber. LOL!

Got up bright and early this Memorial Day weekend, and met a small crew at the forest and we did 4 hours of trail work.

The beauty of wildlife.

Went to Stephens today and worked 1 mile in/out of Lower Maze, and 1/2 mile in/out at the NICA Trail (Blue Rock) with loppers and a corona saw. I focused mostly on branches in 4 different spots that were low enough for a helmet to bang on. On my walk out, I did spend some time using the corona saw as a machete to cut down any face slappers and thorn bushes. Here are some before and after photos.


Friends invited me to go to an indoor rock climbing gym with them. It was a lot of fun! Climbed a 35 feet tall wall. I guess you can say that when my friends took me on a tour of the climbing gym, they really showed me the ropes.

The birds are singing, the bees are buzzing. Trees and flowers are blooming, just like the ones in this photo. Spring time in NJ’s forests is so magical that it makes my skin tingle all over!

I have no idea what kind of tree this is, but it’s flowers are a beautiful and magnificent sign of spring!


Today I picked up a brand new kitchen sink faucet and replaced it. It sure felt great to fix that! The repair was easier that I thought it would be. It was just a matter of reading the instructions, applying some elbow grease and patience.

Here is the old faucet, sitting next to the garbage bin.

The common blue violet is the state flower of New Jersey. This photo was taken at Allamuchy Forest.

