Take a spin around the Pond with Linda Tam-Peterson before the storm!
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Sketch Book of Sherry Andre
A composite of the winter activities on the pond. As I paint there are now three snow huts pitched on the ice, thirteen people in sight, one or two sledges per tent, two to five canvas chairs set up near two tents, three huge power ice awls sticking up out of the ice and numerous holes with their ice fishing rigs set up. Last tent flushed the hundreds of mallards gathered for their daily corn from persistent neighbor. (Arghh.) People walk their dogs, pull kids on sleds, skate, snowshoe, cross-country ski, snowmobile, but mostly ice fish. They are often out on the ice before sun up.
Oh, there goes our resident bald eagle after the skeins of ducks. He/she enjoys well-fed duck and the fish ice fishermen sometimes share. I watch, sketch, paint, take my granddaughters out on the ice and dream of warmth and kayaking again.
Happy winter.
Cheryl (Sherry) Andre
Milfoil Bag Pick up
Milfoil Bag Pickup Day is Friday, June 7th & July 29th.
If you have an onion bag or large plastic bag full of milfoil and you need help getting rid of it, please fill out the below request form for a pickup by 6pm on Thursday June 6th.
If you are using large plastic trash bag for collecting milfoil please puncture small drain holds in your bag and do not close the bag until the milfoil is dry.
You can also bring your bags to where the DASH Boat is docked. Located next to the boat is an area on the shore where bags are being stored.
If you would like to donate for the cost of the onion bags click on the donate button on this page. Thank you!
Happy Independence Day!
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. – Abraham Lincoln
“As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.” – George Washington
Let’s meet and catch up on Pond Happenings!
Annual Meeting
June 17, 2017
9:00 AM
Windham Library
217 Windham Center Road, Windham Maine
Agenda
- Convene and Introductions
- Secretary’s /Treasurer’s Reports
- DASH Boat/ Milfoil Control Efforts
- Grants & Other funding
- Pond Donations
- Dam Report
- Waterfront property owners survey results
- New Business
- Election of Officers and Board
See you soon!
Invasive-Plant Workshops
Are you interested in learning more about invasive plants? VLMP (Maine Volunteer Monitoring Program) offers several workshops. Workshops book up fast so if interested don’t delay!
http://www.mainevlmp.org/invasive-plant-patrol-workshops/
Collins Pond Ice Fishing!
Denny Breau’s “Ice Fishing” song is stuck in my my head now!
Ice Fishing – by Denny Breau Singer/Songwriter and legendary guitarist
Way up north where the cold wind blows
When the lake freezes over people chop little holes
Drop a line and kick back in a little square shack
And if the ice didn’t melt they’d never go back.
A little wood stove just a waitin’ for a bite
Drinkin’ all day and drinkin’ all night
Gonna sit right here ‘til the winter ends
And I’ll be sittin’ right here when it comes again.
Ice fishin’, nothing is quite the same.
I’m itchin’ to get back in the game.
They say 20 below and three feet of snow.
Grab your stuff ‘cause we’re still gonna go.
Ice fishin’, just a party by another name.
Ice fishin’, a tradition here in Maine. Continue reading Collins Pond Ice Fishing!