After a month or more of cold rainy weather with the house at about 60-62 degrees inside, Memorial Day weekend finally arrived with sunny weather in the 70's. It was fantastic. We spent Saturday working in the yard. Simon and I went for a load of mulch in the morning - the supplier we go to has a huge yard will lots of big loaders and piles of soil, compost and mulches, and he loves to watch the tractors work. After spreading mulch in the back gardens, I installed a dry well in the low spot of our yard. In diging down about 3+ feet I found 2 old pint milk bottles, one marked "Catonsville Dairy". I will visit our local historical society and see if they know when the Catonsville Dairy would have operated. Our house was built in 1929 so probably not too much after that.
Sunday we spent in DC's National Zoo. Simon was really excited about riding the metro to get there, and suprisingly loved the hippo above all other animals. Maybe because it was swimming around underwater and he couldn't see the whole animal. He and Anna both were transfixed by the apes and chimps. I think we spent 45 minutes in the crowded, stinking primate house!
So Monday was a holiday and I actually didn't work, which was great. We went to our local part in the morning which has great hiking trails through the wooded hills. I took the family to a secluded spot and we plunked down for a picnic on what was a suspiciously wide trail. During our meal mountainbikers were swerving around our little picnic since we were right in the path! Not as secluded as I had thought! The afternoon we spent finishing up some yard projects; I think I was working on the stone wall around our front garden.
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