So, this is not a beetle update. just a quick post about a great day. My brother visited and was an amazing help in transplanting a couple small trees. we certainly hope they survive the move. It was a wonderful visit to catch up and get some things done in the yard. The kids were very excited to see their uncle and I think he was just as excited to see the kids. After a productive day of moving trees and painting our light pole to match the cloths line poles, we had a short thunder storm. We sat outside on the porch and had a nice visit and enjoyed the rain. Shortly after the rain stopped, we got a visit from a nice couple of ducks. They just waddled up the yard and quacked a few times and foraged in the yard for some food. Elise gave them some seed and we got the camera out and just hung out with the ducks. The ducks we very polite and they enjoyed eating the seeds in the yard, then they visited a couple other houses in the neighborhood and then they happily flew away.