Wild life on the farm is plentiful.  There are lots of little critters running around.  Will and his dad have noticed a hawk circling around the farm, sometimes he is not alone, but most of the time he flies solo.  They've affectionately nicknamed him 'Henry'.  He hunts the farm and watches over the pond (I suspect as his territory).  Since they've been stocking the pond they don't really want him 'fishing' there, but sometimes you can't fight nature.  He has seen Henry with a snake and Will's dad says he can have all the snakes he wants; as you guessed, Will's dad isn't fond of snakes.
Will and his dad have been working on an old storage barn that used to be a house.  It must have been built in the late 1800's.  I will say that the building is an extraordinary work of craftsmanship.  There is a house on the farm that is falling apart that is only maybe 50 or 60 years old.  But the building put together in the 1800's (with some obvious rough spots) has held together and is still water tight!  The plan down the road is to have it be a small spare house (probably a pool house).  They gutted the building and replaced the large rolling door with a normal size door.  A few replaced boards here and there (recycled from other old buildings on the farm so it will match) and the building is close to being finished.  They are working on wiring and drywall this week.  They have the outside tar papered and half way sided now… Will’s dad is hoping he can get his nephew to help him with that this week too.
It was a rough week health wise last week and there have been some doctor visits that cut into productive hours but all in all we've had a good week.  One of the things that got accomplished was the first planting of some fruit trees...and one hopeful blueberry bush!  We planted two types of peach trees, two types of apple trees, and one pear tree (there is already a pear on the farm).  It will be a few years before they produce any fruit, but with luck, about the time the farm starts to get going they'll be helping by producing.  I'm including a rather odd picture of me that Will took in a moment of 'gotcha'.  I am in an oversized shirt, posing silly over a patch of daisies as I water the new tree!  Enjoy!