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- An elusive doe appears to be making Valley Pond her home (4)
- Bright Spencer: I saw a huge deer last Sunday around 4 pm waltzing...
- Griff Wigley: Hi Cheryl, That’s great to hear. It really does seem...
- Cheryl Backstrom: At 6:30 Thurs am, John and I saw the doe and a very...
- Robbie Wigley: You are going to have to be quicker on your feet…...
- City to conduct assessment of Hidden Valley Pond this week (1)
- Griff Wigley: Note that last line: “It should be noted that...
- Another gorgeous sunset (1)
- Robbie Wigley: I just received this comment from the Moningers… in...
- Sunset over Hidden Valley Park (2)
- Griff Wigley: Thanks, Gene. I’ll put up a blog post about the...
- Moningers: Griff-your photos of the sunset last night are great! The doe...
- Fall colors (2)
- Griff Wigley: Thanks, Sherry. Sure, you can use the photos. If...
- Sherry: Robbie, I love the fall pictures. Can I use one for the annual...
- Full pond (1)
- Robbie Wigley: It doesn’t get scummy with algae either!
- The snow is piling up (1)
- Robbie Wigley: Okay…. this is when I was trying to find a place...
- New paint (1)
- Robbie Wigley: Actually, I put together several sample paint...
- Deer in Hidden Valley Park (2)
- Robbie Wigley: Deer Alert I just had a small doe in my bird feeders....
- Robbie Wigley: Thanks so much for sending this photo Gene and Earlyne....
- An elusive doe appears to be making Valley Pond her home (4)
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Author Archives: Griff Wigley
Snowplowing for our driveways
I’ve been really pleased with the snowplowing service for our townhouse association thus far this year. Not only is the plowing done promptly in the early morning (usually before 6 am). But they return to plow again after the city … Continue reading
The snow is piling up
Robbie is barely visible in this photo in our driveway, taken last week when we got about 8 inches overnight. It’s sooooooo nice to not have to shovel a driveway.
Fall colors
Alas, I missed the peak of the fall colors this year. Here are three from our backyard overlooking Hidden Valley Pond.
New paint
Robbie picked out the colors and after a thumbs-up from the Valley Pond Association board, our unit of four townhomes got a paint job this fall.
Skunk in a raccoon trap
We trapped a pesky raccoon a few weeks ago but kept putting the trap back out as we thought there might be another one raiding our bird feeders. Alas, a skunk found it’s way into the trap instead. It … Continue reading
Full pond
Plentiful rainfall this summer has filled the pond to its highest levels since we’ve been here. And unlike many other storm water retention ponds around, Hidden Valley Pond retains the water much longer.
Deer in Hidden Valley Park
Gene and Earlyne Moninger have spotted deer around the Hidden Valley Park pond three times this week. They managed to get some photos, including this one of a doe and her fawn. Click to enlarge.
Fire destroy’s Al Linder’s townhome
Fire destroyed much of Al Linder’s townhouse last evening. Al was not at home when the fire broke out but arrived shortly afterwards. The smoke damage displaced residents in the two units to the north of his, Don and Shannon … Continue reading
Posted in Photos
Tagged fire, Rice Le Sueur Red Cross, Sandy Pieri, Valley Pond Townhome Association
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Anyone missing a parakeet?
This parakeet was hanging around our backyard birdfeeders yesterday.
Winter plowing of trails
I noticed last month that the trail around Hidden Valley Pond does not get plowed by the City of Northfield in the winter. However, the trails through the adjacent Heritage Park to our southeast and Truman Park to the northeast … Continue reading
Posted in Park
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Photo album: Hidden Valley Pond in winter
I took a few more photos of Hidden Valley Pond this morning and added them to an album of winter photos from last winter. See the album of a dozen photos with a large slideshow option, or this smaller slideshow:
Valley Pond Blog “The Beginning”
We launched this blog site February 8 and so far have had a lot of fun looking at the potential. We have had quite a few “Comments” posted, put up the Association minutes, the Membership list (behind password protected page) … Continue reading
Posted in Site admin
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