2021 Life Logs, Day 99: Taxes and a Scavenger Hunt
Date: Friday, April 9, 2021
Weather: Sunny; High 60, Low, 41 degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
The day finally came when I had to stop everything and do my taxes for 2020. Somehow by the time I gathered everything and finally hit the complete button on my computer, the morning was gone and a little of the afternoon as well. It was a beautiful day which made me sorry for not doing this sooner. I could have played outside today. But at least that task is done for another year. I also realized in the process of filing my taxes that my driver’s license is expired. So, I spent the next bit of my afternoon filling out the online form to get a new license.
Then it was time to go get Ollie and head to Woods Hole. Yesterday I told him about the Woods Hole Library Spring Scavenger Hunt where you look for specific bells and weathervanes in the village. He loved the idea and wanted to go this afternoon. So away we went. There were six bells and seven weathervanes to find. We found the bells more easily than we thought we would, but the weathervanes were more challenging. The library flyer has photos of the weathervanes and we eventually found six of the seven. Since photos of the weathervanes are in the flyer, we can share the weathervane photos. We will return to find a grasshopper weathervane and take a better photo of one that was camouflaged in the branches of a tree. We found Cricket Lane, but there were no grasshoppers there!
Ollie had great fun taking photos of the finds. He commented that it has been a very long time since we have been out and about due to Covid. And he said he has missed that. He also said he had forgotten how much he loves taking photos with my camera. I really enjoyed the hunt and the fact that I did not need to take the photos. I did take a couple of Ollie with some of the bells, but I can’t share the bell photos until May when the Scavenger Hunt ends. We wouldn’t want to give away the secrets to fellow scavengers. This is a great activity for adults as well as kids. Ollie and I spent an hour and a half of intense searching. The section of Woods Hole included in the hunt is not that big, but it really takes an eagle eye to find the treasures. And the clues for the bells definitely need an adult’s knowledge, as well as some inside Woods Hole in-the-know.
