Buck & Doe Trust's annual outdoor breakfast in the Laurels is an event I try not to miss. To start with, it's the one time of year you're allowed to drive your vehicle down that narrow trail to the covered bridge. Number two is the amazing food: pancakes cooked on the spot by Jerry Brown (this year with honey-cinnamon and orange-flavored butters!), donuts, strawberries, sausage and coffee. Number three: it honors the generous local people who help to protect our beautiful countryside by easing their land.
Sunday morning we ate inside the covered bridge because it was a little misty out. Part of the bridge's wood decking is raised by a few inches, and it certainly gave my short frame a boost when I was talking to tall people who usually loom over me.
And what entertaining conversations with old friends and new! How to control multiflora rose and mile-a-minute vine; the idiosyncrasies of local tennis courts; Macs vs. PCs; and of course the local news du jour. (In one case I noticed that the person being discussed was, in fact, present and standing just feet away. Ah, the island of Unionville!)
Inside the covered bridge were displayed two maps, one showing the amount of conserved land before 1984 and the one next to it showing the amount at present. One member of my party didn't realize that he was supposed to compare the two maps; he peered at the earlier one and said, "Wow, I thought there was a lot more than that." Without a word I pointed to the "Pre-1984" sign. "Ah. That would explain it," he said.
Thank you to the Buck & Doe Trust for the invite!
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