Long--and expensive--story short, we have a new, and larger, tank, ready for use in Summer 2026.
The phoebe had moved her nest from the Laundry porch to a spot just above the hummingbird feeder outside the kitchen porch, possibly even more disturbed by our presence there.
Fortunately, our caretaker is professionally certified in waste treatement, so he jumped in, literally in fact, and saved the day.
And in his free moments, Stan worked on straightening out the piers under the Laundry.
After a trip to Plattsburgh to buy a pump, some heavy digging out and toting of effluvia, it was decided that perhaps the old tank was no good any more.
...and animals, familiar
and not so....
And then, after a lovely Camp summer, when Faith, Barb and Grace were trying to enjoy Camp while closing for the season, THIS HAPPENED to the septic tank.
At opening, an explosion of flowers....
And then this somewhat disconcerting surprise, a large snapping turtle, right off the Laundry, on the mergansers' rocks.
But she got used to us enough to check on the nest.