Welcome to October

 It was Orange Shirt Day September 30th, held since 2013. It honours Residential School survivors. It is about the children. 

Phyllis Webstad's Story - Orange Shirt Society

I tried a panoramic photo, and it looks odd. This arc was more of a straight line. 

Autumn continues to glow

Joe Brian drove me into Carleton Place for my 🦷crown. It was a lovely drive.

This poor old house had an incident: Trip to Carleton Place. They are rebuilding. 

If they build it, they will come.

We are in a municipal election: Town Reeve, and councillors. 

These are clever. 

"Forward with Dorward!"         and      "A vote for Paul is a vote for all!"

Autumn sights

 I've been hanging on to videos of the now-slumbering Freds. He was fairly lethargic, and not inclined to eat much more. In the third segment of the clips, he runs along the sidewalk to safety. We miss him!

Too soon we'll be in the cold. In the meantime, embrace the colours!

I went forest bathing:

There are pops of colour all over.

The milkweed are sending seeds up into the sky, hoping for a good landing. They are nestled in with wild aster.

 

I put the garbage out at 6:s0 Monday morning and noticed the full moon!

Frequent fliers, etc.

🐣 PHOEBE

 It was unusual,  but there was a phoebe in the front yard, which seems late in the year. Here is an old screenshot of it coming to land on the trailcam. They are lovely little birds. Ours nested twice and produced 8 chicks.

Ottawa, May 2013

Things are winding up. Leaves are falling. We have 8 happy fishies. I cannot grab a photo of them all at the same time! One was stubborn, and escaped capture until the pond settled and I could see it.

The water fountain has been scrubbed and cleaned. Much debris was in the mechanism. It's good to dry and be wrapped for winter. 

It was a lovely day to be working outside.

The sunset was lovely.

Fall, bring it on!

Plane spotting!

 

Community Safety Announcement:

Finally, I am the proud owner of a new crown. 🦷 This is an old photo I remembered I had in the files. 

Narrows Lock Rd Part 4

 Off to Narrows Lock Part 1 

 From Newboro to Westport Part 2

Through Westport Part 3 

4th and final! 

The road was blocked to the south, and we did a go around. We ended up going about 100km in total. 

 

Big Rideau Lake is a big lake!

It turns out they were replacing hydro poles on either side of the Big Rideau. No through traffic.

At Narrows Locks we found some birds. 

It is a great dock! 

Mergansers!

Here is a merganser from 2009 in Bala.

Soon the locks will close for winter. Two Le Boat rentals were headed through.

March, 2022 for comparison:

Narrows Lock Birding – Part 3 

That same trip in March: long-tailed weasel

This was amusing!

Hallowe'en is coming! 

Another fond look at Fred, who sleeps for winter!