Saturday's Critters

 I was thinking of bats the other day. Colonies have been decimated with White-nose syndrome: impacted bats. Bats only produce one kit a year, recovery will take time. Around here they will hibernate soon. Bless our little bug eaters. We often have one in the house, but not this year. 

Our red fox continues to patrol, mostly in the dark. They are sensitive to humans, and know we sleep at night!

   

 The buck was around. Soon it'll be mating season for them! 

   

 The coyote zipped on by. Well, not exactly 'zipped' as he stopped to have a pee on camera, as they do.

   

 This one was watching for something. I don't know if it was me or not!

   

 In the day time, Cinnamon and I check out trailcams. No sign of Barry Beaver.

   

 No Barry, but a beautiful doe.

 

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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!

 

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