Crumbly Acres & miniFred

The big news. Our new friend, Rick, made it home to Lansing, Michigan. His cycling trip was about 1500 mi. long. The last part was on a train! Jeannie wrote about his homecoming!

New news, this is the last time we saw miniFred, Friday, Sept. 12th. (I think Momma Fred is sleeping in her winter home. That's been her pattern for three years!)

MiniFred's doing weird stuff with the tarp. Momma Fred dragged it into the hole I covered up in the summer. That's where the coyotes get in. MiniFred moved it... 

The youngster was dashing in the wood shed, grabbing leaves, and taking them into the burrow for a fine winter nap. They are true hibernators and once they are down, they are down until spring.

Joe sat and watched for miniFred on Saturday, no sign of her! He had a lovely sit, though. I put the garbage out at 6:00 a.m. and it was 8 ℃, no wonder she's sleeping. 

#75 has been out and about. He's a released Gray Squirrel (Black Morph).

 I found one on the trailcam way down in the forest.

I've a story about watering my hanging planters. The water was coming out really slowly. I unscrewed the pouring spout, and found a Gray Tree frog hiding in the water bucket. 

Joe went to Smiths Falls, and on the way home he brought some strawberries for us. They have a special type of strawberries that are ready in summer, not spring. Yummy! 

It is wonderful getting food from down the road. Today I'm going to get some pumpkins, as we've family coming!

I've a plan to bring in the fishies. The well water takes a long time to warm to room temperature. I filled it 1/4 on Sat., Sept. 13, adding another 1/4 on Sunday.  

Town is a bit of a mess, with roads being rebuilt. 

The trees are beginning to turn in Perth.

Rideau Woodland Ramble Part 2

This is the actual Ramble I wrote about on Friday.  You can take a Virtual Tour on Google.

I have more to share. Just whip through them if you are bored. If you'd like a virtual walk in the woods, come along! I was really inspired.

This is a tribute to someone the by the artist Cindy Laneville! 

Art pops up throughout one's ramble.

    

There are beautiful pieces of art everywhere.

This one is amazing!

As we walked, the cat, Hunter, wanted some luvins! 

Joe obliged!

Saturday's Critters

 🐀 I've noticed more action on the cameras. We'll begin with miniFred! She's returned after being somewhere. And has been hanging out in the burrow under the deck. This space under the deck floods in Spring melt, and I think the burrow does, as well. She returned Sept. 6th, for some reason. She seemed a bit sleepy, being a true hibernator, she didn't seem inclined to do any digging. We'd had cooler weather. I just didn't know what to expect.

 

Sept. 9th, she sat there chewing and wagging her tail!

I decided to cover the lower deck burrow (#3) since she moved to the shed burrow (#2). 

The rocks at the entrance were sheltering large and small ant nests with eggs! And a centipede.

I feel so much better a bout this. It's 12:30 p.m. and she just poked her head up out of the hole by the shed. I'd sorta covered it, so as not to trip on the hole, but she will be better there under the shed. 

After being very quiet she seems to have a burst of energy, bringing leaves to build a nest. I have a theory, that she's come back for winter, where she was born. The same way Fred disappears each August. 

The skunk has been active on the driveway.

 

 The skunk visited the burrow, but stayed up top.

 

Even Butch raccoon had to have a peek in the hole.

Saturday's Critters # 613 <= Visit more critters here.