More Hallowe'en!

 Some of us can't get enough of Hallowe'en. Like most of my life, these days, I live vicariously through the kids.

Jean-Luc and Aster in Ottawa. JL was a character from this movie, which I'd never seen! Ben Stiller in Dodgeball in 2004. It's pretty darn good! Aster is totally unrecognizable!

I was so excited to be involved! When we visited Jordan at Queen's he showed us the guitar he was making for his Hallowe'en costume. He was making it from scratch. He pondered how to make the guitar strings. I had an idea. We thought they should be gray. I had some string. I dunked it in a can of garage floor paint that dated to the previous owners.  It was sort of gray! 

I thought it was so clever! But the entire thing fell off the toilet paper roll, and I had to straighten it to let it dry. Then mail it. 

Dried, straightened, wrapped around a piece of cardboard, Grampa mailed it off to Kingston.

Jordan designed and cut and pasted all the pieces, I think it was that plastic stuff campaign signs are made of. He made stickers for it, pegs and keys. Just amazing.

My fun has been in the forest. I moved the frog pond trailcam, as I spotted a worn path on the point. This leads to the wetland. Here it is in the daytime. 

It is a peninsula, that extends into the wetland. It is surrounded by water on 3 'sides' and the critters trod from little out cropping to outcropping. We had two roly poly Butch racoons and a Fisher.

There were three deer. I love the eyes in the dark!

And just for fun, the Barred Owl again!

Hallowe'en, Autumn, and Christmas Crafts

Tis the season, for both Hallowe'en and Craft Shows! Also, frost!

Then there are the fall leaves!

I liked the signage on this delivery van. Too bad it is necessary, but cyclists do like to exploit the roads. It says, "Stay Safe. Stay Back. Past this point I can't see you."

Into town we went. There are Remembrance Day banners up commemorating the contributions of our military members.

The craft show was in the Crystal Palace beside the canal.

I bought some local cheese, chard and kale, and a couple of Christmas presents!

Next, a drive around town.

Finally, the kids went up on a ski lift to view the fall colours last month!

Saturday''s Critters

Things are cooling off. Frost this morning. The kids will be out for Hallowe'en. We don't get any, we are remote. There are all sorts of critters out! I drove by this house in town, and the skeleton makes noises. I had to tak a photo.

 I put up a few decorations, but I don't anticipate any big Hallowe'en things happening! Joe Brian went to the store and took a few photos!

But I do have evidence of actual critters!

Critters in pairs;

Two deer, one is in the background, left. Ghosts in the dark.

Two foxes on the driveway. I knew we had two of them!

We had a bit of a surprise on Thursday after I harvested the trailcam footage. We've two beavers. At least. Barry has a girlfriend Brenda. We'll go with that. I have no idea if they are male or female. We'll see in spring, as they give birth then.

Visit more critters: Saturday's Critters # 672 Eileen's celebration of critter life.

Forest Walkies

 We've been watching Barry Beaver's activities. He is ramping up for winter. Faithful readers will recall that Barry took a sapling that had my favourite trailcam on it, into the wetland. Thi is how long it takes.

There are lots of gnawed logs and large branches, both on land and in the wetland. 

Then I looked around. I got worried about my trailcam placement. The Oak tree could go soon. I moved them. He's working on the back of the tree.

He's moved around the back.

I had a bit of a surprise! Cinnamon and I went walkies. 

Cinnamon disappeared. I called him. Then I looked up.

TWO BEAVERS!

It only took 'Brenda' about 5 minutes to half chew the birch tree. Good thing we have 16 acres!

Two foxes, and Barry Beaver

I'm still having editing issues. Bear with me.  Lots of action on trailcams.

I have to highlight A/C's comment in a previous post! He is a hoot.

To whom leaves are given
Mulch will be required

Red foxes have been visiting the feeders. No name tags, so there might be more. 

I have proof: TWO red foxes!

Barry has been busy.

A flying squirrel visited. He is working on an Oak tree with lots of acorns up there. Sigh. 

The Barred Owl visited the squirrel!

Crumbly Acres

They are cold mornings! 

A real frost!

I'm having trouble with upgrades to my video host Vimeo. Bear with me!

I enjoy mulching leaves.

doe

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