Trip to town

 Sunset, we discussed plans for the next day. A road trip!

Wednesday we went to town. We found a couple of developments we did not know were there in Carleton Place!

New development:

The Mississippi River. 

The geese and swans are returning.  Soon people will be sitting on that dock with the red chairs.

Spring clean up. There are lots of dead elms around. Farmers are getting rid of the branches.

2 fishers, geese

 Two fishers came by, or was it the same one?! 

The frog pond is frozen.

The wetland is beginning to thaw on the edges. 

Up above, more signs of spring. The geese are returning in great overhead flights. Also a sun dog in the frame! It is glorious! 

Fred and cats

Fred Groundhog appeared twice. She is anxious for spring. 1) Thursday, March 19, and 2) Sunday, March 22nd. The two of them have been asleep since 

I decided, after my PA suggested it, to put several carrots down for her on Monday. They were still there Tuesday.

Groundhog tracks in snow

She is a vegetarian, and there isn't anything green out there!  I keep telling her to hang on.

May 1st vs. July 4th

 

I've been growing sprouts. Too bad I can't give these to Fred!

Sadly, I am failing. I put the filter and the seeds into the bottom layer. The clear top level is supposed to drain into the opaque one. Whoopsie. I couldn't figure out why the water wasn't draining. 

 

Nutmeg went walkies to the daffodil garden. She was playing in the mud.

My bottle tree...

Cinnamon, much more cautious than his sister. He was watching from the deck. He checked her out carefully. 

A rest in the heated cat house. It's not actually plugged in. That is Cinnamon's ear, his head is upside down. The cats are happy to hunker down in the evenings. 

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📺 We are watching Season 6 of Astrid & Raphaelle. It is charming, and fairly non-gory! I am enjoying it.

Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger's syndrome. With an incredible memory she excels at analyzing files of ongoing ...

📚 I am often in bed by 8:30 or 9, reading. More mysteries. There are 7 books in the Rockton series. Armstrong takes the main two characters, Casey and Eric, and moves them to a new camp in the Haven's Rock series. I quite like them. Casey's sister has autism. She works in the camp and is a doctor. 

This is the last published. Another, the final book in the series, is to be published in 2027. 

 

 

Flying and critters

We are shocked by the tragic airport incident at La Guardia. When the helicopter and jet plane collided (Jan., 2025), NTSB did an amazing presentation about who does what, the issues they will examine. If you are interested in the process. People, and media are jumping into the fray, with speculation. We have to wait. 900 flights a day...

The problem with investigating the incident is getting the experts there. The protocols include having many agencies with standing in the investigation. Canada is involved as they were a Canadian plane, Canadian crew, had Canadians on board, and it is a Canadian-built plane. It is a joint effort. With Newark having had an issue, and slow lines in airports, and the administration firing 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head, and 3,000 air traffic controllers in Jan., 2025, policy choices have consequences.

Back to your regularly scheduled topic. Let the professionals do their jobs. 

Lots of critters out and about.

Butch was back. I finally cleaned up and brought it indoors! Twice bitten, once shy! They are hungry. They do like to explore! Butch on the deck📹, June, 2021. 

 

Yes, I still have my lights. They'll be Easter lights now!

This pair are a hoot. Momma has snow on her head. The fawn has antler nubs, it must be a male.

We've had 6 hanging around.

The birds have been back, out singing in the snow and cold. Complaining, methinks. I wrote a story about Eddie and Eva, geese who seemed to have flown north too early!

 

 I told many stories about Eddie and Eva (e.g., SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009 "It's your fault", a story about a snowy day!) This was a pair who returned all 4 years we lived there year-round. (April 2006 - September 2010). They returned with offspring and had happy times. 

Some bird nabbed lunch, March 2025. I've been throwing peanuts out for #75. 

The frog pond was frozen. Now it is frozen again. March 20, 2025: 

Good Bunny Labbit is hopping about!

   

 Butch is on clean up duty! In a snowstorm...