Lots of critters!

 Thank you for your kind wishes regarding Joe's accident. He is resting up.We both had naps yesterday. He has two black eye today. It's not pretty. I help him get dressed and undressed. It is a process.

I do enjoy my walkies. Sometimes I get caught on trailcams.

I was watching Cinnamon who was 30' up a tree. I could hear him but I couldn't see him. What a face! 

Our three black squirrels, released in the last year, have dispersed in a way. This #75 is hanging around.

I spotted the squirrel near the nest box. 

He was sitting on the branch where the hawk was sitting in 2025. 

Here he is on the fallen log.

The scary critters come out in the dark!  Coyote, red fox, another coyote, and a young buck. The driveway is a busy spot.

The fox has realized that mice friends like the bird feeder.

Remembrance Day

 With all the trauma, chaos and troubles in the world. We remember and we are grateful for those who fought and continue to serve. 

The Canadian Virtual War Museum features those who have served and lost their lives. It is an interesting site.

🚑 Ironically, Joe spent about 7 hours in the Perth Hospital ER yesterday. He broke his wrist on a misstep off the sidewalk in town. We got to bed at midnight. We shall see how it all goes. 

Books and bunnies

 I've been scouring the library for Canadian mystery books written by women. Until I run out of those, I tend to avoid male writers due to the violence. This is just my experience. I found Barbara Fradkin, and her books: Inspector Green Mysteries. They are set in Ottawa, familiar streets as I lived there 25 years. I read the latest two in the library, and decided to go back to book #1 in 2000. 

It's a good read. I can escape into another world and throw my cares away. 

The bunny was in front of the camera, right along the path red fox and coyote use!

Then there is Busy Barry.

November – we are prepared

We've had some balmy weather. 

I found myself a tick! I stuck it in rubbing alcohol. 

I am ready for winter! Bring it on... Snowblower is in the garage. 

No snow yet, but we shall see what November brings! 

Barry and Brenda are still at it. 

They've cleaned up the birch tree branches in the background.

In 1999, the house hippo first made its appearance in a commercial to warn children to not to believe everything they saw on television. Look who is here!

 

It is truly Autumn

We've had predictions of a milder season. That seems to be the case for now. We've rain after a dry October.  The goldfish pond has 3 frogs. I hope they hibernate soon. It's been too mild to empty the water barrel, which fills the pond. It's on my To Do list.

Joe Brian is watching football and curling in the basement. I made them a fire. It just warms the house a tad.

📕 Book Reviews

I took myself off to the library. I'm working my way through female, Canadian mystery authors. This is my non-mental note to check out these authors.

I've been doing some embroidery. That is, until Cinnamon decided he wants a snuggle.

 

I was watching a new show for me: Saving Lives at Sea (UK) Britain's Royal National Lifeboat Institution  volunteers(RNLI). The UK has a fabulous system, with a combination of volunteers and full-time staff. Much like our rural firefighter tradition here in Ontario.

It was funny to see this boat 'Jennifer Anne' rescue a family whose boat flipped. Those are my names, only I'm Anne with a 'e'! He'd bought a boat, but no life jackets for his family.

Butch has been a frequent visitor.

Red Fox

This is the place we call The Point, where the land juts out into the wetland.

Saturday's Critters

I'm still having trouble with embedding video. Sorry. 

The birds have been amazing. A lot of them have flown south. I went into the wetland, I was surrounded by twitters. There must be a couple dozen robins hanging about. 

The finch, blue jays, cardinals, have been lovely to see. I think this is a red or purple finch.

A Cedar Waxwing, it's kind of a jiggly video, but listen for the bird song! 

This is the cedar corridor. They say to put trailcams on transportation routes. We have a couple of bucks wandering. Rutting season has begun.

Saturday's Critters # 673 visit Eileen's critter page!

If a tree falls...

 Wetland walks have been lovely. We are in a warm spell. (For November!) I've recovered from our time change. The important thing is Cinnamon sings the songs of his peoples a bit later, with the predawn.

Brenda's tree has fallen. They were working on it. They are encumbered by the trees falling on one another on the edge of the wetland. Deeper in the water, the trees just fall. 

They've been gnawing branches off the big trees, and taking them to their food cache in the wetland.

There are lots of trees down. The good news is beavers have been in this wetland for ages, and the habitat can support them. Beavers don't grow as large as they used to in history. They are so vulnerable to habitat loss.  

Smithsonian: They can swim 10k /hour, but are vulnerable on land. They carry materials like mud for the lodge in their front legs, walking on hind legs. Beavers can hold their breath for 15 minutes.
They mate for life, and kick the young 'uns out in two years. I think that is where Barry came from last year. 

Barry's work

The tree falls at 50 seconds in. You can see is the aftermath of the dead leaves falling. 

Change

🕰 Spring forward, fall back! For some of us. It is so crazy. 

 Canada's time zones are interesting complicated. Our son Jesse, in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been three hours behind us. I try to remember that, and not text too early! We often chat in the afternoons on the weekend. I'll have to remember that B.C. will be only 2 hours behind. 

Northwestern Ontario is splitting from
southern Ontario in terms of time zones.

CBC published an article on this. Not all are happy. OK, no one seems happy about it! Our Premier wants to have the same time zones as our iffy main trading partner. 

Our sunset was at 4:51 Monday. It doesn't bother Barry or Brenda. They are nocturnal, and on one video he was out there at 7 p.m. Barry and Brenda, out working. I think Barry was the first one here last year. Then Brenda showed up this year. No, I don't really know their gender! It's just that the males are usually the ones who leave 'home' and branch out. 😝

 I've been concentrating on the outdoor critters. Let's check in with the goldfish! They are doing well. They have two kinds of food, one is called Bug Bites, which floats. The biggest goldfish zooms up to the pellet, splashes me, or the floor, if I haven't yet closed the lid.

Out in the forest, the 5 sisters, now only 4, stand proudly. 🌳 If a tree falls in the forest..., you lose a sister. Now, another large branch has fallen from one of the trees. We're down to 4 ½. Such is life in a forest. 

 

The squirrels are active, they know change is on the way.