In the air, and on land

🇺🇦 War on Ukraine

I reiterate how grateful I am to live in the peace and quiet of the country. FlightRadar24 is watching the air space around Ukraine, especially after the US drone was pissed on by a Russian jet. They have changed the way the UN countries watch air space, as the blog post demonstrates. The US Navy has been circling, keeping an eye on them, just not over the Black Sea. 

Spring

More shoots! These are daffodils. 

With April 1st being at 16 C., the eaves was dripping, and overflowing. I put it down to the thaw and overnight freeze. Climbing the ladder, I checked it out. I figured out that if I drained even some, it would lessen the clog. I may need to climb up on the roof. We shall see. 

It was just pouring over the side and onto the deck. This is our nearly new eaves. The garden hose worked, getting a syphon was the trick. It took me three tries!

I seemed to have drained itself in the evening. Sunday morning it didn't look too bad. 

Coyotes at home

The coyotes like the edge of the wetland, where the snow melts and walking is more comfortable. Here is proof!

Our deer have been scarce lately. They are eating the dead grass in the yard. Friday morning, around 7 a.m., JB went outside and spotted a coyote in the back 40. It ran away. An hour later (8 a.m.), I went to the kitchen window, while my bagel toasted, and saw 4 deer staring down the hill. I spotted a coyote. Out on the back deck, in my housecoat and jammies, I filmed the deer. I did not see Chad Coyote again! Whew. 

You can see the doe's breath in the cold. April 1st, 2023.

coyote alert from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Around 11:00, JB came back from his walkabout at the arena, and spotted a coyote crossing the highway further down the road. Having fetched trailcam SD cards, I eagerly processed it, and found two sightings of a coyote. That second clip shows the coyote I saw Saturday. It is the right timing. This is only the third time, since 2010, that I've seen one in the daytime. 

coyote tracks from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Sure enough, two coyotes on the trailcam.

 

coyote from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.