Heron & Halifax & Labbit

It was a bit of  shock. Three cm of snow. I didn't let it bother me, and I didn't shovel. It is going to melt this week. It was 1 ℃. and the ground isn't very frozen, not much ground frost after our high temps.

I thought I ought to talk about my heron sculpture! It is one of my favourites. 

We bought on a trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. I remember bringing it home on the plane. They wrapped  it in bubble wrap, I'd bought it in Peggy's Cove. It was funny getting it on the plane. Awkward, I guess. But it made it. I love this bird. The other one, the little one, is a brass sculpture by Siggy Puchta. I bought that one in a Tweed gallery on time payments when I was single. I was so proud of that layaway purchase. 

2003 -ish

 It's been busy! Freezing cold, and I mistakenly left the water barrel full. Our temperatures have ranged from -12 a few days ago to 16 ℃ last week, and it is bizarre. 

The poor goldfish pond! It slowly dripped and froze. 

The skies have been interesting.

😼Cat Visitors

This is really funny. I am having no luck capturing the strange visitor cat. It's been sighted 7 km away, and surely must live somewhere between here and there. My plan was to take it to the vet and see if it had a chip. I've not caught the cat. Despite mice friends who are visiting.

It's been all set up. I've tried several times. I posted this on our local Facebook page and, either the owner has realized that the danged cat has been crossing the highway in the dark at night (dangerous) or... I dunno. I haven't see the cat for about 10 days, when we had warm weather. This is my set-up, the camera in front of the trap, just for evidence.

 

I laughed so hard. 

cat trap from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

What happened? A cottontail. 

I released it while JB filmed it. I knew Labbit would be out of there like a bat outta hell!

catch & release from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.