Crumbly Acres catch and release

 First, our precious LGBTQ flag is gone. They ripped the pole off the fence, screws and all. It wasn't a good day, yesterday. 

I don't know where this came from... it is poignant. 

I did some yard work. Both the goldfish pond fountain and the bird bath are going great guns. There is one little goldfish in the pond. I'm still figuring out if I can repair or should replace my 60 gallon tank. 

I peeked out, and saw a little lump on the chair! A gray tree frog was sitting on the chair.

There was another on the railing. JB and I sat there watching the birds.

🦇Going Batty

The bats are out from hibernation. I thought I saw one out of the corner of my eye Thursday night. We both looked around. Nothing. 

Friday night, I'd gone to bed at 10, and at 11:30 I heard someone call out that there was a bat. I am losing my touch! Cinnamon stayed on guard in the Muskoka room. (At least he was out of the way!) I kept tripping on Nutmeg as I went from the dining room to the bedroom, and back to the kitchen. I caught the bat three times, but my net is too shallow. It crawled out. Three times! It's not my first rodeo , but we'll see what happens when it gets dark.

Saturday night I closed up all the curtains to encourage it to come out when the house was dark. Sure enough. Sunset is around 8:15, and I knew something would happen. The poor little flying mouse would be hungry. I used the net with the more depth rather than the fish net. 

Finally, it landed on the wall, where I could catch it. JB held the door, guarded for cats, and VOILA!

🕷To top it off, after working outdoors in the warmth, I had a tick nymph in my armpit. I plucked it off with tweezers, and doused us both in rubbing alcohol. No worries. 

🦆Wood duck nest box

🐦It is with sadness that I report that a weasel or mink has done in my wood duck nest. I'd taken a video last week. The nest is abandoned, 4 or 5 shells on the ground. Two left, cold, in the nest and no adults. 

I think the bunnies have nipped all but one of my trillium in the garden. Happily there are more in the forest. Silly Labbit.  The bird feeder is done, all cleaned and no more bird seed. They are adorable, and there are two. We'll expect more bunnies.