Monday, 20 October 2025

Crumbly Acres Critters

Time to explore!

I came across this video. We'd purchased leftover pumpkins one year from Miller's Bay Farm (2022) for the deer. They had a bumper crop that year. Peter, the buck was quite keen.  That won't happen this year with a drought, and fewer produce than in other years.



Oct. 16th, I noticed a robin in the bird bath. There was another, then they were scared off by the mourning dove! 


 


The lady beetles gather in doorways in the sun before winter sets in.


   

 The skunk is still hanging around! It's looking for grubs, and digging little divots.

 

We've a dump of rain today. It is wonderful. I roared around on the lawn tractor mulching leaves. Mostly on the driveway, as once it rains they stick.

Our robin pair are still bathing!

Cinnamon gave me a tick. I could feel something crawling, and used the camera to check. We stuck it on a piece of tape. I won. 

We've done pretty well this year. I track them just for data. 
Garbage is out. I didn't get soaked. Let's all have a good week!

12 comments:

Tom said...

...how generous of Cinnamon!

Jeanie said...

I LOVE that video with the deer and the pumpkins. The color, the deer, everything. I always put my "old" pumpkins in the back and open the tops, hoping the critters will enjoy. Obviously, the deer do!

Barbara Rogers said...

Happy to hear about your rain. Not the tick.

eileeninmd said...

I love seeing the ladybugs and the cute Robin.
The deer and pumpkins photo is great.
Take care, have a great day and a happy week ahead.

Anvilcloud said...

Hooray for rain.

Lorrie said...

The robins must be heading south very soon, I would think. There are none left here. Glad you got the tick!

tz_garden said...

Glad you captured the tick so quickly! The sweet deer munching the pumpkins is cute.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari Om
Yes, a jolly good week is wished for all... I so enjoy my 'visits' to Crumbly Acres! YAM xx

RedPat said...

The sun just came out here after a lot of rain trough the night.

Lowcarb team member said...

Thank goodness you got the tick!

We've had a lot of rain again today, the Autumn leaves are very soggy!

All the best Jan

Shammickite said...

Not at all keen on ticks! What did you do with it once you had captured it?

Red said...

We need a fall rain. We haven't had any rain yet.