Thursday, 20 November 2025

Cinnamon Walkies

 As the temperatures fall, I've been feeling like a couch potato. Finally some sunshine, and so I dressed for the temperature. Tuesday it was 4 ℃, actually above zero and SUNNY! 

I called yelled for Cinnamon: CINNAMON, WALKIES!!!! He roared around from the backyard to greet me. He was game. 


First we checked out the deer scrapes. Both sites had been rescraped after the snow. It's kinda cool to see, although maybe not for my dear readers! Most of the time I'm looking for signs of critters, as they avoid the house for the most part.

Here is a sign of the pileated woodpecker! They've been hammering away on the tree root. What could go wrong?! I didn't see the bird, of course, as we bumbled through the forest me an' Cinnamon. (Archive photo!)
 

If you click on this and enlarge them, you can see Cinnamon on the ground, coming towards me in the distance near the middle. 

This is one of my favourite parts of the forest, the cedar corridor.


The wetland freezes overnight and thaws in the daytime.


Cinnamon decided we would explore our lot #3. (That's where he led me.)

A teeny pine tree starting to establish its roots amongst the rocks.

The moss looks a brilliant green:

Cinnamon found another great spot. He likes to run along the horizontal fallen logs. 



This tree needed to be climbed! An important skill in the wild.

I found this in the forest. Some metal thingie. 

The frog pond is a bit chilly. And quiet! 

He was proud of himself. A great run, and we both needed a rest after that.

Nutmeg didn't go walkies, she doesn't like to. She spent time after breakfast doing 'turtle' on the floor.

12 comments:

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
What a lovely and refreshing outing you both had! Here today, it's 1'C and sunshiny. I'll take it. YAM xx

Barbara Rogers said...

Sending soft head rubs to both your kitties!

Anvilcloud said...

You should get some very nice pics today. I assume you have frost and fog.

Jeanie said...

It's looking great! That's one handsome woodpecker. I LOVE that Cinnamon comes when called. Lizzie is either deaf or chooses to ignore me!

DrumMajor said...

What a lovely walkie! Maybe Nutmeg being a turtle is a close as she can get to being like a real turtle in your forest. Linda in Kansas

tz_garden said...

Oh, I bet the sun felt so nice. *Brrrrr! Cinnamon is a character, I love how he went bonkers out there.

MARY G said...

I found this really amusing, as I have photos of my grandkid doing almost exactly the same things as your dog is shown as doing. And when we got her home, she would go flop, tired right out.

RedPat said...

What a difference between the 2 cats.

Red said...

the critters keep you busy and amused.

Granny Sue said...

What a glorious walk. I need to get out and do that. Seems like the days just fly by

eileeninmd said...

Cute kitty and a nice walk! I love the Pileated Woodpecker!
Take care, have a great day and a happy weekend.

Jenn Jilks said...

Um, typo? He is a cat!!!