Monday, 5 January 2026

Crumbly Acres: embrace winter

They are delightful to watch. They surround the house in the morning.


I noticed they were after my rhododendrons! 


My mistake was leaving the pumpkins in the middle of the garden. 
 


They were eyeing the bird feeder.


Their fur coats are amazing!`

The poor rhodos... I think they ate the one bud, and most of the leaves. I am not confident about spring blooms!  

 

I wrapped them up for protection. December was a bit of a shock, as well as November. I wasn't ready!


🥶 Monday morning, -17 ℃. and I drove the garbage the 100m to the highway pickup. Bbbbrrrrrr!


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It is good to be able to embrace winter. Our Ottawa kids went tobogganing, after a ski afternoon last week. Jordan is back at university. Aster back to gr. 10 and exams this month! 



Our Vancouver family are embracing winter after their big move to a new house and a run in their panto theatre.
Cluny:

Bryony racing:

Cluny watching Bryony race!

Meanwhile, I did the driveway once. Joe did the sidewalk. Twice. it's good he can do it. He has had a rotator cuff injury since March, 2020
I looked like Frosty snowman when I was done. 

It's not so bad doing it in the sunshine, after the snowfall. That did not happen Monday.

11 comments:

Anvilcloud said...

I like winter, at least at this point of the season. It’s a pain for commuters, though. It took Dani 2 hours to get home from uni yesterday.

Val Ewing said...

That is a LOT of work! A snowy winter sure keeps you busy. I'm watching fog and some drizzle move in. It will freeze on the cold gravel roads and make it pure ice so I may end up just watching the world go by today or putting on my cleats and going out to look for stuff.

Jeanie said...

I still have a pumpkin in the front garden -- it's half caved in and looks awful. I've been waiting for a semi-decent day to dump it in back by the woodpile and let the critters at it -- or let it disintegrate out of public view. So far, not happening. I'm ready for winter to be done -- I really admire you!

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari Om
I struggle to be motivated just to do the chores within my home... thank heavens I don't have an outside to contend with! YAM xx

RedPat said...

You have such nice companions in your yard.

Leslie's Garden said...

I love winter, but we don't get much snow. It would be fun to learn some of the winter sports like skiing and ice skating though. I hope you have a great week.

tz_garden said...

Oh, the deer are hungry - they look well fell on your rhodys! Love the sledding video, I miss that :)

Mary Kirkland said...

I love the deer, how cute.

Red said...

So some people make use of the snow to have fun and some fight it by trying to get rid of it. I remember the fun of sliding.

B. Rogers said...

Lovely shots of deer and grands! My son in Colorado says they don't have fresh snow, but he found a shady place in the mountains to cross country sky for a bit.

B. Rogers said...

Ski...not cross country sky!