Fall chores & Türkiye

 Yes, Autumn is here! 🍁Fall Chores are underway. 

I was up at 6 a.m., checking out back, I heard geese coming!

The fish tank is ready. I run the hose from out back, directly into the tank. Then I vigilantly check for leaks. None found. 😊

 

Next job is to drain the goldfish pond in order to catch the fishies. I try to plan this just before a rain storm to fill the tank up again. Otherwise, the water lilies could be damaged in the air. The pond fills via the water barrel, fed by the eaves downspout.

It is a dance!

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As I have said, the critters are preparing either to migrate, hibernate, or are fattening up for winter. Barry Beaver is back at work.

Fred is fattening up... 

The cats are happy with indoor play. Little Nutmeg won the top bunk. She gets so mad when he's up there first. She leaps before she looks, and meets him up top, then jumps down. 

This is a big one! 

Meantime, my son-in-law and his two friends, have been enjoying his trip with his buddies! They are now in the Republic of Türkiye.

These are where people would shelter from invaders. The rock would be pulled in from of the tunnel.

Cardinals, scarlet tanager, doe, cats, finches!

 Glad I took a 'before' photo!

It's my own fault. They smell something in the soil, and hope for food. Or they are curious!

It wasn't Cinnamon!

Nor Auntie Fred.

I blame Butch racoon!

🔥 I am grateful to those working these fires. in Northern Ontario. They are awful. Sadly, our Ontario budget for fighting fires has been diminished.

We are on fire

That July 1st storm was awful. Here is the doe in that storm!  

 They are the silliest cats! 

   

 I daresay the Cardinals are raising another brood! 

   

 I guess it is birding week!

   

 Finches! 

 

Trailcam Tails

 I am so behind on posting videos. We have stopped feeding deer. They have lots to eat now. 

 

 The turkeys have pretty much disappeared. In years past they would amble around with their harems, in full mating display.

   

 This tree sparrow was scrambling for bugs. The cats make this kind of move when we play! Maybe you aren't as keen as I, but I like seeing their little hop-scratch-search!

   

 The Skunk is still roaring up and back down the driveway. I am curious about the location of its home!

 

Lastly, a porcupine. It looks a bit smallish. Maybe a young one?!

 

#75, or rehabbed and released black squirrel, has been teasing cats!

The cats have had their tick/flea, etc., meds. 

I hope that helps with lots of horrific news out there. We had good news, in that we now have a majority government led by Mark Carney. We shall see what unfolds.  

Amazingly, the three new MPs are women, and 2 of them are women of colour. This is Canada.

Fred and cats

Fred Groundhog appeared twice. She is anxious for spring. 1) Thursday, March 19, and 2) Sunday, March 22nd. The two of them have been asleep since 

I decided, after my PA suggested it, to put several carrots down for her on Monday. They were still there Tuesday.

Groundhog tracks in snow

She is a vegetarian, and there isn't anything green out there!  I keep telling her to hang on.

May 1st vs. July 4th

 

I've been growing sprouts. Too bad I can't give these to Fred!

Sadly, I am failing. I put the filter and the seeds into the bottom layer. The clear top level is supposed to drain into the opaque one. Whoopsie. I couldn't figure out why the water wasn't draining. 

 

Nutmeg went walkies to the daffodil garden. She was playing in the mud.

My bottle tree...

Cinnamon, much more cautious than his sister. He was watching from the deck. He checked her out carefully. 

A rest in the heated cat house. It's not actually plugged in. That is Cinnamon's ear, his head is upside down. The cats are happy to hunker down in the evenings. 

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📺 We are watching Season 6 of Astrid & Raphaelle. It is charming, and fairly non-gory! I am enjoying it.

Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger's syndrome. With an incredible memory she excels at analyzing files of ongoing ...

📚 I am often in bed by 8:30 or 9, reading. More mysteries. There are 7 books in the Rockton series. Armstrong takes the main two characters, Casey and Eric, and moves them to a new camp in the Haven's Rock series. I quite like them. Casey's sister has autism. She works in the camp and is a doctor. 

This is the last published. Another, the final book in the series, is to be published in 2027. 

 

 

Fred, wrens, cats!

 Fredlet has been around. 

My old camcorder has some issues. I've ordered a new one. 

 

It was funny to see her on the driveway. I've turned the camera to see if I can see where she is running to! (Stay tuned!) 

 

More excitement, the House Wrens are back. They came in late June and filled the Blue Bird nest box in preparation for nesting... and left. I think they found a better location. I noticed their songs, knew they'd come back, and saw them filling up the green and red nest boxes with debris. This prevent other birds from nesting there.

I realized that the kitchen window has been the victim of some enthusiastic dish washing! I fixed that.

That is better! Now I need to scrub the bird poop off, but don't want to disturb them!

It is delightful seeing them at the boxes. 

Can you see the stick sticking out?!

Here he sits on the corner of the eaves, singing his little lungs out. They have powerful songs.

Sitting on the back deck, May 20, 2019. Looking for love!

Things are peaceful indoors. The deerflies are horrid, and this keep them close.