November is here!

 That was a great day for chores! I dressed Frosty for November. He has a little vest, a big poppy, and a cute tartan.

I fixed the flagpole. Again. And I put up my red ribbons for November. Remembrance Day is on Nov. 11th.

We have a flag from the Legion. That is on the right. JB gave an old WW II map to the Legion. In return, they gave him the lawn sigh on the left!

In the late afternoon, it clouded over.

Remember my 100 daffodil bulbs? Apparently, something dug up one clump. There were two bulbs left, and I threw them back in the hole, as well as the scattered dirt. 

I know who I suspect... 🦝!

🍁 Fall Chores

I finally remembered to bring the shovels up from the shed. I dragged the snowblower up from the shed and put it into the garage. We are ready.

Down at the frog pond, I noticed that the baffle is coming off of the one tree. It prevents raccoons from getting into the wood duck box. The second box I shifted to try and check it out. It fell off at the top, the top screw gave out. This is a job for another day. The wood ducks won't be back until spring to nest.

I still have to fix the third wood duck nest box. Maybe I should just replace it and move the one box. This is what it looked like in 2021. The other photo was this year, after the bears ripped it apart. [Momma Bear and Two Cubs] 

I got mail! Our Vancouver grandkids sent me some art and art puzzles. I managed to piece them together. I often send them a piece of my sketches and make them into a puzzle. Isn't that fun? 

We've a lot of juncos about. This one was released.

It was a good day to get outdoor chores done, if you dressed for it. 

Look who turned up in the yard!

A close-up: a young turkey and a deer!


JB called me to the back deck. The Canada Geese, normally down at the pond, or in the meadow,  were taking walkies.

In the front yard... a lone female turkey.

The barrel has pumpkin, squash and zucchini seeds. They JUST began to sprout. Something (Butch raccoon, squirrel?) dug a hole and ate a wee plant. I dug out an old shutter and covered it up. sigh.

I had a camera fail down at the wood duck nesting box. The lower camera is set for video, hopefully to capture the ducklings heading for the wetland. The top one will take photos. (Not if I don't set it to "ON" and close the little door.)

The raccoons keep trying to get into the wood duck boxes. So far, the duck eggs are safe. This is box #2, it holds 12 eggs, and they are due to hatch June 5th.
Butch and the wood duck box from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

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