Crumbly Acres Critters

Canada is so very angry. There have been some benefits to the crises we face. Canada has become much more united. It was easy to trade products with the US, but it means small producers have always fought to get their products on major grocery store chain shelves. This has changed. 

This Election Is the Firewall Between Canada and Collapse 

The Convoy people (most weren't truckers) began using the 🇨🇦 Canadian flag (usually upside down) as a symbol of discontent. We've taken the flag back. It's being flown everywhere again, with pride.

Mark Carney (despite the new F* Carney flags) has inspired people. The polls have changed. While they are just a snapshot, it is a trend. We don't elect a PM, we elect a party locally, while they have already elected their leader. 

Once Carney was declared PM, the red line began rising over and above the Conservatives. 

Mark Carney is well-known around the world. He is an economist, his wife also has a Ph.D. The Reader's Digest did a piece on him. He met his wife (Diana Fox Carney) while they were studying at Oxford. They have 4 children. The far right is attacking his trans child, of course, who uses they/them pronouns. As a gramma to two who are part of the LGBTQ+ community, this is excellent news. 

🏘 We've had upsy downsy temperatures here at Crumbly Acres. When the sun comes out it is lovely. Nutmeg rolled around on the grass. She looked so happy!

   

 Cinnamon sat in the sun, watching for mice friends. I was out rehanging the Bluebird nest box, and took this from atop the step ladder! 

The deer ran off when Joe came home from his doctor's appointment. You can see the nest box. I should have sanded it and refinished it. At least I brought it in for winter. Mind you, it took me two days to figure out where I'd put it. Not in the shed, or the basement, it was in the garage! (But I'm not failing!)

When he came in, he tried watching the fishies. Nutmeg doesn't deign to do that. You can see her on the floor.

After I took out the garbage Monday morning, I shovelled the sidewalk! Hopefully for the last time this season. 

We had a fox visit in the night. This is an archive photo. We met *this* fox on a rural drive. It has a rodent in its mouth! 

Our fox came by the house, again. 

I was out walking around the house, looking for Fred digging another burrow. Can you see Labbit? It is from a video, but I was so cold, shaking, and the sun was in my eyes. She's just beyond the fence, under the leaning limb. Their camouflage is amazing.

Fred Groundhog has gone to ground, again. It's too cold. He tried to dig under the shed. I moved a couple of pieces of wood to block him. His burrow under the deck is flooded with melt water. The one under the flag pole is good. 

Rain or snow, or ice rain on the way, they have predicted. We'll see what happens.

Crumbly World

It has been lovely out. We had three deer visit (can you see them at the back there?), and the grass is sort of green! (Ignore the date stamp!) 

Just as I was getting used to Spring, we had more snow! In fact it is snowing this morning. I have to get the garbage out. 

Wild ranges of temperatures this past week.

The wild turkeys were scratching around for food.

This was an interesting capture, the dark-eyed junco fly past. Can you see it on the left?! This is a trailcam.

Poor Mamma Bear. The stakes are frozen in the ground and bent, but I cannot pull them out. I managed to slide her off the stakes and put her in the shed for summer.

And in 🇨🇦 Canadian news, we're headed for an election on April 28th.

🇺🇸 I'll leave this here. There are a lot of athletes who will have to consider their safety. 

Krome Detention Center

What a white woman of privilege. It is insidious, entrenched, and they don't know what they don't know. No, a white woman never experienced racism, gender bias, or any other LGBTQ+ issues. Go figgur.

I found this. Racism is entrenched in society. It is overt and not subtle for people of colour.

Protests are continuing on both sides of the border. Here is an interesting website. They are highlighting protests in the US, but there is an International-wide link. You can search for protests near you.