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.

Mushrooms and Barry Beaver

 Let's begin with the fun stuff: fungi!

This one is lovely! I am sure someone knows what it is. 

Cool nights and humid days, it create ideal conditions... the colours are so striking.

Barry Beaver

This is a screen shot from a video earlier in the summer. He does exist! 

I have evidence of Barry Beaver. I don't know how, but he wasn't on the trailcam right in front of these branches. He chewed them, obviously, but just no Barry. 

The duckweed and frog bit is disturbed. The wetland is lush and green. It is a beautiful place to be. Not exactly Forest Bathing (it's a thing) and I shall have to think of another phrase for it! Wetland Wanders?

I thought the new school year would bring some peace and quiet! Not so. Gun fire.

 

Have a great week. 

Mushrooms and fungus

 It's the season for it! A bit cooler, and lots of moisture overnight. September brings them to life. Funnily enough, just like the leaves, there isn't much diversity of colour.

I found some puffballs in the forest!

Bank Fraud, fungus and flowers

 OK, bank fraud. I wrote about that. We've lost $1550. The bank's manager figured it out and explained it to me after we made an appointment to see her. The person who phoned saying they were from the bank was not. No one was trying to use my credit card in Vancouver. It was the thief. I should have hung up and phoned the bank myself. Lesson learned. They weren't after my credit card, in hindsight, and how did they get the number of my bank account?

We've new debit cards. Our old accounts are locked down, deposit only. We've a new account and I'll have to change a ton of information. It'll be a long week. I am losing sleep. 

Lesson learned. Well, it's only money. I'm getting email messages from various businesses where my payments have bounced. I email back and tell them the card was compromised. It'll take 4 - 10 days to get a new credit card. I'm still so angry humans can do this to one another for a trivial amount of money to them. 

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 After a massive storm rolled through (20mm rain), I am happy to look at the previous days' photos.

Little teeny caterpillars!

The jack-in-the-pulpit is in bloom! The iris, as well, which sits in front of it. 

Solomon's Seal:

I took this photo last week. The sun shining on the fungus.

I went back, and realized that the tree had broken and is leaning on another. I'll have to set it down, as it is dangerous in the winds. I didn't even notice there was a crack in the base. It is totally detached.

This planter is doing well. Butch raccoon wasn't attracted to that one.

Funny thing. I went to look at this planter. The white petunia, on the left, was pulled out and left on its side. I had to replant it. 

I had to tuck in the Angel's Trumpet seedlings, as well. Fresh dirt means a possible food source to squirrels. Raccoons, as well. 

The culprit? Two possibilities. our new hare or Butch! 

Butch raccoon from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Butch May 23 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

The pair of cottontails we had seem to have disappeared. This is a new critter.

hare from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

🍄 It's mushroom and fungus season!

I like the changing seasons. One of the signs I like to see are the mushrooms, fungus and toadstools. I asked Cinnamon if he wanted Walkies. He did! He knows the word, you see, and gets ready to go.

He did stop to 'powder his nose!'

Next, up a tree. Everything is still green and leafy. For now!

I can see where the pileated woodpecker has been busy.

He wasn't much help finding any, but that is OK. I love the variety. I don't understand why some are brightly coloured, others white, yet others a beige. 

The blue ones were a surprise. I think. Or maybe I should check out last year's crop. I am getting old and forgetful! 😏 (UPDATE: YAM tells me it is: Blue Roundhead, one of the Agaricus group.)

Many colours, shapes, and sizes.

🧚 It's as if fairies sprinkled them along the ground.

mushrooms in the forest from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.