We had a visitor!

Our lawn tractor needs servicing, the battery won't start it. Bob came and took it away Friday. Our tree people come back on Tuesday. Barring unforeseen circumstances!

Sunrise on Saturday! It had rained overnight. It was 8˚ C., then warmed up to a very humid 21˚ C., which is a bit much!

Our visitor

🐻First our grandies stopped walking to school through the forest after the ice rain, too many hanging branches in the forest. Now, there are bears in the area! I love that: Do not panic! Indeed. Do not run. They will chase you. You have to be as big as you can. Bells Corners bear update: 

— Ottawa By-law (@OttawaBylaw) April 21, 2023

Speaking of bears, I've been watching for them here. We had rain Saturday morning, and I eagerly looked out to see if the goldfish pond, fed by the water barrel attached to the drain spout, had filled. It had not. I went out in coat and jammies to check. This is what I found... 

 

I had to haul out the drill and reattach the spout to the drain spout. The stick sticks out just in case another chipmunk decided to go for a swim. It wasn't pretty the last time that happened. Oh, the smell.

Back to the garage to fetch the screwdriver and drill. I hooked it all up again. Hoping for the best. The trailcam, just to the left of the water fountain on the septic bed in the background, was out of juice. I'd hoped to see evidence of the culprit. No such luck. 

 

Down to the trailcams I went. This was another sign. I am sure I didn't leave it crooked!

 

He snuffles at the tail end of the video, where he rearranged the camera. They are curious, I think.

After my confirmation of Junior Bear, I looked at the bird feeder again. It looked great from the window, but from the side, it definitely had a lean to it. I'll have to put it away. Bye bye birdies!

It wasn't as bad this time as last time it happened. The new pole is higher, and Junior Bear couldn't get leverage. 

We spent the rest of the day cleaning out the garage. I like to get the bird seed out, which dratted red squirrel has scattered getting into the storage cans. Also, the salt from winter has been accumulating, and I rinsed it out with the hose.

🍕For dinner JB fetched us pizzas. We were pretty tired. He is able to eat a vegan one, which we discovered lately. It's been great. Mine was Hawaiian!  

Sprucing, crows, dredging

I took everything off the workbench, and used the shopvac to clean it up. Our mice friends have been eating our bird seed here. The previous owners left their shopvac, or sold it to us. People tell us they had garage sales but charged way too much for items.

Yes, A/C, I'm still 'sprucing' the place up!

In fact,  JB did his walkies by the canal in Perth. They were dredging it, sprucing it up, as well.

Crows 🐦

We were reading on the back deck, and we heard the crows begging for food.  They have stayed in our back 40 since fledging (June 26th), then they'd move a little further around the forest. The tree frog chimed in with them. (Not caught on tape!)

The one flew out, just as I put the videocamera down. Then it ended up staying in the back. Part way through, I moved to get a better angle. Two crows  

We are getting a new driveway today. More to come on that!