The season is changing

 The season is changing. We've a cold spell coming. Overnight we anticipate 7 C. and this afternoon it bring weather from the northeast. These are the days when I watch the temperature carefully. I have to bring the goldfish in, and while they will be fine, I don't want to be doing it in the cold!

The temperatures are dropping, I've brought my orchid in and we have a blossom! I am so happy. I broke off the previous stem in March, and I crossed my fingers watching it on the back deck. The little light does a great job and looks pretty in the evening.

I brought in the cyclamen, as well as the elephant ear plant and palm. I haven't heard the tree frog again. 

Outside I am seeing Isabella tiger moth caterpillars (AKA Banded Woolybear), some in the dew. 

The rhododendron is changing colour.

The critters are mad for food, to plump up for winter. I saw Clover in the forest. She ran, then turned around. The fawn was with her, but took off.

Clover deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I last captured the fawn on the trailcam last week at dusk.

fawn Sept 4th from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I went out back one morning, put on the spotlight, and found a huge bug. It looks like some sort of mosquito hawk. 

Checking the rain gauge (14 mm), I could hear a buzzing. This was pre-dawn, you see, and I was surprised. There were a half dozen hornets buzzing the light. (Wasps and bees don't normally fly at night.) They are HUGE, and LOUD. It was a bit spooky, even though I knew what they were. I wondered what they were up to. It was very strange. I hustled myself back in. 

Here they are in the daytime:

Hornets Sept. 8, #7 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.