Rain, and pumpkins!

 We had a windy day on Saturday, and a storm rolled in. Sunday morning it was 17 C., when highs are usually just under 10 C. and it is surreal. Our Ottawa family ate dinner out in their solarium! Highly unusual for November.

☔Ontario

Sunday morning grand total of 5 mm.

The winds did some damages to hydro wires. 

British Columbia

British Columbia had another atmospheric river, not as bad as the one that hit last year. You can see where they had snow in the mountains.

It's interesting that B.C. Hydro doesn't list a total of outages. The CBC news stated 330,000 without power. Jesse's in-laws in Surrey were out, which they posted on Facebook Saturday afternoon. 

We carried on. I did some work in the yard. I think my gardens are done. I put out red ribbons and my Remembrance Day wreath. Cyclists, and motorcycles were out all day, roaring by. The Canada flag, designed by the late Curtis Wilson, has been hung.

I don't mind 🍁fall chores, but when I have to redo them... The wind uncovered JB's water fountain. I had to use a towel to get the water out, and realign the tarp.

It's been so warm (for November!) that the bugs are out again. They were feasting on the pumpkins.

The clouds rolled in.

It was fun down at the trailcam. I took two big pumpkins down there over two days, and split them open. By the next day ALL of the seeds were gone! 

I know who was responsible!

 

squirrel blue jay from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

🕰 I hope you coped with time change, if you had to go through that ordeal! I woke at 3 a.m., feeling as if it was 4, and didn't get back to sleep on Sunday. I tried to have a nap, but that didn't happen. We had to turn clocks back an hour.

The cats were quite happy in the Muskoka Room. It was 24 C.

Monday morning I slept until 3 a.m., thought I'd get up and get a drink of water to try reset myself. Standing up, I could see the motion detector light was on down below. A fine looking coyote was right out back. They are beautiful animals. It was looking for frogs or mice friends in the grass. I held my breath. Nutmeg was hunkered down watching. Cinnamon jumped off of the table onto the Muskoka Room floor, and landed with a loud thump. Off went Coyote! Despite the excitement, I did manage to sleep in until 5:30! 

BIrd feeder, front window, and tennis action

It's been busy around here, what with cold temperatures and snowfall, and melts. We've been experimenting with suet feeders. This one lasts longer, it seems, than our other one.

It's quite user-friendly, as you remove the jute, take it over to the hanger, hang it up, then slide off the cover. No mess on one's hands!

The red squirrel was trying to get the last remnants of the suet out of the bag. They have wicked teeth!


Then there is the single male cardinal. I love watching him. He tends to visit more reliably at dusk and early dawn. Not great for photos, but he is a fine looking bird. You can watch how he manipulates the seed. At the end of the video, the deer are around looking for seed under the feeders.
Cardinal from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Hooper like watching the birds from the window. You can see the bulbs I've planted [Kitty play time] and recall they were digging in the dirt. Hubby looked all over town for river stone, to stop him from digging in the container. He found some aquarium stone.

Back to tennis. It's terribly hot. It's quite stressful on the athletes, I'm sure. The man, for some reason, play up to 5 games, the women three. I think three is much more sensible. It shouldn't be a marathon, but a tennis competition.

 Hooper is a fan.  He doesn't have a favourite... 
Hooper tennis from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

We watched Shapovalov, and the two beefy men on his team, with the little koala mascot in front of them! So cute. I forget that Chapeau, as they call him, is only 18. He's intense. His name is quite the attention getter as sports announcers seem to either forget trying, or neglect to research the pronunciation. It's there on YouTube. I think it only respectful to try and get someone's name correct, especially if you are in media. As a teacher, I worked very hard on this.

Anyway, once outdoors, I noticed we have a mouse hole, which I shall have to fill sometime! It's there, under the middle of the bench, under the window. Three cats, indeed!