Trailcam Critters

Things have been busy. I had a lovely 65th COVID birthday, all things considered. Thank you for all your best wishes. 

JB went all out, as far as he could in these trying times. He planned ahead, as we haven't gone far from the house lately.

We did Facetime with Ottawa. They showed off their loot! 

This was a hoodie Josephine designed for her sister.

The day deteriorated. I had a couple of anxiety attacks. That didn't go well. 

It's really icy after our rain/ice pellets on Saturday. I daren't go out walking, even with my special boots with the built-in cleats. I had to put garbage out this morning, and I backed up the entire 100m driveway, but it was slippy. I was proud of myself. Twas in the dark!

 The deer were skidding around on the ice. 

The cats went out, they didn't like it much.

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I thought of this as I processed the video clips!  

 In the room the women come and go 

  Talking of Michelangelo. 

 I am unable to capture the deermice on the video. They have a little hole.

The cats know the mice are there, though. 

 JB was walking his walk. The young male kept following him, looking for food.  Since it was -12 C. or so, he decided to put out a bit of MNR-recipe deer food. Turn up the sound! 

It was pretty cold, and one of the mother/son pair of deer were following him. You remember You Two!

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How to tell them apart... I had to look them up.

New boots!

How many pairs of boots do you have?! I started counting and was quite embarrassed.

 I had four pairs. Two dress pairs, with heels, that are becoming increasingly uncomfortable as I age. A tall pair to wear with dresses, which need an insert. I haven't worn them all year.  The last pair I use when I snowshoe, or muck about elsewhere. This last pair has a hole. These old (going into town) boots have a hole where the seams had ripped. I use hubby's duck boots on the back deck. (P.S. Tree frog was singing, again, this morning. We're going to have to shop for some bugs.)

We have different terrain on our property, and it calls for different boots. I have another big gum boot, lined, for wetland walkies.  You can see hubby with HIS gum boots in the wetland. He got a soaker, as did I, that day! [Talking a walk in (not 'on') the watery bog] I have snowmobile boots, but they were hurting my Achilles tendon.

Hubby has offered to go into town shopping, but I loathe shopping. Especially up to Christmas!
This is a simple tale. Out buying suet for the birds, I was quite excited to find some boots, on sale at 40% off. I tend to wait until serendipity strikes. And it did!
They are amazing.  These are warm down to -30 C., which is nothing to sneeze at around here. They were $160, but I'll get so much use out of them!

They have these little doohickeys you can flip down with their key, or your normal key, which gives studs for traction.  They are really great: ocsystem.it made overseas. With our freezing rain, and slippery sidewalks, they are going to be amazing!

Of course, the bonus? A big boot box for the cats! Hooper kept putting his paw through the hole in the end of the box... what a joker.


End of tale!