Mice friends and feathered, and furry friends

🐭 After the snow on Feb. 13, I noticed one set of tracks near Guinivere. The tracks lead from her, and across the the sidewalk. I went to the Crumbly Acres camera to see what I could see. Cinnamon likes to go in the garage with the door closed. He wouldn't come in last night, tail wagging as he focused on a mouse. We've deer mice indoors, one cat snagged one in the basement the other day. 

 

It took me awhile to spot it! I scanned through about 2 dozen video segments to find it. In one clip there were no tracks, the next, there they were. The mouse was very fast. They are too fast for my Wingscapes birdcam. It doesn't seem to videotape at night, either. Who knew?! 

A mouse jumped behind and in front of Guinivere. I repeated the same clip since mousie was quite fast. The first clip is at normal speed, the second slower by 50%, the 3rd is zoomed in. 

 

mice friend from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

💐 I really prefer the red, for a spot of colour indoors in a very white winter, but it is a beautiful plant.

It has an infestation of fruit flies in the soil. I put stones on top of the soil to block them but that didn't work. I know you are supposed to dilute dish soap 1:40 with water. I thought I'd be OK spraying it on the stones in the Amaryllis pot. Somehow I overshot, and hit my precious little Alyssum seedlings. I killed most of them. SIGH.

I ordered new plants for spring.  I also ordered toad lily, calla lily, Japanese bottlebrush, and I look forward to the new season. This one is called pigsqueak!

Cinnamon is such a hoot. They get so frustrated when they can't get at Woody Woodpecker, AKA the Cardinal, tapping on the window. 

It was unusual, but I spotted a female cardinal chasing another female away! Usually it is Woody Woodpecker doing this with the other two males we see around.

The birds are busy. 

 I am going to marinate some meat overnight for Saturday's dinner. It is Family Day on Monday, a provincial holiday. Today is a PD day for our Ottawa grandies. The kids are coming for a sleepover tomorrow night. It is play time!

🌨 I shall have coffee and breakfast, then I've snow to shovel! After our big melt, I thought I'd switch out my header, but we're back to snow!  I'd washed the hardwood floor and planned to wash the kitchen and bathroom floors. We'll see what energy I have left after shoveling.