Reflections from Crumbly Acres

 The back deck has been the safest place to be for me! The bugs don't like the overhang. It's the coolest, in the shade. That said, ...

 Big news about the Phoebe brood, all are gone as of Saturday afternoon.  Non-mental note: a Veery was singing at the top of his lungs, and...

I arrived home Thursday from Ottawa. Mini-Freds have been digging and I have to deal with that.  It is finally Spring, the 8 fishies are out...

Walkies have been a bit sketchy lately. The bugs are horrid. Mosquitoes, blackflies, deerflies, and horseflies. Our Jesse is coming from Van...

Snuggle Bears presented JB with a new t-shirt for Father's Day. I bought it from the Legion's Poppy Store . Jesse and Cluny phoned a...

 Things are pretty busy out there. The  chipping sparrows   are so cute. They are eating bugs like mad! A phoebe visited us on the back de...

I am amazed with plants like the hops vine. It has reached the roof. I continue to pick about 50 LDD caterpillars off of it each day to pres...

 I spotted the woodpecker in the dead elm tree. They began in Mid-April  woodpecker  📹,  and it seems to be a success.  woodpecker     The...