Big trip to Carleton Place!

 We had a mission. The wool shop and the CCWG Livestock store (est. 1918(. The leather smells were amazing. They sell bird seed, as well.

This was the purpose of our trip: 

I quite like this building. It's very old. This is the equestrian store. Look at the old walls and beams!

For lunch, we went to St. James Gate Pub. We took the grandies there Grandsitting PD Day April 15th, 2016. 

It was dumping rain. I hopped out at the light and snagged a table while Joe parked the car. It was very noisy, so he took out his hearing aids. They can amp up the sound unbearably. We could barely hear one another. He ended up swinging his chair around to sit beside me so we could hear one another.

The food was good, I had leftovers. 

I took a panoramic photo of the mural (Shaun McGinnis – 2008) on 61 Bridge St. with my phone. It didn't quite take, it is a straight wall. If you biggify it, you can see a creepy man in a window. Carleton Place has a lot of murals.

People have their Hallowe'en decorations up. 

The new off-leash dog park outside Perth. It seems really busy. It's a great idea to put in a fence. There is an on-leash path around the property, as well. The old barn building was removed after they fell down. The swallows were out of luck! The old stone farm house was dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere, I believe.

Saturday's Critters

 I've been busy, so have the critters. They are on the move! Go, Blue Jays, GO! 

First, the fisher with dinner!  

 We released rehabilitated raccoons last week. I'm seeing the odd one around.

   

 The coyote was hunting for good smells.

   

 Papa bear came by. Soon they'll hunker down for winter and I can put bird feeders up!

 

 Saturday's Critters # 619  <= Visit more critters at Eileen's blog.

Fall unfurls

 Chores! One takes the garbage out in the rain. The other brings in the empty cans. Division of labour!

My bench swing is wearing its winter coat. 

I had a helper supervisor, OK, truthfully, a buddy. There for moral support. 

Cinnamon and I went to check out the wetland. This is the water that has accumulated this month. 

 

The hornet's nest fell onto the ground. The precision and architecture is amazing. The hornets have gone. Cinnamon gave it a sniff.

There seems to be three layers. 

Here are the sundrops in June:

Last of the colour in the garden. I think this is the dogwood (left), and narrow-leafed sundrops (centre).

An old photo! This used to be along highway #7. A beaver dam with a Canadian flag and a satellite dish! 

The robins have been around having regular baths. I've only seen this pair on a regular basis.

 

But it's the Blue Jays that have our attention! Go, Jays, Go! 

Leafing things here

It's been beautiful, seeing our leaves turn. I knew rain was on the way, there was mulching to do.

It looks wonderful. Well, it did. Most of these leaves are gone.

Non-mental note: clean out the leaves in the eaves!

The garden is slowly getting cleaned up.

We had a huge dump of rain, Wed., OCt. 22nd. I'm glad I didn't put away this rain barrel. The goldfish pond is full.

Last of the summer plants.

We were expecting rain. I zipped around doing a leaf mulch. This is the day after. They fell again! 

Once it dries up, I'll have to do it all again. Good thing I like to roar around on the lawn tractor!

Cleaning up!

 I'll have to celebrate the baseball game! We stayed up to watch. I struggled to stay up the night before. My dad would have been so happy! I tried to go to bed early the night before, but that didn't work. You can't just go to bed in the middle of a high stakes ball game.

This is Toronto. Familiar territory for me, as I lived downtown.

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

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I used to play softball. Those days are gone! I used to bike, but began getting tendonitis! Ah, youth...

 Aster couldn't find her ear bud case. Under the seat cushions, I thought! AHA! I ended up vacuuming the whole thing, after I spotted what was there. Oh my.  No ear buds. I used a stick to sweep under the couch, then couldn't get up off my knees! I've arthritis in both from two separate falls. One must laugh at our foibles. 

 This was an interesting photo. I moved the heavy metal planter. I don't know how I took this photo???

The planter with a fresh coat of paint. The wood pile is covered.

I repainted this statue. Her skirt was faded. She'd fallen over, too. I blame Butch raccoon! 

Joke of the day! This is Canadian N I.C.E.!