Ontario Wanderer: 2025

Sunday, February 02, 2025

Skater - Sit Spot 1615 - February 2, 2025

Sunday, February 2, 2025 9:55 a.m.

Sit 1615 : Brush Pile E : Cloudy

-9° (-16°) E 16-24 kph 72% humidity

Crows,

(Traffic Noises),

Donkey braying,

Extras:

(10:45 p.m.) -| Quiet,

12:55 a.m. -|

2:00 a.m. -|

4:40 a.m. -| Cloudy,

7:34 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Goldfinches,

Morning Activities -

Make crepes,

1.4 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Worked on computer calendar entries,

Afternoon Activities -

Drove to Gretzky indoor track,

Walked 5 km,

Drove to Bulk Barn for grocery shopping,

2 km Trail walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold,

(Forgot to turn on Strava app),

Worked on Digital art,

Saturday, February 01, 2025

Flower Art - Sit Spot #1614 - February 1, 2025

Saturday, February 1, 2025 3:35 p.m.

Sit 1614 : Brush Pile E : Sunny

-8° (-13°) N 11-16 kph 60% humidity

(Prop Plane),

(Traffic Noises),

Extras:

(10:30 p.m.) -

Quiet,

Cloudy,

12:00 a.m. -| Quiet,

1:50 a.m. -|

3:20 a.m. -| Stars shining,

7:36 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

All quiet,

Morning Activities -

To Brantford Gretzky indoor track,

Walked with Ron at first then Diane then

on my own,

Others on track were Leslie, Chris, Reina, Wendy, & Bruce,

All of them left before I finished 4 km,

Steve & Anita ran outside,

I walked 5 km, rested for a bit then did 1 more,

Got home in time for “Under the Influence” on CBC,

Afternoon Activities -

Started with “Quirks & Quarks” on CBC,

Read in “Stone Blind” while I ate lunch

as Fleur-Ange was out,

Napped for 40 minutes,

2 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Worked on today’s digital art,

(Photo of dying flower out of focus

with a few extra lines and some black added),

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

Junco,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Chipping Sparrow,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker.

Friday, January 31, 2025

Dog Walk - Sit. Spot 1613 - January 31. 2025

Dog Walk in New Snow

Friday, January 31, 2025 5:45 p.m.

Sit 1613 : Brush Pile Em : Cloudy with snow

0° (-4°) NE14-20 kph 99% humidity

Donkey braying,

(Traffic Noises),

Extras:

12:45 a.m. -

Quiet,

Stars shining,

1:50 a.m. -| Quiet,

4:00 a.m. -| Cloudy,

7:37 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

All Quiet,

Morning Activities -

To RBG,

Put folders away from last week,

Worked with Nadia to freeze Dr. Pringles’s files,

Afternoon Activities -

To Chinese restaurant for lunch,

Drove home in the rain,

Rain turned into heavy wet snow when

I got home,

Took a very long nap in my LazyBoy Chair,

2.5 km Trail walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold &

Nancy & Finn + shoveled the walk,

Cleaned the snow off the cars,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Junco,

Downy Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

Thursday, January 30, 2025

Jan 30 Art - Sit Spot #1612 - January 30, 2025

Thursday, January 30, 2025 4:30 p.m.

Sit 1612 : Brush Pile E : Mostly cloudy

+1° (-3°) S 18-27 kph 48% humidity

Donkey braying,

Goats bleating,

(Traffic Noises),

(Jet - WestJet flight 532...),

(Calgary to Hamilton),

Dogs barking in distance,

Extras:

(11:15 p.m.) -

Cloudy,

Quiet,

1:05 a.m. -| Partly cloudy with some stars,

2:55 a.m. -| Quiet,

7:38 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Chickadees,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

.7 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Drove to Copetown to buy a wheelbarrow,

(An inch bigger and it would not have fit in my car),

Read in “Stone Blind” by Natalie Haynes

a birthday gift from my daughter,

Drove to Brantford for my foot clinic appointment,

Afternoon Activities -

Stopped at Tim Hortons for lunch,

Read in “Lady Helena Investigates” by Jane Steen

on my iPhone.

(Been reading off and on in this book),

To Gretzky indoor track for 5 km walk,

Ron, Wendy, Diane, and Donna there too,

Shopping at Costco on the way home,

1.7 km Trail walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold,

Late afternoon sit spot,