Moth Mullein - Sit Spot #1551 - November 22, 2024

Moth Mullein

Still Blooming

Nov. 22, '24

Friday, November 22, 2024 1:40 p.m.

Sit 1551   :   Hamilton Waterfront   :   Cloudy

+7° (+4°)     N 23-35 kph                  83% humidity

Various ducks,

Common Merganser,

(Traffic Noises),

Waves lapping on shore,

Runner wearing shorts…

   But also a coat, toque & mittens,

Walker in a Parka,

Extras:

(11:50 p.m.) -| Quiet,

1:05 a.m.      -|

2:30 a.m.      -| Cloudy,

4L30 a.m.     -| (Rain at 4:30),

7:23 Sunrise Chorus -

All quiet,

Morning Activities -

Volunteer work at RBG Herbarium,

Afternoon Activities -

4 km walk along Hamilton Waterfront Trail,

Blooming Flowers:

Hawkweed Ox-tongue,

Moth Mullein,

Spotted Knapweed,

New England Aster,

Queen Anne's Lace,

Tall Goldenrod, 

Evening Primrose,

Mayweed,

Panicled Aster,

Hedge Bindweed,

Small-flowered Galinsoga,

Japanese Knotweed,

Sticky Groundsel,

2 km Trail walk with Marigold back at home,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Goldfinches.

Sit Spot View

Hamilton Harbour

Art - Sit Spot #1550 - November 21, 2024

Thursday, November 21, 2024 6:30 p.m.

Sit 1550    :    East porch   :    Clear on East

+3° (+1°)       SW 8-12 kph    92% humidity 

(Traffic Noises), 

Star's shining,

Cassiopeia high in Northeast,

(Jet -  Cargojet Airways flight 2385...)

   (Hamilton to Calgary),

Extras:

12:55 a.m. -| Quiet,

2:25 a.m.   -| Some clouds,

                  -| Some stars,

                  -| Moon shining,

7:21 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,

Cardinal,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Goldfinches,

Chickadees,

(Merlin App),

(Junco),

Morning Activities -

2.6 km Trail walk with Marigold,

   Interrupted by refrigerator delivery,

   Old refrigerator gone and new one installed!

Finished walk but, discovered at the end of the day,

   I forgot to let out the goats,

Afternoon Activities -

1:30 p.m. walk at Gretzky Centre,

   Diane, Diane, Fleur-Ange and I walked 5 k

      around the west field,

Back to the RBC bank to work on learning

   How to move money from Bank to bank,

Spent quite a bit of time but the transfer

   did not happen as expected,

Gave up and went home,

The first half of the transfer was done by then,

Finished the process after supper,

Should be easier the next time,

1.1 km Trail walk with Fleur-Ange &  Marigold, 

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

West Meadow Lookout Point

Plan B - Sit Spot 1549 - November 20, 2024

Filling Food Box Shares

Wednesday, November 20, 2024. 5:10 p.m.

Sit 1549   :    East porch    :    Cloudy 

+9° (+8°)     NE 7-11 kph       93% humidity 

Carolina Wren, 

(Wind Chimes),

(Traffic Noises), 

Extras:

12:05 a.m. -| Cloudy,

2:35 a.m.   -|

3:50 a.m.   -| Quiet,

7:20 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

All Quiet,

Morning Activities -

Plan B Volunteer Work,

Delivery of Plan B box,

Visit CIBC to try to sort out accounts,

Afternoon Activities -

Visit RBC to open new bank account,

To Waterford with Fleur-Ange

   Looking for a new refrigerator,

   To be delivered tomorrow,

Ate at a “British Pub” restaurant,

Back home - 1.8 km Trail walk with Marigold,

At West Pond Site

 

Groundsel drawing - Sit. Spot 1548 - November 19, 2024

Some Digital Additions

to 2002 Sketch

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 4:10 p.m.

Sit 1548   :    Brush Pile W      :   Cloudy 

+9° (+7°)      E 15-23 kph          81% humidity 

(Train),

(Traffic Noises), 

Red Squirrel chattering,

Extras:

12:10 a.m. -| Quiet,

2:10 a.m.   -| Partly Cloudy,

4:20 a.m.   -| Moon trying to shine through

7:19 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Red Squirrel,

Cardinal,

Goldfinches,

Morning Activities -

1 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Found a Thyme-leaved Speedwell blooming,

To Gretzky gym,

   3 km Stationary Bike ride - 11m 46s,

   2 km Treadmill walk - 27m1s,

To Brantford Costco,

Raining as I drove home,

Afternoon Activities -

(Housecleaner and painter both here),

Ate in living room as the painter was working in kitchen,

Read in my study with Marigold,

Moved to basement to clean as it was still raining,

Took 3 km walk with Marigold when it stopped raining,

Goats out again and

   Virginia butted Marigold when I was not watching

      closely enough,

Marigold not hurt and we finished the walk,

   Made it down to the west brush pile 

      for the first time in a while

      for my sit spot,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Poor photo of a very late

Thyme-leaved Speedwell