Zinnia - Sit Spot #1621 - September 2, 2023

Our Zinnias are blooming

Saturday, September 2, 2023 7:05 p.m.

Sit 1621   :   East porch   :   Sunny 

+21°(+24°) SW 19-29 kph  83% humidity 

(Fan - keeping Mosquitoes away!)

(Wind Chimes),

(Traffic noises),

A few Mosquitoes on downwind side),

Crickets calling when fan off,

Extras:

12:35 a.m. -

Quiet,

Moon Shadows,

Jupiter in east,

3:30 a.m. -

Quiet,

Moon Shadows,

4:30 a.m. -

Quiet,

Moon shadows,

Stars shining,

6:46 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal.

Goldfinch,

Morning Activities -

6 km walk with “run” group,

Donna Q. walked with me today,

Caught up with computer notes,

Afternoon Activities,

Took a nap,

Worked on Whirligig,

   I think it is finished now,

   Need to check it with fan a bit longer,

Took a very short walk,

Took a few photos,

Read in a John le Carré novel

Made apple sauce,

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Hummingbird,

Carolina Wren,

Blue Jay.

Fall Colour - Sit Spot #1620 - September 1, 2023

Thicket Creeper

Friday, September 1, 2023 4:45 p.m.

Sit 1620   :   Brush Pile W    :   Sunny 

+23°(+25°)  S 9-14 kph          53% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Flicker,

Mourning Doves,

Insect calls,

(Jet - Cargojet Airways flight 1906...),

Tall Goldenrods nearby,

Sumacs turning red,

(Prop Plane),

Extras:

12:05 a.m. -

Crickets and other insects calling,

Moon shadows,

Stars shining,

Jupiter high in east,

3:30 a.m. -

Quiet,

Moon shadows,

6:00 a.m. -

Venus bright in east,

Moon bright in west,

6:45 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,

Cardinal,

Chattering squirrel,

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Was not feeling well today

So missed regular RBG walks

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Along the Home Trails -

Blooms:

Alfalfa,

Arrow-leaved Aster,

Beggar Tick,

Big Bluestem Grass,

Birdsfoot Trefoil,

Black Medic,

Black-eyed Susan,

Blazing Star,

Borage,

Bull Thistle,

Canada Goldenrod,

Catnip,

Celandine,

Chicory,

Chocolate Mint,

Clammy Ground Cherry,

Comfrey,

Common Mullein,

Common Saint John's wort,

Cow Vetch,

Creeping Bellflower,

Cup Plant,

Cut-leaf Coneflower,

Daisy Fleabane,

Dandelions,

Dragon’s Blood,

Evening Primrose,

Everbearing Strawberry

Field Hawkweed,

Flat-topped Aster,

Four O'Clock,

Foxtail Grass,

Garden Phlox,

Geranium, 

Giant Ragweed,

Great Lobelia,

1st Grey Goldenrod 

Grey-headed Coneflower,

Heal-all,  

Horseweed,

Hosta,

Indian Grass,

Indian Tobacco,

Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate,

Knotgrass,

Lance-leaved Goldenrod,

Late Goldenrod,

Marigolds,

Meadowsweet,

Morning Glory,

Motherwort,

New England Aster,

Nodding Onion,

Oregano,

Orpine (Live-forever),

Petunia,

Poppy,

Prairie Dock,

Purple Coneflower

Queen Anne's Lace,

Ragweed,

Red Clover,

Rose Campion,

Rose of Sharon,

Slender Mountainmint,

Smooth Bedstraw,

Spiderwort,

Spotted Lady’s Thumb,

Spotted Touch-me-not,

Sunflower,

Switch Grass,

Tall Coneflower,

Tall Coreopsis,

Tall Goldenrod  

Thin-leaved Coneflower,

Thyme,

Trumpet Vine,

Turtlehead,

Virginia Mountainmint,

Water Parsnip,

White Clover,

White Vervain,

White Wood Aster

Wild Cucumber,

Wild Mint,

Wood Sorrel,

Yarrow,

Zigzag Goldenrod  

Zinnia

  

Birds & a Frog -

Flicker,

Cardinal,

Blue Jay,

Spring Peeper,

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Hummingbird,

Carolina Wren.

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