August 3, 2024

August 3 Digital Painting

Saturday, August 3, 2024 6:30 p.m.

Sit 1442     :     East porch     :      Partly cloudy 

+29° (38°)       SW 6-9 kph.          63% humidity 

Crows,

Goldfinches, 

Some Crickets calling,

(Traffic Noises), 

Extras:

12:45 a.m. -| Crickets calling,

2:35 a.m.   -| Cloudy skies,

6:00 a.m. - Bats flying,

6:14 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

5 km walk with "run" group 

Worked on digital painting,

Listening to cbc re Olympics,

Afternoon Activities -

CBC Quirks & Quarks,

Watched Canada vs Germany women's soccer,

   Tue game ended in kicks on goal,

      Germany won,

Phone call re iPhone problem,

   Problem solved,

1 k walk with Marigold,

Blooming Flowers:

   Bergamot 

   Birdsfoot Trefoil,

   Black-eyed  Susan 

   Black Medic,

   Blue Vervain (gdn),

   Bull Thistle,

   Celandine,

   Clammy Ground Cherry,

   Common Mullein,

   Cow Vetch,

   Cup Plant  

   Cut-leaf Coneflower,

   Daisy Fleabane,

   Dandelions,

   Day Lily

   Early Goldenrod 

   Enchanters Nightshade 

   English Plantain 

   Everbearing Strawberry (gdn),

   Field Sow-thistle 

   Globe Thistle,

   Grey-headed Coneflower 

   Heal-all,

   Horseweed,

   Hosta (gdn),

   Marigolds (gdn),

   Obedient Plant (gdn),

   Oswego Tea (gdn,

   Petunias (gdn),

   Purple Coneflower (gdn),

   Queen Anne's Lace 

   Red Clover,

   Rose Campion (gdn),

   Rough-fruited Cinquefoil,

   Saint Johnswort 

   Shrubby Cinquefoil 

   Spiderwort,

   Tall Buttercup,

   Tall Coneflower,

   Trumpet Vine 

   Two-row Stonecrop (Dragon's Blood) (gdn),

   White Clover,

   White Sweet clover 

   Yarrow,

   Yellow Wood Sorrel

Mowed most of trails,

   (Mosquitoes, not too bad...

      as long as mower was moving)

Managed 10 minute Sit spot

   by sitting next to Mosquito zapper 

   and constant flapping of handkerchief

Seen or Heard from Kitchen - 

Crows,

Goldfinches, 

Carolina Wren.

Rugosa Rose

Seen Yesterday at Hamilton Waterfront

Hamilton Waterfront - Sit Spot #1441 - August 2, 2024

 Hamilton Waterfront Sit Spot

Friday, August 2, 2024  2:35 p.m.

Sit 1441   :   Hamilton Waterfront Trail   :   Cloudy

+26° (+35°) SE 2-3                               74% humidity

Mute Swans,

(Train),

(Bicycles passing),

Gull species calling and flying by,

Cormorants,

(Walkers),

Extras:

(11:15 p.m.) -| 

12:25 a.m.    -| Crickets calling,

2:00 a.m.      -| Cloudy skies,

3:05 a.m.      -|

6:13 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

At RBG,

   Watched a group tour of Herbarium and Rose Garden

      set up for a University of. Guelph students,

Afternoon Activities -

5 km Hamilton Waterfront Trail walk,

   No mosquitoes there

Flowers along the trail:

    American Germander,

    Bergamot 

    Birdsfoot Trefoil,

    Black-eyed  Susan 

    Black Medic,

    Bouncing Bet,

    Brown Knapweed,

    Bull Thistle,

    Butter-and-eggs

    Canada Thistle,

    Catnip,

    Chickory,

    Common Burdock 

    Common Cinquefoil 

    Common Fleabane,

    Common Mullein,

    Crown Vetch,

    Daisy Fleabane,

    Dames Rocket,

    Evening Primrose,

    Field Sow-thistle 

    Fragrant Waterlilly 

    Harebell (gdn) 

    Hedge Bindweed  

    Hemp Dogbane,

    Horseweed,

    Hounds Tongue,

    Lanceleaved Goldenrod,

    Late Goldenrod,

    Narrow-leaved Wallrocket,

    Nodding Smartweed,

    Purple Loosestrife,

    Queen Anne's Lace 

    Red Osier Dogwood,

    Rugosa Rose,

    Saint Johnswort 

    Silverweed

    Small-flowered Galinsoga,  

    Spiny-leaved Sow-thistle,

    Spotted Spurge,

    Spotted Touch-me-not 

    Sticky Groundsel, 

    Swallowwort,

    Swamp Dodder,

    Tall Coneflower,

    Tansy,

    Teasel 

    Viper's Bugloss,

    Virginia Stickseed,

    Wallrocket,

    White Clover,

    White Sweet clover 

    Yarrow,

    Wild Lettuce,

Picked up water from Ancaster well,

   Still open even though supposed to be closed

      for a month now for road repairs,

.5 kmTrail walk with Marigold at home,

   (Cut short due to heat and mosquitoes)

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 

Chipping Sparrow,

Downy Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

August 1st Digital Painting

Thursday, August 1, 2024 7:45 p.m.

Sit 1440     :      East Porch     :     Hazy clouds 

+28° (+39°)      NE 4-5 kph.         78% humidity 

Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes, 

Carolina Wren, 

Blue Jay, 

(Traffic Noises), 

Again, 5 min. sit due to Mosquitoes, 

Almost did not make the 5 minutes,

Too many Mosquitoes for me to write notes,

Extras:

(11:30 p.m.) -| Quiet,

1:10 a.m.      -| Faint stars showing,

3:50 a,m,      -| (Jupiter at 3:50),

5:40 a.m. - Bats flying,

6:12 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

Made waffles for breakfast 

   with peaches & Maple Syrup,

Short trail walk with Marigold,

To Gretzky gym,

   1 km Treadmill walk,

   4 km treadmill run - 10:44 pace

      R/w/r   30/60/30

BulkBarn shopping,

Bought gas for mower,

Afternoon Activities -

Worked on digital painting,

   Still having difficulty with masks in Fresco,

Short nap,

2nd injection for cancer,

   This time from a travelling nurse,

   Next injection is in January,

Attempted a short walk with Marigold

   But neither of us could stand the heat nor

      mosquitoes,

Tried again after supper but cut it short again,

   When will this summer be over?

Tried to list some flowers today but could not see

   Through the mask well enough to see blooms,

Kitchen bird list to follow sometime  . . .