Morning Glory - Sit Spot #1473 - September 3, 2024

Catching Morning Light

Tuesday, September 3, 2024 4:50 p.m.

Sit 1473    :    Screen Tent    :   A few clouds 

+22° (+22)     S 9-14 kph         33% humidity 

White-breasted Nuthatch, 

(Traffic Noises),

Goldfinches,

Cabbage White Butterfly flew by,

Squirrel chattering,

Chipmunk,

Grey Squirrel,

Blue Jay,

Crows, 

Extras:

12:00 a.m. -| Quiet,

2:10 a.m.   -|

3:25 a.m.   -| Stars shining,

6:48 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

.5 km trail walk with Marigold,

Made up handout for Fleur-Ange on photoshop,

To gym,

   1 km treadmill walk,

   3 km treadmill run,

      Slow & difficult today  - 11:04/km pace

Afternoon Activities -

Serena washed Marigold with a bit of help from me,

Spent more time weeding in west garden by house,

Refilled mini-pond and set up fountain,

   Only 4 months late . . .,

1 km trail walk with Marigold,

(Got a bee sting while walking by the hives), 

1 km trail walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold after supper,

Another old watercolour sketch

- - - - Sit Spot #1472 - September 2, 2024

Solomon Seal Berries

Monday, September 2, 2024  11:00 a.m.

Sit 1472    :    Brush Pile West    :     Partly Cloudy

15° (+14°)     N 14-21 kph              67% humidity

Mosquitoes,

Raven,

Red Squirrel,

Blue Jay,

(Traffic Noises),

Prop Plane,

Extras:

(11:45 p.m.) -| Stars shining,

1:10 a.m.      -|

2:35 a.m.      -| Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

6:47 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Blue Jay,

Morning Activities -

.9 km Trail walk with dog,

Cleaned edges of north ridge trail,

   South ridge trail, Fox Den Trail,

   & South Ravine Trail,

      South Ravine very overgrown,

Sit Spot during the cleaning,

(1st time at West Brush Pile since July 15 

   due to mosquitoes being so bad),

Afternoon Activities -

Worked on classifying books

   for book record spreadsheet,

2 km trail walk with Marigold,

Arrow-leaved Aster

Big Bluestem Grass

Birds-foot Trefoil

Black eyed Susan

Black Nightshade

Butter-and-eggs

Calico Aster

Canada Goldenrod

Chrysanthemum

Clammy Ground Cherry

Common St. John's wort

Cup Plant

Cut-leaved Coneflower 

Evening Primrose

Field Hawkweed

Field Sow-thistle

Gray-headed Coneflower

Heal-all

Heath Aster

Horseweed

Indian Grass

Indian Tobacco

Joe Pye Weed

Lance leaved Goldenrod

Marigold

Marjoram

Morning Glory

New England Aster

Oxeye Daisy

Queen Anne's Lace

Red Clover

Rose Campion

Spotted Touch-me-not

Tall Coneflower

Tall Coreopsis

Tall Goldenrod

Thin-leaved Coneflower

White Clover

Wild Basil

Wild Cucumber

Wood Aster

Zigzag Goldenrod

Zinnia

 

Crickets calling

Monarch Butterfly

 

Blue Jay

Flicker

Goldfinch

 

Emptied mini pond by west porch,

Weeded around west porch,

1 km trail walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold,

   (All afternoon without bug mask as it was both

      cool and windy which kept mosquitoes down),

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Downy Woodpecker,

Chipmunk,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

On our West Meadow Trail

Chrysalis - Sit Spot #1471 - September 1, 2024

Monarch Chrysalis

Sunday, September 1, 2024  5:15 p.m.

Sit 1471.  :   Screen Tent  :  Partly cloudy

24° (+27°)   NW 23-35 kph  46% humidity

(Traffic Noises),

Wind in trees,

Goldfinches,

Cardinal,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Extras:

12:00 a.m. -| Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

3:20 a.m.   -| Stars shining,

6:45 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Crows,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

.5 km trail walk with Marigold,

Drive to Brantford,

   Shopping at Bulk Barn,

   Bought gas for mower,

Looking for bee keeper mask on internet,

Short morning nap,

Afternoon Activities -

Got Fleur-Ange started on lawn mower for north lawn,

Trimmed trail edges in West Meadow,

Mowed most of West Meadow Trails

   Plus the fox den trail and south ravine trail,

   South ravine trail needs edges trimmed,

      I have not been down thee for a few weeks

          due to mosquitoes,

1 km walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold after supper,

   Mosquitoes not so bad,

   Was able to walk without the mask,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

1st Red-Breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.