Common Burdock - Sit Spot #1477 - September 7, 2024

Saturday, September 7, 2024. 5:20 p.m.

Sit 1477    :   Brush Pile W   :    Partly cloudy 

+14° (+12°   NW 24-35 kph.     63% humidity 

(Traffic Noises), 

Mosquitoes,

Tall Goldenrod blooming nearby,

Sumac leaves have turned red,

Quiet tapping nearby - Chickadee?

 

Extras:

(10:45 p.m.) -| (Light rain at 10:45),

12:40 a.m.    -| Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

2:15 a.m.      -| Cloudy,

3:20 a.m.      -|

6;52 a.m. - Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Cardinal,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

6 km walk with "run" group 

   & Marigold,

Some digital drawing work,

 Afternoon Activities - 

Listened To Quirks & Quarks,

Cleaned up & identified some 

   art photography from Paris,

Dewormed Leroy & Goats,

Weeded west of house,

Mowed most of South lawn 

   until rain came,

2.6 km trail walk with Marigold,

Made potato soup for supper as Fleur-Ange

   was away from home until late afternoon,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

Carolina Wren,

Grey Squirrel.

Winterberries

Sunset - Sit Spot #1476 - September 6, 2024

Sunset Colours

Friday, September 6, 2024 5:40 p.m.

Sit 1476    :   Screen Tent    :     Cloudy 

+19° (+20°)    NW 15-23 kph     84% humidity 

Blue Jay,

Goldfinches,

(Traffic Noises), 

Chickadees, 

Chipmunk,

Cardinal, 

White-breasted Nuthatch, 

Crows, 

Carolina Wren,

Squirrel chattering,

Extras: 

(11:10 p.m.) -

Cloudy,

Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

1:30 a.m. -

Some stars,

Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

4:10 a.m. -

Cloudy,

Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

6:51 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Morning Activities -

Volunteer at RBG Herbarium,

Afternoon Activities -

Threatening rain & thunderstorms,

5 k walk at Gretzky indoor track,

Looked up Dewey Decimal numbers 

   for several books,

2 km trail walk with Marigold 

Flowers Blooming:

Arrow-leaved Aster

Asparagus

Bird’s-foot Trefoil

Black-Eyed Susan

Butter and Eggs

Canada Goldenrod

Chocolate Mint

Chrysanthemum

Clammy Ground Cherry

Common Saint John’s wort

Coreopsis

Cup Plant

Cut-leaved Coneflower

Daisy Fleabane

Garden Phlox

Geraniums

Heal-all

Horseweed

Hosta

Indian Tobacco

Lance-leaved Goldenrod

Marigold

Marjoram

New England Aster

Panicled Aster

Petunia

Queen Anne’s Lace

Ragweed

Red Clover

Spotted Touch-me-not

Sweet Everlasting

Tall Buttercup

Tall Coreopsis

Tall Goldenrod

Thin-leaved Coneflower

Trumpet Vine

Virginia Mountain Mint

White Avens

White Clover

Yellow Wood Sorrel

Zigzag Goldenrod

Zinnias

 

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

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Carolina Wren,

Chipmunk,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

Ground Cherry - Sit Spot #1475 - September 5, 2024

Clammy Ground Cherry - Ink & Watercolour

Thursday, September 5, 2024.  6:15 p.m.  

Sit 1475    :   Screen Tent    :     Sunny 

+27° (+30°)  S 16-23 kph         41% humidity 

Crows, 

Crickets,

(Traffic Noises),

Grey Squirrel,

Chipmunk,

Goldfinches

(Jet -  Delta Connection flight 3772...),

   (Toronto to Detroit),

Mosquitoes, 

Cardinal,

Extras:

(11:35 p.m.) -| Stars faintly shining,

3:05 a.m.      -| Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

(Computer not working this morning.)

Morning Activities -

.5 km Trail walk with Marigold,

To Gretzky indoor track due to sore ankle,

6 km walk,

   Felt better after the walk than before,

Shopping at Drugmart,

Afternoon Activities -

Looked at videos re use of Word on iPhone,

1 km Trail walk with Marigold,

More weeding on west side of the house,

Mowed the west lawn,

Another 1 km Trail Walk with Marigold after supper,

(Fleur-Ange in Hamilton for p.m. book club),

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Turtlehead - Sit Spot #1474 - September 4, 2024

Turtlehead 

Wednesday, September 4, 2024  4:10 p.m.

Sit 1474    :   Screen Tent    :     Sunny

+25° (+25°)  S 11-17 kph         34% humidity 

Goldfinches,

(Traffic Noises), 

Crickets,

Crows, 

Squirrel chattering,

Blue Jay, 

Extras:

(11:45 p.m.) -| Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

1:15 a.m.       -| Stars shining,

2:55 a.m. -| Quiet,

4:20 a.m. -| Stars shining,

6:49 a.m.  Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Goldfinches,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

Volunteer work at Plan B,

Afternoon Activities - 

Short nap,

Weeded more of west gardens

(to be continued)