Mar 4 Art - Sit Spot #1643 - March 4, 2025

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 10:30 a.m.

Sit 1643    :   Brush Pile E    :   Cloudy 

+4° (+2°)     SW 11-17 kph.    63% humidity 

Crows, 

Cardinal, 

(Traffic Noises), 

(Jet -  American Airlines flight 260...),

   (Boston to Chicago),

Extras:

(11:00 p.m.) -| Cloudy,

12:25 a.m.    -|

3:50 a.m.      -| Quiet,

6:51 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Carolina Wren,

Crows,

Morning Activities - 

Drove to Dundas chiropractor,

1.3 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Attempted to get Sonos to work with new wi-fi,

Read in “The Butchered Man”

Afternoon Activities -

Used up old bread in a bread pudding,

Spent time cleaning up dog dropping 

   from the yard,

20 minute nap,

Steph Stock came to trim nails of 

   Marigold and our cat,

(I need to learn how to spell our cat’s French name),

1.4 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Made a digital painting,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

1st Grackle of season,

Juncos,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Mar 3 Art - Sit Spot #1642 - March 3, 2025

 

    Monday, March 3, 2025 10:45 a.m.

Sit 1642    :    Brush Pile E    :   Mostly Sunny 

-2° (-7°)        S 12-17 kph        75% humidity 

Carolina Wren, 

(Traffic Noises),

Crows, 

(Jet -  Cargojet Airways flight 763...),

   (Vancouver to. ?),

Extras:

(11:00 p.m.) -| Cloudy,

12:50 a.m.    -|

1:50 a.m.      -|

4:10 a.m.      -| Quiet

6:53 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

.8 km Trail walk with Marigold,

(Problem with my bowels

   Made a mess of myself),

Lots of time for clean-up so missed yoga,

Attempted to work with “One Drive” but

   Internet went down so could not solve my problem.

Afternoon Activities -

Used telephone to set up some doctor appointments,

Read in “The Butchered Man”,

4 km Road walk,

(Sore back slowed me down)

Attempted to contact Rogers regarding internet not working,

Gave up after 30 minutes on telephone hold,

1.2 afternoon Trail walk with Marigold, 

Phoned re new modem,

Set up new modem just before bedtime,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Juncos,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Pussy Willows Opening

Mar 2 Art - Sit Spot #1641 - March 2, 2025

Sunday, March 2, 2025 10:15 a.m.

Sit 1641    :      Brush Pile E    :   Cloudy 

-12° (-15°)       S4-6 kph             68% humidity 

Crows, 

(Traffic Noises), 

(Prop Plane),

Donkey braying,

Extras:

(11:15 p.m.) -| Cloudy,

12:35 a.m.    -|

1:50 a.m.      -| Quiet,

6:54 a.m. Sunrise Chorus - 

Cardinal,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Chickadees,

(Merlin App),

(Juncos),

Morning Activities -

Made crêpes for breakfast,

1.4 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Spent time with “The Butchered Man” mystery,

Lunch on leftover soups,

Afternoon Activities -

Drove to Brantford,

   Shopped at Costco,

   Shopped at Bulk Barn,

Worked on Herbarium sheets,

Early supper on smoked chicken sandwich,

   (Gift from neighbour Nancy),

1 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

   ( Fleur-Ange off to Hamilton with Alison

      To watch Oscar program at Westdale theater),

I worked on. Digital painting after my dog walk,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Mar 1 Art - Sit Spot #1640 - March 1, 2025

Saturday, March 1, 2025 5:00 p.m.

Sit 1640    :    Brush Pile E    :   Partly Sunny 

-8° (-16°)       NW 27-41 kph     60% humidity 

(Traffic Noises), 

Wind in trees,

Tree branches squeaking,

Extras:

12:00 a.m. -| Quiet,

1:10 a.m.   -|

3:50 a.m.   -| Cloudy

This past February was the 1st in 21 years

   that I did NOT hear any owls calling,

We have always had Great Horned & Screech Owls

   calling in past Februarys,

 

6:56 a.m. Sunrise -

All Quiet,

Morning Activities -

To Brantford Gretzky indoor. Track,

   Walked 5 km with Donna,

   Others from the club there were

      Ron, Wendy, Pam, Diane,

      Reina, Bruce,

Very cold wind chill this morning outside,

Listened to CBC’s “Under the Influence”,

Afternoon Activities -

Listened to CBC’d “Quirks &. Quarks”,

Made Scrambled Eggs and toast for lunch,

Slept for 45 minutes,

Worked on RBG Cabinet Sheets,

Started reading another murder mystery

   "The Butchered Man" part of 

      "Northminster Mysteries",

(Another free book from BookBub and

   again not one I would have paid for -

   This is the 2nd mystery book set in

      19th century England)

1 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Very icy so got out my “icers” for my shoes,

Worked on Digital art,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

1st Red-Winged Blackbirds of the season!

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Mourning Dove, 

Juncos,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

Photo From Fleur-Ange