Goat - Sit Spot #1616 - August 28, 2023

Our youngest goat, Septimus

Monday, August 28, 2023 6:55 p.m.

Sit 1616   :   East porch   :   Sunny 

+22°(+24°)  E 7-11 kph      60% humidity 

Mosquitoes!

Crickets calling,

Carolina Wren,

Goldfinches,

Crows,

(Traffic noises),

Hummingbird,

Extras:

1:40 a.m. -

Very Quiet,

Stars shining,

Satellite passing over,

6:40 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities at gym -

Elliptical Machine,

Weight Training,

Swimming - 300 m

Afternoon Activities -

Glueing and painting whirligig parts,

Cleaning goats’ stall,

Mowing for about an hour,

5 km walk on road

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Goldfinches,

Crows,

Hummingbird,

Carolina Wren,

Cow Parsnip - Sit Spot #1615 - August 27, 2023

Remains of Cow Parsnip seedpods

Sunday, August 27, 2023 11:15 a.m.

Sit 1615  :   Brush Pile W   :   Sunny 

+17°(+17°) NE 7-11 kph       72% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Blue Jays,

Catbird,

(Jet - Air Canada Jazz flight 732...)

(Traffic noises),

Goldfinches,

Extras:

12:45 a.m. -

Clouds,

Crickets & other insects calling,

3:30 a.m. -

Clouds,

One dog barking in far distance,

6:39 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Crows,

Squirrel chattering,

Along the Trails -

Blooms:

Alfalfa,

Arrow-leaved Aster,

1st Beggar Tick

Big Bluestem Grass,

Birdsfoot Trefoil,

Black Medic,

Black-eyed Susan,

Blazing Star

Borage,

Bull Thistle,

Butter and Eggs,

Canada Goldenrod,

Carpenter's Square,

Carpetweed, 

Catnip,

Celandine,

Chicory,

Chocolate Mint,

Clammy Ground Cherry,

Comfrey,

Common Mullein,

Common Saint John's wort,

Coreopsis,

Cow Vetch,

Creeping Bellflower,

Cup Plant,

Cut-leaf Coneflower,

Daisy Fleabane,

Dames Rocket,

Dandelions,

Dragon’s Blood,

Everbearing Strawberry,

Field Hawkweed,

Flat-topped Aster,

Garden Phlox,

Geranium, 

Giant Ragweed,

Globe Thistle,

Golden Alexanders,

Great Lobelia,

Grey-headed Coneflower,

Hairy Vetch,

Heal-all,  

Horseweed,

Hosta,

Indian Grass,

Indian Tobacco,

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

Knotgrsss,

Lance-leaved Goldenrod,

Late Goldenrod,

Marigolds,

Meadowsweet,

Morning Glory,

Motherwort,

Mouse-ear Chickweed,

Nodding Onion,

Oregano,

Orpine (Live-forever),

Pale-leaved Sunflower,

1st Pennsylvania Smartweed,

Petunia,

Prairie Dock,

Purple Coneflower

Queen Anne's Lace,

Ragweed,

Red Clover,

Rose Campion,

Rose of Sharon,

Silvery Cinquefoil,

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,

Upland White Aster,

Upright Hedge Parsley,

Virginia Mountainmint,

Water Parsnip,

White Clover,

White Sweet Clover,

White Vervain,

White Wood Aster

Wild Basil,

Wild Cucumber,

Wild Mint,

Wood Sorrel,

Yarrow,

Zigzag Goldenrod  

Zinnia

  

Birds -

Carolina Wren,

Blue Jays,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Pileated Woodpecker,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Chickadees,

Flicker,

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Crows,

Hummingbird,

Paint Cans - Sit Spot # 1614 - August 26, 2023

It took me about 1 1/2 hours to collect

and sort old paint cans from all around the basement.

I sorted oil base from water based, etc.

At the Environmental Hazard Centre

they ignored all my sorting and emptied the car

in less than 2 minutes.

Saturday, August 26, 2023 7:55 p.m.

Sit 1614   :   East Porch   :   Mostly cloudy 

+21°(+24°)  E 24-20 kph     78% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Crickets calling,

(Traffic noises),

Unidentified bird chirps,

Extras:

3:20 a.m. -

Cloudy,

Crickets & other insects calling,

6:20 a.m. - 

Bats flying,

6:38 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Crows,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

Met with “run” group for a walk

No other walkers so 

I walked 6.5 km by myself,

Packed up 30+ years of old paint cans

   from the basement and put in car,

Afternoon Activities -

Took Paint cans to 

Environmental Hazard Location

Worked on Whirligig

   starting to paint parts,

Photos soon,

Took two short walks on property trails,

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Carolina Wren,

Crows,

Hummingbird.

Photo Site #7 -

Sunrise Time from 2nd Floor Window