Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Digital Play - Sit Spot #1555 - November 26, 2024






Digital Play with 2 photos


Tuesday, November 26, 2024 10:00 a.m.

Sit 1555   :    East Brush Pile   :    Cloudy 

+5° (+1°)     W 24-37 kph            82% humidity 


Raven,

Crows, 

Wind in trees,

(Traffic Noises), 


Extras:

12:10 a.m. -| Very Quiet,

2:05 a.m.   -|

4:40 a.m.   -| Cloudy


6:00 a.m. -

Slept later to battle fatigue,


7:27 Sunrise Chorus -

All Quiet,

Seen but not heard -

Goldfinch,


Morning Activities -

Made banana bread,

1.1 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Worked on spreadsheet re medications


Afternoon Activities -

5 km Road Walk,

Attempted to pay bills,

Not successful,

Made doctor’s appointment for next week,

1.6 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Worked on digital painting after supper,


Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Goldfinches,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.







Sun Rapidly Falling





Monday, November 25, 2024

Abstract - Sit Spot #1554 - November 25, 2024




Digital Abstract
Started from soap on kitchen stove



Monday, November 25, 2024 3:55 p.m.

Sit 1554   : East Brush Pile   :   Cloudy 

+5° (2°)     E 16-26 kph           82% humidity 


(Traffic Noises), 

(Jet -  Air Canada flight 34...)

   (Vancouver to Toronto),


Extras:

(10:20 p.m.) -

Quiet,

Bright Stars,


(11:20 p.m.) -

Quiet,

Some Clouds,

Some Stars,


12:45 a.m. -| Quiet,

1:55 a.m.   -| More Clouds

3:15 a.m.   -| (Moon showing through at 3:15),

4:15 a.m.   -|


7:26 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

(Seen but not heard)-

Blue Jay,

Downy Woodpecker,

Mourning Dove, 


Morning Activities -

Garbage and Blue Box out to the road,

1.1 km Trail walk with Marigold,

To gym,

2 km treadmill walk,

(I had planned on trying a run today but

   I was both very fatigued and my left ankle

   was giving me so much occasional  pain that

   I almost fell a couple of times),

  

Afternoon Activities -

Slept for almost an hour after lunch,

Our dog nail clipper (Steph Stock) was over

   to clip nails of both Marigold and our cat,

2.10 km Trail walk with Marigold,


Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel.




Almost all Jack-in-the-Pulpits have 3 leaves
This one did not read the guidebook





Sunday, November 24, 2024

Scorpiongrass - Sit Spot #1553 - November 24, 2024







Sunday, November 24, 2024 4:30 p.m.

Sit 1553  :  East Brush Pile  :   Partly cloudy 

+6° (+3°)  W 12-18 kph.        70% humidity 


(Traffic Noises), 

(Jet -  Republic Airways flight 4523...)

   (New York to Minneapolis),


Extras:

12:10 a.m. -

Cloudy,

Quiet,


2:50 a.m. -

Quiet,

Some clouds,

Some stars,

Moon shining,


7:25 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

(Merlin App),

(Goldfinch),


Morning Activities -

Made the usual crepes for breakfast,

1.3 km Trail walk with Marigold,

To Bulk Barn for groceries,


Afternoon Activities -

1.3 km Trail walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold, 

Worked on reconstructing my east brush pile sit spot

   for most of the afternoon,

3 km Trail walk with Marigold,


Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Grey Squirrel.





Goldenrods
Looking very Golden 
in early morning Sun




Saturday, November 23, 2024

Digital Art - Sit Spot #1552 - November 23, 2024







Saturday, November 23, 2024 5:25 p.m.

Sit 1552   :   West Porch   :   Mostly Clear 

+6° (+2°)     W 22-33 kph     86% humidity 


(Traffic Noises), 


Extras:

12:15 a.m. -| Quiet,

3:10 a.m.   -| Mostly cloudy,


7:24 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

All quiet,


Morning Activities -

5 km walk with run group,

(Rain in forecast so Marigold stayed home),

Back home,

Watched video re cooking potato gratin,

Watched video re use of screen capture,

Listened to CBC “Under the influence”,


Afternoon Activities -

Listened to CBC “Quirks and Quarks”

Classified and tagged books for our library,

1.9 km Trail walk with Marigold,

Worked on east brush pile for sit spot,

Made ham, onions and eggs for supper,

Made a digital painting after supper,


Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker.




Just a touch of sun
as we walked in the afternoon