Frost - Sit Spot #1516 - October 17, 2024

Not a really hard frost

but the hardest this fall at our location

Thursday, October 17, 2024 3:45 p.m.

Sit 1516.   :    East porch.   :    Clear 

+15° (+15°)   W 5-7 kph          36 % humidity 

Garter Snake,

Blue Jay,

Chickadees, 

White-breasted Nuthatch, 

Grey Squirrel, 

(Traffic Noises), 

Prop Plane,

Crows, 

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

Extras:

(11:00 p.m.) -| Full Hunter’s Moon,

12:25 a.m.    -| Some stars,

2:10 a.m.      -|

3:55 a.m.      -| Quiet

7:37 Sunrise Chorus -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

(Merlin App),

(White-throated Sparrow),

(Chickadees),

Morning Activities -

.8 km walk with Marigold,

To gym,

   Hoped for 2 km treadmill walk but only did 1 km

      Feeling dizzy - had to hang on to treadmill handles,

Afternoon Activities -

Long nap in my easy chair,

1.5 km dizzy trail walk with Marigold,

East Porch sit spot,

Blog catch up re Kitchen birds,

Made Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms 

   and onions for supper,

1.25 km Trail walk with Fleur-Ange and 

   Marigold after supper,

Coyotes singing with the train again tonight,

   3 nights in a row now,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Sumac catching evening sunshine

Sunset - Sit Spot #1515 - October 16, 2024

Sunset Colours

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 3:10 p.m.

Sit 1515   :   East porch   :   Partly cloudy 

+11° (+9°)   NE 15-23 kph  44% humidity 

Blue Jay, 

(Traffic Noises), 

White-breasted Nuthatch, 

Carolina Wren, 

Black Squirrel,

Chickadees, 

Chipmunk,

Extras:

(10:20 p.m.) -| Quiet,

12:00 a.m.    -| Some Stars,

1:40 a.m.      -| Bright Moonlight,

3:45 a.m.      -| Strong Moon Shadows,

7:36 a.m. - Sunrise -

On the Road,

Morning Activities -

Volunteer at Plan B Organic Farm

Picked up Dairy Pellets on the way home,

Afternoon Activities -

2 k trail walk with Marigold,

Blooming flowers:

Arrow-leaved Aster ,

Butter and Eggs,

Catnip,

Frost Aster,

Heart-leaved Aster,

Horseweed,

Panicled Aster,  

Queen Anne's Lace,

Spiderwort,

Sweet Everlasting,

Tall Goldenrod, 

Witch-Hazel,

Zinnias,

Carolina Wren, 

Chickadees,

Red-bellied Woodpecker, 

Robin,

White-breasted Nuthatch 

Chipmunk,

Grey Squirrel, 

Started cleaning up around the West Pond

1.2 km walk with Fleur-Ange & Marigold,

Spiderwort

2002 Art - Sit Spot 1514 - October 15, 2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 4:50 p.m.

Sit 1514.  :   East porch     :    Mostly cloudy 

+10° +8°      NW 19-29 kph    49% humidity 

Crows, 

Blue Jay, 

White-breasted Nuthatch, 

Grey Squirrel, 

Chickadees, 

(Traffic Noises), 

(Wind Chimes),

Extras:

Up 9 times last night,

More time walking to and from bathroom

   than in bed I think,

Heart very irregular all night,

Morning Activities -

Fleur-Ange drove me to emergency

   mostly before sunrise,

In emergency from 8 to 12:30,

ECG and blood tests and urine tests

   all came back “normal”

Cardiology appointment in November,

Have to “take it easy” until then,

Afternoon Activities -

Caught up with my usual morning computer

   data entries for the day,

Took Marigold for a 1.8 km trail walk,

Did my sit spot on the porch,

Went out after supper with Fleur-Ange & Marigold

   For another 1.1 km trail walk,

Feeling exhausted from lack of sleep and

   the stress of the emergency room visit,

(The nurse doing the blood work did it without 

   my feeling the needle at all)

Sumac in our West Meadow

Black Medic again - Sit Spot 1513 - October 14, 2024

Monday, October 14, 2024 1:35 p.m.

Sit 1513   :   East porch   :   Mostly cloudy 

+10° (+7°)    N 18-28 kph     53% humidity 

Blue Jay, 

Grey Squirrel, 

(Wind Chimes), 

(Traffic Noises), 

Black Squirrel,

Crows, 

Chipmunk,

Downy Woodpecker, 

Chickadees, 

Extras:

(10:45 p.m.) -| Cloudy,

2:00 a.m.      -| (Raining lightly at 2:00),

3:10 a.m.      -| Quiet,

7:34 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

(Merlin App),

(Chickadees),

Morning Activities -

.9 km trail walk with Marigold,

6 km Road Walk,

30 minute nap

Afternoon Activities -

1.3 km trail walk with Marigold,

Blooming Plants:

Butter and Eggs,

Calico Aster,

Catnip,  

Frost Aster,

Garden Phlox,  

Geraniums,

Heart-leaved Aster,

Horseweed,

Marigolds,

Panicled Aster,

Sweet Everlasting,

Tall Goldenrod, 

Zigzag Goldenrod,

Worked at cleaning out raspberry canes, grape vines,

   and small trees from north side

   of east meadow near house,

1 km trail walk with Marigold after supper,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Junco,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

European Spindletree

(Euonymus europaeus)