Thursday, August 17, 2023

Bluestem Grass - Sit Spot #1605 - August 17, 2023



Big Bluestem Grass
is
really big this year



Thursday, August 17, 2023 6:00 p.m.

Sit 1605   :   East Porch   :   Cloudy 

25°(+29°)    SW 11-17 kph   50% humidity 


Mosquitoes,

(Wind Chimes),

(Traffic noises),

Crows in distance,

Blue Jay,

(Jet - Delta Airlines flight 5005),

Wind in trees,


Extras:

12:00 a.m. -

Stars shining,

Crickets singing,


2:45 a.m. -

Stars shining,

Crickets calling,


6:00 a.m. -

Bats flying,

Cardinals singing,


6:28 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Carolina Wren,

Mourning Dove,

Crows,

(Merlin App -),

(Catbird),

(Towhee),

(Bluebird),


Morning Activities -

To Gretzky Sport Centre,

Weights for 30 minutes

 - added some exercises

 - kept weight low again

 - felt better today than the first day

Swim 250 metres today

 - 8 laps = 200 metres Front Crawl

 - 2 laps = 50 metres Breast Stroke

 - again felt better today than first day


Afternoon Activities -

Worked on Whirligig project

 - mechanics not working as expected

 - trying an off-centre cam to force

some vertical motions and it is not working


Longer road walk today i.e. 6.8 km


My goats are not respecting the fences

They just jump over whenever they feel like it

Not sure what I can do about it

Need to move them to the west paddock

as the east one is almost stripped bare again.


Seen or heard from Kitchen & Porch-

Blue Jays,

Cardinal,

Carolina Wren,

Mourning Doves,

Crows.





East Pond Site

Still muddy but no water

(I think the mosquitoes drank it all)











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