Art - Sit Spot #1595 - January 11, 2025

Saturday, January 11, 2025 3:00 p.m.

Sit 1595.  :   Brush Pile E.   :   Cloudy

0° (-2°)        W 7-11 kph         64% humidity

(Traffic Noises),

(Jet -  DHL flight 4297…),

   (Hamilton to Chicago)

Extras:

12:25 a.m. -| Quiet,

2:45 a.m.   -|

3:45 a.m.   -| Cloudy,

7:51 a.m. Sunrise -

Quiet again,

Morning Activities - 

Drove to Brantford Gretzky Centre,

   Walked 6 km on indoor track,

   Joined for part of time by Donna, Deb, & Leslie,

Home to work on Morning Calendar routine,

Listened to “Under the influence” on CBC,

Afternoon Activities -

Listened to “Quirks & Quarks” on CBC

Took an hours’s nap,

2 km Trail walk with Marigold & Fleur-Ange ,

Set up Sculpture for today’s art,

Worked on digital part of art,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Junco,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

Art - Sit Spot #1594 - January 10, 2025

Friday, January 10, 2025.  4:55 p.m.

Sit 1594    :    Brush Pile E    :    Cloudy 

-3° (-5°)          S 6-9 kph             68% humidity 

(Traffic Noises), 

Donkey braying,

Extras:

(10:45 p.m.) -| Stars & Moon shadows,

12:15 a.m.   -| Quiet,

3:15 a.m. -

Cloudy,

Quiet,

7:51 a.m. Sunrise -

All Quiet,

Morning Activities -

To RBG Herbarium,

   Putt away specimens from freezer,

   Started freezing items from Jim’s Room,

   Put about 5 cubbies into freezer,

Afternoon Activities -

Stopped at Ancaster wells for water,

(Fleur-Ange saw a coyote cross our east meadow midafternoon),

Slept over an hour,

1.5 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Watched part of Music appreciation video,

Copied Music onto computer for Fleur-Ange ,

Worked on digital art,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

Junco,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Sunrise

Fireplace - January 9, 2025

First fire in our fireplace for this season

Thursday, January 9, 2025

No. Sit Spot Today,

Extras;

(10:25 p.m.) -

Quiet,

Stars shining brightly,

Moon Shadows,

1:50 a.m. -

Quiet,

Some Stars some Clouds,

Moon Shadows,

3:30 a.m. -

Quiet,

Mostly cloudy,

7:52 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Goldfinches,

Morning Activities -

Drove to Hamilton for blood tests,

Doctor’s visit

Drove back home,

Afternoon Activities -

Drove to Brantford Gretzky Centre,

   3 km track walk,

Drove to Hamilton for another Doctor visit,

Drove back home,

.5 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Read instructions for new clothes washer,

Did a load of laundry,

Sat with Fleur-Ange at 1st fire of the season

   in our fireplace,

Art - Sit Spot #1593 - January 8, 2025

Caged Glass

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 2:30 p.m.

Sit 1593    :    Brush Pile E    :      Sunny 

-6° (-12°)       NW 15-23 kph      41% humidity 

(Traffic Noises), 

Trees creaking in wind,

Juncos,

Chickadees, 

Extras

1:10 a.m. -| Quiet,

3:05 a.m. -| Some stars, some clouds,

Morning Activities -

To Plan B for volunteer work,

Delivered one Plan B box,

Afternoon Activities - 

Slept for an hour,

Late lunch,

2 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Worked on daily records on computer

1.2 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Helped with dog and cat nail clipping

(Marigold struggled and nipped at me),

(Broke the skin on my left hand),

(No idea why she was so jumpy today),

(Steph ended up using a muzzle on her(,

Worked on Digital art,

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 8:55 a.m.

Sit 1592    :      Brush Pile E    :     Cloudy with snow 

-7° (-13°)         NW 15-22 kph      77% humidity 

Blue Jay, 

Crows, 

Donkey braying,

Juncos,

(Traffic Noises), 

Extras:

(11:30 p.m.) -| Quiet,

12:40 a.m.    -| Cloudy,

2:05 a.m.      -| Stars shining,

4:05 a.m.      -| Some light clouds

7:52 a.m. Sunrise

No bird sounds,

Saw Mourning Dove & Juncos,

Morning Activities -

Made Pancakes for Breakfast

2.4 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Drove to Copetown Co-op for animal feed,

Did some cleaning in basement,

Afternoon Activities -

Drove to Brantford,

   6 km walk at Gretzky indoor track,

Drove to Lynden to pick up library book,

1.4 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Worked on sculpture/digital art,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

Junco.