Feb 28 art - Sit Spot #1639 - February 28, 2025

Friday, February 28, 2025 4:40 p.m.

Sit 1639    :    Brush Pile E    :   Cloudy 

+3° (-1°)         S 21-32 kph        68% humidity 

(Traffic Noises), 

(Train),

Extras:

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

                     -| Some stars,

                     -| Some clouds,

1:10 a.m.     -| Quiet,

3:50 a.m.     -| Mostly cloudy,

6:58 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Morning Activities -

To RBG Herbarium for volunteer work,

Afternoon Activities -

Trying to figure out why Excel is not auto saving,

Took an hour’s nap,

Got Excel working and printed out 3 Herbarium sheets,

2.35 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Worked on digital painting,

Feb 27 Art - Sit Spot #1638 - Febrtuarty 27, 2025

Thursday, February 27, 2025 9:55 a.m.

Sit 1638    :   Brush Pile E    :   Cloudy 

+1° (-2°)        N 9-13 kph          97% humidity 

Crows, 

Carolina Wren, 

(Traffic Noises), 

Cardinal, 

(Jet -  Air Canada Jazz 771...)

   (Toronto to Detroit),

Truck Back-up signal,

Extras:

(11:10 p.m.) -| Cloudy,

12:35 a.m.   -|

2:50 a.m.     -| (Coyotes howling at 2:50 a.m.)

4:05 a.m.     -| Quiet - except for 2:50,

6:59 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,

Crows,

Morning Activities -

Made waffles for breakfast,

1.5 km Trail walk with Marigold,

To St. George for voting,

Early lunch,

Afternoon Activities -

Fleur-Ange & I to Gretaky indoor track,

Otheres walking or runing included

   Donna, Leslie, Ron, Wendy & Chris,

Fleur-Ange & I did 5 km,

Stopped for shopping on the way home,

I attempted to work on Excel but am having a problem

   with the autosave not working,

1.5 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Worked on a digital painting,

Feb 26 art - Sit Spot #1637 - February 26, 2025

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 4:30 p.m.

Sit 1637    :    Brush Pile E    :     Mostly cloudy 

+4° (+3°)      NW 4-5 kph          65% humidity 

(Traffic Noises), 

Crows, 

Extras:

12:00 a.m. -| Some clouds,

1:55 a.m.   -| Some stars,

3:10 a.m.   -| Quiet

7:01 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Carolina Wren,

Morning Activities -

Volunteer work at Plan B Organic Farm

Afternoon Activities -

Delivered 1 box to Jerseyville customer,

Late lunch,

1 hour nap,

1.75 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Made today’s digital art,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-Breasted Nuthatch,

Downy Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

Feb 25 Art - Sit Spot #1636 - February 25. 2025

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 9:30 a.m.

Sit 1636    :   Brush Pile E    :   Cloudy 

+3° (-1°)      sw 14-22.           86% humidity 

Crows, 

(Traffic Noises), 

Geese flying overhead,

(Train),

Extras:

12:00 a.m. -| Quiet,

2:10 a.m.   -|

3:20 a.m.   -| Cloudy,

7:03 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Chickadees,

(Merlin App),

(Junco),

Morning Activities -

Made Banana Bread for breakfast,

1.6 km Trail walk with Marigold, 

Read more in “Lady Helena Investigates” by Jane Steen,

   Several interesting twists in the plot line,

Afternoon Activities -

Drove to Brantford for Gretzky indoor track walk,

Walked 5 km,

Spent much of the afternoon cooking,

    Made bacon, potato soup,

    Made crustless “pumpkin” pie from cooked squash,

Read more in “Lady Helena Investigates” by Jane Steen,

   Got the book for free from BookBub,

   Probably would have never picked it up otherwise,

   Interesting murder mystery with 

      several unique twists,

Made another digital art works in early evening,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Feb 24 art - Sit Spot #1635 - February 24, 2025

Monday, February 24, 2025 3:50 p.m.

Sit 1635    :    Brush Pile E      :    Partly Sunny 

+7°(+2°)       SW 40-59 kph        50% humidity 

Wind in trees,

Tree branches squeaking in wind,

(Traffic Noises), 

Extras:

(11:40 p.m.) -| Quiet,

1:40 a.m.      -| Cloudy

3:15 a.m.        - Quiet with Stars,

7:04 Sunrise Chorus -

Crows,

Morning Activities -

Took out blue box before sunrise,

   Feeling relatively warm i.e. above freezing,

   Almost fell on slippery sidewalk,

Colour in the sunrise for the first time in a long time,

To WGSC for yoga,

Afternoon Activities -

4.5 km walk on Gretzky indoor track,

1.3 km Trail walk with Marigold around west field

   In mushy snow,

   Temperature up to +7°,

Shoveled snow away from east porch,

   All roof snow had come down,

Took remaining ice off the west sidewalk,

Two loads of donkey dropping out to compost pile,

Read in “Lady Helena Investigates”,

Late supper,

Worked on today’s digital painting,

Seen or Heard from Kitchen 

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Mourning Dove, 

Juncos,

Raven,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red-Bellied Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Rabbit.

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.