point…

09 Saturday Aug 2025

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was up early this morning and went out to sit in the garden… it was a bit chilly, so I had a blanket around my shoulders…

it was sunny at that point, although the weather network was suggesting it would rain for a good portion of the day, so I decided to enjoy the weather while I could…

usually I would read, but instead, this morning I just watched the antics of the critters in the garden…

as I sat there the birds were visiting the suet and a bunny was snacking on the clover close to me…

what a treat;-)…

frogs…

05 Saturday Jul 2025

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spent a morning in the English Gardens…

before I started my shift, I took photos of the water lilies and frogs in the Leo Mol lily pond…

as a volunteer, I walked around welcoming visitors, taking photos for them, and visiting with some of the guests…

I also saw many birds, particularly yellow warblers, that were flitting through the garden…

as I was leaving, it was great fun to watch a staff person catching frogs from the water lily pond and then moving them to the bigger, natural pond…

there was concern that the shallow water in the lily pond could be a detriment to their health on these hot days…

glad I got my photos when I did;-)…

discourage…

19 Thursday Jun 2025

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excited this morning to spot the strawberry that was ripe enough to eat… and pleased that the birds and/or squirrels hadn’t beaten me to it…

I did paint those rocks red and put them around the plant to discourage thieves, lol… maybe they worked…

the strawberry was delicious;-)…

this plant was purchased two years ago and lives in a pot over the summer…in the fall it is transplanted back into the bathtub garden to overwinter;-)…

thirteen…

06 Sunday Oct 2024

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sat in the sun on the deck listening to the visiting birds as they stop by on their way south…

it was lovely to hear all their little voices…

Merlin told me it heard thirteen birds in fifteen minutes…

and a yellow rumped warbler…

not long after, I had spotted ten of them, coming and going to the feeder or snacking on goodies on the ground…

reminded me of all the birds we heard and saw at the cottage in June…

overhead…

31 Saturday Aug 2024

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as I’ve been sitting in the garden reading and enjoying the birds and bunnies around me, I’ve been hearing the Canada geese as they have begun to fly overhead…

I do love listening to their honking to one another as they head north or south, depending on the time of day…

of course, the sad part is that means fall is coming, sigh…

Cooper’s…

29 Thursday Aug 2024

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was on the deck reading last evening when a Cooper’s Hawk flew onto the ledge about six feet in front of me…

moved too fast for me to get a photo, but this is where it was…

it flew to the top of the garage, sat there for a few minutes, and then on to the neighbour’s yard…

hope the little birds are okay…

dust…

19 Monday Aug 2024

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have added sweeping the stepping stones to my morning routine…

the darn birds and bunnies continue to have dust baths and since I have been barefoot outdoors for the last while, the clumps of dirt are irritating my feet, lol…

nattering…

20 Saturday Jul 2024

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had a bit of a giggle as I was sitting on the deck eating breakfast and listening for bird songs…

when we were at the cottage we would hear a huge variety within just a few minutes…

of course that was also at migration time so I’m not sure how many you might hear now…

here, I can hear house sparrows, chickadees, the odd crow, squirrels yelling, and recycling/garbage trucks going up and down the lane, lol…

it has also been quieter lately because there is a Cooper’s Hawk hanging around, which makes for some very quiet times when all the birds and squirrels go into hiding…

you know it has left the area when all of a sudden large numbers of sparrows start getting drinks and gathering seed from the feeders, nattering the whole time…

miffed…

19 Friday Jul 2024

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this morning as I was sitting in the garden quietly reading my book, birds, squirrels and bunnies wandered through…

they are used to me sitting out there and don’t really mind me particularly as they pretty much know that I have no plans to hurt them…

although this morning I was a little miffed with the squirrels because they have figured out a way to get onto the two bird feeders that I thought were safe from them, sigh…