Winter Outdoors...
The week started off with mild autumn days, pleasant enough to kiss your grass or prune your limbs. Then a cold wave came through that really steamed the bay! Easy to find gold on that thar hill. And the first icicles, glomming on to the barberry!
Winter Indoors...
The Master Gardener winters as Master Cook, with first-time yummy/healthy falafel balls and quinoa-banana cookies. Meanwhile, the Driver is still getting the black off those wheels---- paint stripper and pressure spray will do the trick? After a Sunday breakfast: a portrait of the Gourmet, the Historian, and the Fashionista.
Butternutty
It was very odd that the butternut tree had no butternuts on the ground this season. Surprise! Squirrel(s) has made hundreds of trips, one nut at a time, to stash them in the shed loft. Every basket, jar, and flower box was full. Gross to remove them because the warm September weather has turned them moldy and inedible, even for rodents. So they're piled up nearby, with shredded-paper nests, if anybody is relocating...
Small Birds, Big Birds...
Awesome to see the nests that have been strenuously put together in box or ledge. The tower of twigs was the work of tiny wrens. The mud/twig/egg house was tiny phoebes. On the other extreme, flocks of 20 or more bigger birds are back, mooching at the feeder...
Remembrance Day, and Dad
Yesterday across Canada the nation paused to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice, back when war was truly hell. The local ceremony was heartfelt and solemn. My dad, Private Walter Wyszynski, got as far as the west coast, ready to be shipped to war in the Pacific. The conflict ended and I am eternally grateful. Thanks, Dad, we will remember you.
Giant Salt Shaker
Dawn brought a heavily-laden cargo ship in its glare. It's the first of many freighters bringing road salt for the expected brutal weather ahead. The piles are waiting --- need salt for dinner?
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