A lot of movement this week but let's get on the weather roller-coaster first. Last Sunday we were still shoveling the hillway snow-ice. Then it went to a record 21C. Then it was rain and wet snow. The pond tried to thaw. Then it was warmish and so windy we tried the first clothesline of the season. And today the sunset is back to Spring Spectacular. Got that?
The big news is that we left Toronto again, maybe for a long while. So a new range and cleaning everything for the new tenants. Another loaded moving van (note the couch put out on the sidewalk).
And that means another pile of stuff to sort at Kemble. What would you do with duplicates of kitchen stuff, bedding, appliances, TV's, etc? Some stays, some goes to the barn, but a lot is donated and/or recycled. Been here, done that --- a few times.
Meanwhile back at Wineva, the neighbour's security cam showed the new tenants moving in. The old stove was nabbed within an hour by a scrap metal scrounger. And typically, the couch was loaded (overloaded?!) and taken too. Are those guys sitting on it tonight watching the playoffs??
The waves of spring migration are rippling in the woods. Three kinds of squirrels. Flickers, towhees, jays, cowbirds, cardinals, etc. How many juncos can you count on the ground? And lurking in the woods is the arch-foe wild turkey...
Signs of death amidst the life. Many fish didn't survive in the pond under thick ice for months. Feathers show the end of a bluejay. A junco trying to escape from a raiding falcon slammed into a window instead. But the contents of a bird box show determination to create the next life on the wing.
It's not all work and no play. Fun diversions were the local maple syrup festival. And a lot of laughs at the Tony Award-winning "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"--- adults playing kids and trying to spell words like supercallifragilisticexpealadosish? Did I get that right??
After all that, it's Palm Sunday complete with awesome sunrise today. Colourful croci are out and daffies won't be far behind. Let's start over, shall we?
The big news is that we left Toronto again, maybe for a long while. So a new range and cleaning everything for the new tenants. Another loaded moving van (note the couch put out on the sidewalk).
And that means another pile of stuff to sort at Kemble. What would you do with duplicates of kitchen stuff, bedding, appliances, TV's, etc? Some stays, some goes to the barn, but a lot is donated and/or recycled. Been here, done that --- a few times.
Meanwhile back at Wineva, the neighbour's security cam showed the new tenants moving in. The old stove was nabbed within an hour by a scrap metal scrounger. And typically, the couch was loaded (overloaded?!) and taken too. Are those guys sitting on it tonight watching the playoffs??
The waves of spring migration are rippling in the woods. Three kinds of squirrels. Flickers, towhees, jays, cowbirds, cardinals, etc. How many juncos can you count on the ground? And lurking in the woods is the arch-foe wild turkey...
Signs of death amidst the life. Many fish didn't survive in the pond under thick ice for months. Feathers show the end of a bluejay. A junco trying to escape from a raiding falcon slammed into a window instead. But the contents of a bird box show determination to create the next life on the wing.
It's not all work and no play. Fun diversions were the local maple syrup festival. And a lot of laughs at the Tony Award-winning "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"--- adults playing kids and trying to spell words like supercallifragilisticexpealadosish? Did I get that right??
After all that, it's Palm Sunday complete with awesome sunrise today. Colourful croci are out and daffies won't be far behind. Let's start over, shall we?
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