It's that beautiful time of year up here with lots of leaf colour left.
The sky puts on quite a show too because the air is cleaner and less humid. Sunrises are dazzling. The moon has been escorting Mars (at night, shown) and Venus (at dawn). Heavy rains too --- we can see it falling on the bay like a cloud's wispy beard.
A follow-up on Thanksgiving last weekend. The power went out during the cooking --- gravy was made on our camping blue burner. But the electricity came back in time for a pan of veggies, the bird of honour, and a batch of banana cookies. Out the window, the other turkeys know they dodged a holiday bullet but now the real bullets will be flying.
Even our rural area is feeling the exodus of people from the cities. This plot of rocky shore down the road is listed at $499,000!?
Snow is coming so yardwork is hurrying up. Lots of cutting back in the gardens. Mounds of leaves to clear from the hill. Sunflower seed stocked for the winged wonders. And probably the last hang.
Gobsmacking wildlife on the wing and on foot. Something's been stripping the bbq cover for a nest. Birds that we saw coming north in the spring are now seen going south. That includes a pair of cardinals and three kinds of woodpecker. But the prize sighting is this young deer at the back. Nature is awesome --- we're Falling for it!
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