Not So Dapper

Grey squirrel...spring moult.

 

Squirrels moult from head to tail in the spring, and from tail to head in the fall.

 

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Friday The 13th Randomness

 

1. It's Friday the 13th! Just another day to me. How about you?

 

2. It's finally warming up, plus 4 today, but I am still freezing!

 

3. Friday is the day I bake bread (not in a bread machine). This week I am making cheddar onion bread, whole wheat bread, and pretzel buns!

 

 4. A busy week ahead. My granddaughter (Beep) will be spending her days with me next week. It's March Break (school holidays). Lot's of Canadians go South for March break. Since I am not a hot weather lover, I've always stayed right here.

 

5. I have an Australian Bearded Dragon (Tucker) as a pet. He will be 15 years old next month. Although "beardies" are desert dwellers, he really enjoys a bath now and again.

 

Bath time in the sink for Tucker. Look at that big smile on his face!


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Such Cute Critters

A newcomer, not a baby, but very young and small. (Putty)

 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

 

Merfy watching squirrels in the yard.

He's such a good boy, watching, not chasing!

 

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Grab Bag -5

 Red spotted purple Admiral butterfly

 Interior wing colour

 

Exterior wing colour 

 

A rather grumpy looking male Cardinal

 

Sweet Merfy with sunset light on him (in dad's arms).

He was very tired at the end of his day on the beach. 

 

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Autumn Harvest -2

 

 It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada.

A true indicator that autumn is here, and Christmas is only 74 days away!

 

 Black squirrel (Snuffles)

Blue Jay

 

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Beep (my granddaughter) is joining in on some memes this week.

She's thrilled when people drop in to Beep's Blog (Click here)

 

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Grab Bag -4

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Sweet Stoney Braveheart always insists on two peanuts at a time!

(He has the most magnificent tail I have ever seen on a squirrel)

 

Male House Finch, a common bird, but one of my favourites.

 

Nigella damascene (Love-in-a-Mist) 

Last week I featured the same flower in pink.  I was thrilled to have some blue, and some white ones bloom from the same seed packet.

Merfy, I just love this sweet little face and that cute nose!

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Against All Odds

 

Nigella damascene (Love-in-a-Mist)
belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae

 

I fell in love with this flower when I saw it on someone's blog last year. I just had to have it in my garden. It's native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. So, my chances of finding it in Canada were slim!

 

 

I managed to locate heirloom seeds, 'Persian Rose', online. I ordered them and planted them in June. I didn't have high hopes of them growing (considering our climate), but, against all odds...they grew and bloomed!

(The bloom is about the size of my thumbnail)

 

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The Calm Before The Storm

 

Lots of weird weather happening lately.

(photo, SOOC "Straight Out of Camera")

 

 

Lake Huron sunset, beautiful, but a bit ominous.

 

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Another Lifer

He flew in the yard,

spent less than a minute on the ground,

then off he went.

Swainson’s Thrush

(a lifer)

 

And this guy (along with countless others) is here for life I think!

Grey squirrel

 

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Beep (my granddaughter) is joining in on some memes this week.

She's thrilled when people drop in to Beep's Blog (Click here)

 

A long weekend for us, July 1st, CANADA DAY!

Some get the Monday off, others the Tuesday.

 

  Enjoy the celebrations my fellow Canadians!

 

 

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Grounders

 

White-throated sparrow

 

Grey Squirrel (Buff)

 

Black squirrel (Mumsy)

 

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Purple Passion

Wild purple columbine

 

This little beauty has sprung up under my cedar tree for a few years now.

 

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A Few Of My Favourite Things

Some favourites in my yard from this week, to share this weekend,

with some of my favourite memes.

 

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Grey squirrel (Nick)

 

Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Beaker)

 

Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Beakette)

 

Aquilegia "Bunting" (Columbine)

 

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