Halloween weekend is over, the weekend that everyone does their parties, and trunk-and-treating. We went to a party with other like minded aka Covid is still everywhere and we don't want to get sick families on the weekend too.
Other than a halloween party, and a lot of autumn chores …
I have started thinking that square is getting old, only because its hard to print them, so I'm thinking about giving 5:4 a try. 8x10 is a nice size for printing photos, although I have a 4x6 printer, and that is the default ratio of the camera.
I don't …
Its full on Autumn here in Halifax. You could start to feel the change in the air early last week, but yesterday it was like the change was complete.
In a few weeks the leaves will start to change colour, and hopefully we get a lot of evening rain so …
Autumn is upon us, or is that tomorrow, and the little birds are here to eat our natural feeders.
There are a lot of different flowers they can peck at, but this one sunflower seems to be the favourite.
There are chickadees too, but I only saw one so far …
Like this squirrel, we are just about finished our autumn chores and hunkered down for winter. Typically we will be ready much sooner in the season, but this year the weather really stayed warm until last week.
Of course there are a couple of things that need to be finished …
It is way too warm out there for the end of October. It was 19C at 1pm today and I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Something that I typically put away for the year during the first weekend of October. I really want to start wearing flannel, but then …
I was swamped early in October so I didn't get out at the height of the colourful leaves. This is my favourite time of the year and I plan to spend a lot more time on the trails in November and December.
We didn't have a birdfeeder this year, there was just too many warnings from provincial natural resources about the amount of bird flu in the wild population, so instead we grew flowers.
During the summer there were a few birds, but mostly pollenators, now that autumn is in full swing …