Nature

Rain

It has been raining off and on for the past few days since we had the heat wave.  It means that I sit inside of Tiny House Ontario and read.  The rain is great for the garden which is growing great.  I think I should be able to have salad for supper tonight, and so begins the start of the 0 mile diet.

During a lull in the rain, I weed the garden and note that the chicken wire over the part of the garden which had big seeds that the critters dig, is difficult to pull weeds out of.  I have to wait until they are a little bigger and come up through the wire.  That is my story, I am sticking to it.

When I was out checking on the garden I noticed that the dragon flies are using my soffit to hide under.

As for what I have read while I am shut-in and cuddling with the canines.  Shirley Gibson-Langille’s Landscapes and Inscapes which is an utterly charming book which melds her paintings into the history of the Kingston area.  Augustin Burroughs This is How which is LOL funny, but also astute!  The guy tells it the way that it is, and I sort of fear that he is probably right about a lot of issues.  Lastly Anaïs Nin In Favor of the Sensitive Man which is a rather 1970’s look at men and women, but still somehow interesting.  I will begin another tonight.

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Invaders!

When we were removing the Ant Tree, I noticed that we were being invaded!  Apparently buckthorn is not just isolated in Southern Ontario.  We have scads of them!

I yanked out about 100 of the smallish ones after the rain and chopped down another 25 big ones even though I know that they will come right back up from the trunk.  Just like any invasive species, they are hardy here.

Sadly, we have both the common as well as the glossy leaf.  Even more sadly is that they still allow these to be sold at nurseries.  Like most invasive species, these plants take hold and choke out indigenous plants.

Here is a photo.

 

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Darkness Rising

In the evening just before night, the darkness begins to rise up from the forest floor.

Here is what it looks like to the North of Tiny House Ontario.

Please excuse the annoying sound of allergies in my voice.

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Pecker

I guess I missed some activity in the ant tree when I was away from Tiny House Ontario.

I hope that the woodpecker had a good feed of ants.

I thought it would be nice to have a little open house, and thus there were 12 people last night at Tiny House Ontario.

I was going to tell you all about it and share photos, but forgot the little contraption that allows me to download from my camera to my computer, so this will have to wait for tomorrow.

I wish I would have been home to see the woodpecker slurping up the ants.  Sigh…

 

 

 

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Please Release Me!

The dogs are not convinced that there is a fenced area for their own protection.

Poor little things!

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