Our sweet potato crop. Though they are not that large, between them, our butternut squash, carrots, and potatoes, we should have homegrown stuff into December if not the new year. With our garden expansion we hope that next year’s crop will be larger.
A very happy and safe Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian readers, and thank you for your readership.
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It includes an unrelated quote which usually enlightens, amuses, give pause for thought. Todays’ quote reminded me of my trip to Paris France about ten years ago. I came upon this scene near the Louvre and it was so iconic that I was compelled to record it.
Oh, and today’s thought? “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” -Mark Twain, author and humorist (1835-1910)
I rediscovered this photo of a cardinal perched on the TV antenna above a neighbouring house. It seems to be a favourite perch for him. It must have a commanding view of the ‘hood because I often see (or even more frequently first hear) him caroling here.
This is one of the great things about Back Yard TV. It’s the real world. I hear, see, feel, things that I miss, everyone missed, by being inside watching The Unreal World delivered through a flat screen TV. That’s not to say I won’t watch TV. It’s more to say that there is so much going on in and around here.
I spent some time outside this evening while grilling some sausages and goat ribs. It would have been easier, warmer, plopping stuff on the grill and dashing inside – it turned into a gloomy day and the temperature is in the low teens C – but I got to see that there is still a hummingbird hanging on, visiting the feeder. I heard the White-breasted Nuthatch in one of he trees out front.
While television has many interesting and cool things to offer – like the Rick Mercer Report, the PBS’ Time Team, TVOs’ Saturday Night at the Movies – I very much like watching BYTV. Why watch a cardinal caroling on TV when I can see and hear one live?
Achilles is utterly reliable when unsupervised in the backyard. Well, almost utterly reliable. He has been known to dig a time or two.
His digging is invariably related to either getting to cool damp earth on a hot day, or because he hears a varmint excavating below ground level. He does not dig out of boredom or because he needs to give himself a job. He seems to be largely happy to watch the world go by.
Tonight, on Harvest Moon Night, Achilles is content to observe, watch the world go by. I had to use the flash to capture him.
Achilles is outside now. When he’s ready to come in he will scritch at the door.
What a good dog. We are extraordinarily blessed to have him.
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