Bears, bears...more bears

 September 6, 2024

Last week I posted pictures of a sow bear and a pair of cubs. This week's camera chips have shown us this...

See the eye glint of the third one coming behind? (Click the pic for a better look.) So...do we have a sow with triplets, or two sows with two and three cubs respectively????
We do know we have this fellow,

walking between the end of the garden beds and the camera mounted on the back porch on Monday night. The ghostly apparition behind him is a caged tomato plant with a cover over it...because a frost warning was out for Monday night!! Thankfully it didn't freeze, although it definitely got a little nippy, but temps have now gone back to a more normal range for this time of year. Last night, on driving home after dark, I rounded a corner on our road to find a cow and calf moose in front of me. Boy, are those critters big when they are up close!

Bird Cam has yielded more pictures of the flying squirrel and this one of a Yellow Shafted Flicker.

Garden harvesting continues.

Peppers this year are amazing. I blanched, sliced and dried these few for winter pizzas, and am contemplating what to do with the rest. All my squash vines have come down with powdery mildew, so as soon as it dries up after today's drizzle, the plan is to harvest all the squash and dispose of those vines somewhere other than the compost. 

A recent "Hubby-build", is this Broadfork to use in the raised beds. It loosens and aerates the soil without disturbing the soil structure. Looking forward to using it, instead of digging the beds over.

We still have at least three Hummingbirds entertaining us while harassing each other in and out of the flower bed, but expect them to head south very soon. This Monarch was looking fresh and colourful, and will probably be going south soon as well.

It is that time of year.

Another random bear...

and some beautiful cream puff clouds from earlier in the week.