tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32627940997758047352024-03-19T18:39:39.932-04:00Windswept AdventureThe life, travels, hikes and adventures of an old codger who is retired and living with five dogs, five cats and various other critters on a small farm in northern New York.Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-87135166038542066072019-10-24T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-24T01:00:03.212-04:00A Farewell<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-54691847188123490402019-10-23T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-23T02:17:28.961-04:00Autumn NotebookBoth Ruby and Winston enjoyed hanging out near the horses:<br />
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And Rosella tried to touch noses with Remy, though the electric fence prevented it:<br />
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The very last flowers which went to church. It was communion Sunday and all three vases were placed on a small table with a white cloth underneath. The vase on the left held pink Morden Blush roses. The vase on the right held neon red Emily Carr roses. The vase in the center held yellow Heliopsis, red Yarrow, magenta Rugosa roses and Peony leaves which were turning red:<br />
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The trees bordering my north field began to show some gorgeous color:<br />
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And I purchased a lifting harness for Seamus. He hasn't needed it much yet, but I know he has periods of lameness when it will be helpful for both him and for me:<br />
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My sister brought a new toy for the cats, and both Sammy and Daisy like it very much:<br />
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Caspar, Clover and Bugsy like to sleep together on the big, green floor pillow:<br />
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Blue claims the morning hay and won't let Remy have any, although he softens once his belly is full:<br />
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Remy likes to sneak a bite of vegetation from beneath the bottom electric fence wire:<br />
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The Box Elder tree finally began dropping seeds, so I've had to spend
much time picking them up twice each day. There is still too much green
grass in the pasture for me to let the horses out:<br />
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Blue and Remy, my mischievous boys:<br />
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I finally got a buyer for Winston, so the next morning I was able to trap him inside the barn. He bawled for his mother and his herd, but was not as upset as previous calves. The buyer also wants to buy Ruby when she's old enough:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-81721022359694491212019-10-22T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-22T01:00:02.851-04:00Getting The Red Poll Cattle Ready For WinterI now have most of the Red Poll cattle crowding the barn door for a bowl of grain each morning - unless I'm a bit later than usual, that is. If I'm late, they leave in a huff:<br />
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Ruby and Scarlett, in for a snack:<br />
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Ruby and Winston finally began to follow the big cows into the barn. Winston has tasted grain and decided he likes it, but Ruby is still wary of it:<br />
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The morning rush. I can't let them in, though, until both horses are walked, one at a time, out to their corral:<br />
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The girls eat their two cups of sweet feed so rapidly that I don't have time to put a bowl down for the calves. Luckily, the cows start eating the hay on the floor as soon as they've finished their grain:<br />
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Ruby watched while Winston tasted his first bowl of grain:<br />
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Jasmine:<br />
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Rosella, Scarlett and Ruby<br />
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This was midday, not morning grain time - so they didn't get any. Nobody needs grain, but I am trying to train them to come into the barn so I can have them inseminated, get vet care or trap the calves when it's time to sell them:<br />
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Winston and Amy playfully butted heads:<br />
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Scarlett and Rosella both needed minerals and salt, perhaps because they are both producing milk:<br />
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Breakfast time:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-16660119234741737012019-10-21T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-21T01:00:06.445-04:00Happy Housepets At HomeReady for more pet pictures? Maybe I should call them family photos. This first one is of all five dogs (Clover, Fergus, Daphne, Jack and Seamus) plus Caspar the cat. Notice the baby gate in the window, which I use to protect the window screens:<br />
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Caspar and Sammy: "Just keep walking, there's nothing to see here:"<br />
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Daphne, Fergus and Clover on the big, soft, green floor pillow:<br />
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Daisy meowing in one of the many pet beds:<br />
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Fergus, Daphne, Clover and Jack. Both Fergus and Jack are wearing absorbent belly bands to prevent peeing in the house:<br />
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Bugsy, Sammy and Caspar on one of the yoga mats I put down to help Seamus walk without slipping and falling:<br />
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Looking into the kitchen: Fergus, Daphne, Clover and Seamus:<br />
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Daphne, Fergus, Daisy and Seamus:<br />
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Sammy and Bugsy used to cuddle all the time, but now that they are getting older, they do it less often. It's still cute, though:<br />
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Speaking of cuddling, Seamus and Fergus do it also:<br />
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Clover and Daphne often have to share the morning dog food with all four cats. Fergus, Jack and Seamus were eating out of other dog bowls. I put down many bowls so there is no fighting and nobody goes hungry:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-38385883111966957512019-10-19T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-19T01:55:19.434-04:00Madawaska PondMy sister, Lynn, and her husband, Tim, were visiting from Ohio and we'd just hiked in to see the Santa Clara waterfall (see the previous two posts). Our next stop was Madawaska Pond, which required a five mile drive on rough, one lane "roads" through the forest. We arrived at the parking site and started walking:<br />
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The trail to Madawaska Pond is through a stand of large White Pines and is both beautiful and peaceful:<br />
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The dogs had already used up some of their excess energy, so they were much better behaved by this time. Seamus' back legs were beginning to fail him, and I eventually had to put him on a leash to keep him from falling or wandering off to unsafe places and getting lost:<br />
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The trail to Madawaska Pond was not only lovely to look at, but also wonderful to smell because the White Pine aroma rose when the sun hit the trees and fallen needles:<br />
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We took a side trip to a hill overlooking the marshy edge of Madawaska Pond. The red leaves you see on the hill were Lowbush Blueberries:<br />
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Lynn and Tim stood and took in the expansive views, backed by the White Pine forest:<br />
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But then we hit the trail again, which took us along the edge of the pond:<br />
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These miniature red-capped lichens were called British Soldiers. They are never large, but these were the smallest I've ever seen:<br />
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We found several water access sites. This one was marked as a canoe launch:<br />
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Recent rains had produced a crop of unusual mushrooms all along the trail:<br />
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And I got another a photo of Tim and Lynn:<br />
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I've never seen a mushroom like this, but its general lumpiness and orange color seemed appropriate for Halloween:<br />
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We walked to the end of the pond, then turned around and began the trek back to our car. We were all tired by this time, and happy to reach the car and sit down. We headed home for a nap and dinner:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-66845869693306111372019-10-18T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-18T01:00:00.853-04:00Our Favorite St. Regis River Waterfall - Part 2My sister, her husband and all five dogs had hiked in to the waterfall in Santa Clara, New York (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). We'd seen the base of the falls, so we began climbing the rocky trail which took us upstream:<br />
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The trail was lovely and wild, and my sister enjoyed the Adirondack scenery:<br />
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I stopped for this scene with Partridgeberry, mushroom and Sphagnum moss. The red and green had a kind of Christmas look to it:<br />
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The little dogs ventured out onto some rocks which were too scary for Seamus and me, both of us old and lame. I put Seamus on a leash for safety and the two of us took the safest routes we could find:<br />
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The trail took us upstream, where we could see the St. Regis River rushing through a narrow gorge:<br />
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But the trail ended, so we returned to the base of the falls:<br />
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We took a side trip on another trail along the St. Regis River and stopped to see these two gigantic rocks. Alas, the photo doesn't convey their huge size, but they were mammoth:<br />
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The trail had veered away from the river but soon brought us back again:<br />
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And once again, the autumn views were lovely and serene:<br />
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But soon we were headed back out to our car:<br />
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Lynn and Tim posed for a fun photo in the forest, and then we got in the car and drove to another nearby hike. I'll post about that tomorrow:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-82269402295994110142019-10-17T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-17T01:00:00.864-04:00Our Favorite St. Regis River Waterfall - Part 1My sister and brother-in-law had come to visit from Ohio, hoping to see some Adirondack scenery and autumn foliage. So of course we headed right out to see the waterfall near home. We hit the short trail which would take us there and the dogs began running for joy:<br />
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The pooches could barely contain their enthusiasm. Even old Seamus did a bit of wobbly running:<br />
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They'd run ahead, then I'd call them back, which is why you see Jack running toward me while the others are running ahead:<br />
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And of course the autumn scenery was lovely:<br />
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As we neared the falls, we could hear its roar and we had to step over a number of fallen logs (I had to lift Seamus over them, first his front half, then his back half). This log was covered with what I believe was orange Slime Mold:<br />
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And then we arrived at the base of the falls. My sister, Lynn, got there first, along with Daphne and Fergus:<br />
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Then my brother-in-law, Tim, arrived and they took pictures:<br />
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It's not a high waterfall but it's a roaring cascade of many levels. Furthermore, it's not well known and no one else is ever there:<br />
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Tim and a couple of the dogs walked out onto some flat rocks for a better view:<br />
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And what a view it was!<br />
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Lynn busied herself taking photos, a trait we share. But there was yet more to see, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-30994998188293490032019-10-16T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-16T01:00:02.801-04:00Cold Winter Touches The North CountryOf course I knew it was coming, yet still I was surprised to see the frost all over the Rugosa roses when I went out to do the morning chores:<br />
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The leaves were frosted and the magenta buds were covered with icy crystals:<br />
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Some of the flowers had wilted to the point of being unrecognizable:<br />
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Fergus and Seamus watched me from their frosty yard as I began the morning chores:<br />
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There were only two open Daylilies left, and they were wilted and covered in ice:<br />
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And the grass crunched underfoot as I walked to the barn:<br />
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Sadly, the sunflowers, which had put on such a late season show, were done for the year:<br />
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I walked the little horses out to their corral and discovered that their stock tank was covered in ice. Remy and Blue were not amused, but I figured it would melt once the sun was fully up:<br />
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The cattle were hungry and collected at the barn, demanding grain:<br />
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I let them have some, then shooed them back outside as I carried hay to the horse corral. Most of the cattle followed me to the corral, hoping to steal that armload of hay. I guess they did not want to eat frozen grass:<br />
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I tossed the hay in for the horses without giving the cattle any of it. Ruby knew what to do, and immediately went for a breakfast of warm milk:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-21676708913445891162019-10-14T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-14T01:00:02.489-04:00Glorious OctoberOctober, sort of the opposite of March, comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. This year, early October brought lots of Monarch butterflies. This one was in the pasture, near the compost pile:<br />
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And a number of them swarmed the New England Asters in the front yard:<br />
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Monarchs don't hold still often, and usually close their wings when they do, so I was excited to get some nice photos of them on the Asters:<br />
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And the new, baby roses put out a last burst of flowers. This one was the Emily Carr:<br />
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And the Morden Sunrise:<br />
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The Rugosa roses on the side of the house also continued to bloom:<br />
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The giant sunflowers were almost finished blooming and their seed was now feeding the wild birds, but a few tiny miniature sunflowers continued to bloom at their feet:<br />
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Perhaps the last vase of flowers to go to church this year consisted of some small sunflowers, three kinds of roses (Morden Sunrise, Emily Carr and a Morden Blush bud), one Delphinium, New England Asters and a branch of dark red leaves from the Ninebark bush:<br />
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And the local scenery took on the look of October with roadside displays of pumpkins for sale:<br />
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Red Sumac and purple New England Asters along the road:<br />
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I stopped at a bridge over the St. Regis River to take this photo:<br />
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Then I walked out toward the middle of the bridge to get more of the river in the picture. October in the north country is a wonderful time of year:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-10783372411578651962019-10-13T01:00:00.001-04:002019-10-13T01:16:50.309-04:00Autumn Color - Part 2I was driving home from dropping Fergus and Seamus off at the groomer, and photographing the autumn color I saw along the way (see also Part 1, posted yesterday):<br />
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This corn field was half harvested, and a silage wagon stood waiting for the activity to begin again:<br />
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Yellow gold and green:<br />
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When I got to my own road, I knew of a small corn field surrounded by brilliant color and I was looking forward to photographing it. It had been recently harvested:<br />
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I parked next to the road and walked down the dirt lane to get a better look at the autumn color. Sometimes I walked out into the corn stubble to get a wider shot:<br />
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Spectacular color:<br />
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I'd thought this red was maple but when I got closer, discovered it was not. I didn't recognize the leaves, but a glimpse of the trunk suggested it was probably American Hornbeam, also called Musclewood because of its smooth, sinewy look:<br />
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I'd expected that this lane by the corn stubble would be spectacular, and it did not disappoint:<br />
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Oranges and reds:<br />
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And nearer the ground, there were plenty of purple New England Asters:<br />
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I stepped back into the corn field for this shot:<br />
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I was just leaving when I noticed this maple branch, a burst of electric color out of a wall of green:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-41616778788839378412019-10-12T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-13T01:16:13.670-04:00Autumn Color - Part 1I dropped Seamus and Fergus off at the groomer for their autumn haircuts. On the way home, I noticed what beautiful autumn scenery surrounded me, so I took a few detours in order to get some photos:<br />
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We were only at 40% color at the time according to the weather report, but it was glorious color:<br />
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I'd say that the woods bordering farm fields were more than 40% along:<br />
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These old hay bales appeared to have been there beside the road for years, but they framed the picture nicely:<br />
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One of the roads I took was called Pleasant Valley Road, which was fitting:<br />
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I've become adept at recognizing Roughleaf Dogwood in spring bloom and autumn color, even from a distance. That's it in the bottom right hand corner:<br />
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I took a detour though a tiny settlement called West Stockbridge and passed by this lovely lake:<br />
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The trees on the far side were beginning to take on color, and the lake itself was filled with Canada Geese and waterlilies:<br />
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The shoreline of the lake was home to New England Asters, dried Queen Anne's Lace and Cattails:<br />
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And the trees beside the lake were displaying lovely colors:<br />
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I took one last photo of the lake and then continued on my way:<br />
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Passing through farm country, I kept my eyes open for trees abutting hay fields and corn fields. But I knew there were even more colorful trees to be seen as I got closer to home, so I kept going. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-24952486211080388742019-10-10T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-10T01:00:00.357-04:00Getting Cattle Inside The BarnI need to get Scarlett, Rosella and their calves to start coming into the barn so I can have the two moms artificially inseminated again and so I can tattoo and sell the calves. I began by tempting them close to the barn with bowls of grain:<br />
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I don't care if the other cows eat any grain, but I decided to give them some if they come close enough:<br />
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Rosella and Scarlett are both producing large amounts of milk, so they are always hungry and ravenously eat any grain or hay they find:<br />
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Rosella was the bravest and the first to begin coming into the barn, returning to her former regular stall:<br />
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Then Jasmine, Rosella and Amy began coming into the barn. That giant on the right is Amy. She was smaller than the others when she arrived six years ago, seemed a bit oddly shaped and was sometimes bullied by the bigger cows. Now she's a giant, albeit with a docile personality:<br />
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Because Rosella couldn't reach the bowl on the floor as easily as the other cows, I made a little stand for her bowl of grain:<br />
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Ruby and Scarlett in the rosy light of dawn, as they came in for a drink of water:<br />
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Scarlett and Ruby by the salt lick and trace mineral feeders:<br />
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The girls became so accustomed to early morning grain that they often now come as a herd to the barn when they see me enter it:<br />
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Jasmine, Amy and Rosella:<br />
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Winston, Scarlett, Ruby, Violet:<br />
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Winston has resisted coming into the barn, but he's getting closer:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-16826846081883859582019-10-09T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-09T01:00:00.701-04:00House Pets At Their LeisureIf you regularly read this blog, you may think my five dogs are constantly out hiking or running across hay fields. The truth is that they are lazy house dogs, happy to sleep most of every day away in comfort. You may notice that Fergus and Jack are both wearing absorbent belly-belts because they began peeing in the house again:<br />
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And the four cats never leave the house, staying indoors where they are safe from predators, cars, weather and disease. All once abandoned animals, I take pride in giving them new lives of ease. This is daisy, eating from one of two automatic feeders:<br />
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Fergus, Clover and Bugsy. It's difficult to get a photo of Bugsy because he's black, and I try to be sure his yellow eyes are open so at least <i>something</i> shows:<br />
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The favorite spot is the kitchen corner, in this case containing Daphne, Clover, Fergus and Bugsy (no eyes showing this time):<br />
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Two dogs and two cats: Fergus, Clover, Bugsy and Caspar:<br />
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Seamus is so gigantic that he has trouble fitting anywhere, so he prefers the big yoga mats which I purchased to keep him from falling on the slippery floor. In the background are Jack, Caspar and Clover:<br />
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Daphne and Fergus, showing two clearly different shades of "white:"<br />
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The other favorite spot is the ramp which leads down into their fenced yard. Fergus, Daphne, Jack and Seamus were lounging there. Seamus knows that he can stand up with less struggle by heading downhill on the ramp, then turning around and walking back up:<br />
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Four on a pillow: Jack, Fergus, Daphne and Clover:<br />
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The joys of having a kitten or two in the house. This curtain is a favorite toy, and there's no sense replacing it until the kittens have slowed down:<br />
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And the window blinds have suffered a similar fate. Caspar is particularly fond of them:<br />
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Three of the four cats in the kitchen (Bugsy was missing in this photo) - Caspar, Sammy and Daisy:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-66766013949221931432019-10-08T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-08T02:26:04.446-04:00How To Make Dogs Really, Really HappyIt's simple. Just take them for a romp in a hay field! I walked the dogs across the north field in search of colorful maple leaves. I found no leaves to use, but the dogs had the time of their lives. You can see little Jack in this photo, just rounding the bend at full speed:<br />
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And then Clover took off running - so fast that no one else could keep up:<br />
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Of course, everyone had to stop and sniff for wildlife:<br />
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But then they again took off running:<br />
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It's not a big field, so we were soon at the opposite fence line. I walked along the fence, watching for colorful leaves:<br />
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The dogs walked with me, sniffing for wild beasts:<br />
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The walk didn't last long, and soon it was time to return to the house and barn:<br />
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Which of course meant more running at full speed:<br />
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The little dogs ran, but Seamus and I, lame old codgers that we are, just plodded along:<br />
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Jack disappeared momentarily, but he too came running when I called for him:<br />
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It was a joyous procession back across the field. It did my heart good to see the dogs so happy:<br />
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And soon we were home. The dogs got to run to their hearts content and smell the exciting smells of whatever it is dogs smell:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-80919117581710667102019-10-06T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-06T01:00:02.598-04:00The End Of SummerThe Red Poll cattle are looking happy and healthy:<br />
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Little Ruby has not yet had her ear tattoos but she seems to know I'm a suspicious character so she hides behind her mother, Scarlett:<br />
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And Scarlett usually hustles her away when I get too close:<br />
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Blue and Remy are doing fine, but their Box Elder tree will drop its poisonous seeds any day now, and I will have to lock the horses in the barn until I get the seeds all cleaned up:<br />
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I walked into the barn one morning and found the two boys together in the hay, head to head and looking cute. It's apparent how attached they are to each other in spite of their quibbling and mischief:<br />
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The sunflowers are almost finished. I've cut the tops out of many of them and others are going to seed already:<br />
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Another photo of a Monarch butterfly in the Frans Hals Daylilies. It's ironic that the only place I can get a photo of a Monarch is on flowers of the same color:<br />
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The littlest sunflowers, barely 6" tall:<br />
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I put the fantail pigeons on Craigslist, offering to sell 20 out of 43 of them. Alas, I've had no response, even after cutting the price in half:<br />
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I took three vases of flowers to church, possibly the last of the season. This vase contained three colors of fragrant roses (orange, dark red and magenta), smallish sunflowers and red Mountain Maple leaves from the side of the road:<br />
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Blue and white wild Asters plus Birch leaves, all from the side of the road:<br />
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Various colors of sunflowers plus red Mountain Maple leaves and Cattails from the side of the road:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-15442601481836765412019-10-05T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-05T01:00:02.402-04:00Adirondack Autumn Color - Part 2The dogs and I were headed home, driving on Route 458 through the Adirondacks (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). I was stopping along the way to capture some of the early autumn color:<br />
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I almost drove past these cliffs, then stopped at this small, red sapling:<br />
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I backed up and found a safe parking spot to photograph some of the other scenery around the cliffs:<br />
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I'm not sure why the reds were so bright here, but I was thrilled to see them:<br />
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Driving through the Adirondacks in autumn is wonderful scenic experience:<br />
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I thought the colors would fade as we came down out of the mountains, but they were still bright:<br />
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I took a small detour to drive along the St. Regis River and found this peaceful scene. Wouldn't you like to live here?<br />
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Mountain Ash beside someone's gravel driveway:<br />
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The three small dogs were watching out the front passenger window, the two bigger dogs were in the back:<br />
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Back on the highway again, I continued to find lovely autumn colors:<br />
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And a wide variety of species and mixtures. But of course I had to put the camera away and concentrate on driving home. It was time for lunch:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-14800187845043799552019-10-04T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-04T01:00:00.544-04:00Adirondack Autumn Color - Part 1I'd just been out with dogs at Meacham Lake (see previous two posts), and we were on our way home. We were headed north on Route 458 through the Adirondacks and the autumn colors were just beginning to show. I decided to stop along the way and take some pictures:<br />
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Low mountains along the road:<br />
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A wet area beside the road helped turn these trees red:<br />
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One lone red tree among lots of green and yellow:<br />
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Not much color here, but it was a lovely marsh:<br />
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But there was certainly some bright color here:<br />
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And Staghorn Sumac can always be counted on to deliver bright red color in the fall:<br />
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More color along Route 458:<br />
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Much variety here:<br />
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Ferns beside the road were turning bronze and mixed with cattails. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-50021650376246614222019-10-02T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-02T01:00:01.519-04:00 An Attempted Hike To Meacham Falls - Part 2My hike with the dogs to a waterfall fell through (see also Part 1, posted yesterday), so we instead were looking for a trail along the shoreline of beautiful Meacham Lake:<br />
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We were bushwhacking, enjoying the wild Adirondack forest:<br />
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The faint trail we'd been on ended at a wet marsh, and we could go no farther:<br />
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Foiled once again, we turned back toward the car:<br />
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But the forest was still beautiful and it was still a joy to be out in nature:<br />
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I'd hoped for some brilliant autumn colors but found none - until, that is, I found this Mountain Maple. The bright red exceeded anything I could have hoped for:<br />
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We returned to the parking area:<br />
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And looked out over the lower section of Meacham Lake:<br />
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Jack, Seamus and Daphne went into the water again:<br />
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And then we headed for our parked car:<br />
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I was all ready to go, but Jack was still running in circles so I let the dogs get wet one last time. It sure seems to make them happy:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-91568934401465346562019-10-01T01:00:00.000-04:002019-10-01T02:24:09.823-04:00An Attempted Hike To Meacham Falls - Part 1We've been to a waterfall on the St. Regis River several times, but I read about another waterfall, just several miles upstream, near the outlet of Meacham Lake. So one day I drove there, pulled onto a gravel lane, parked and let the dogs out:<br />
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It was a lovely woodland and the dogs were excited:<br />
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Fergus and Jack found a Hobblebush with bright red berries:<br />
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Alas, we'd only gone a short distance when we came to a closed gate and many "Private Property, No Trespassing" signs. I searched for a legal trail but found none:<br />
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So we enjoyed retracing our steps as we returned to the car:<br />
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Another Hobblebush, this one with no berries but bright red leaves:<br />
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I drove across the highway to a parking area on State Park land, right at the outlet of Meacham Lake. It was beautiful:<br />
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I'd hoped to find a legal trail to the waterfall from there, but there was none. But there was no sense wasting such a wonderful place, so the dogs went into the water and played:<br />
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I pointed my camera up Meacham Lake. The sun blurred the shot, but the surrounding mountains framed the water:<br />
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Autumn ferns added color:<br />
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I decided to find a trail which would take us along the shore of Meacham Lake, so the dogs and I set out to explore. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-2868355294235458852019-09-30T01:00:00.000-04:002019-09-30T01:00:04.374-04:00This Post Is For The BirdsThis post is about the birds - but not all birds, just the fantail pigeons and bantam hens. I'll begin with the pigeons. They have been prolific this year and, in spite of some deaths from old age, have increased in number to 43:<br />
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They began to look unhealthy, so I put anti-bacterial medication in their water for a week. It seemed to help a lot:<br />
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Then I cleaned their room, a job I do not look forward to. I now plan to attempt to sell about half of them, but haven't done so yet. Stay tuned:<br />
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The little hens seemed as healthy as could be, so they never got medication:<br />
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Their egg laying went down to an average of one per day (for the whole flock):<br />
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But they were healthy and happy, despite not being allowed to go outside:<br />
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But on the day I cleaned the pigeon and chicken rooms, I did let them outside. They seemed ridiculously happy, running and chasing bugs, rolling onto their sides to bask in the sun, strutting and clucking:<br />
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Alas, three of them began fighting like roosters. It didn't last, though, and hens don't have spurs like roosters, so I wasn't concerned (although I did break it up). They were soon friends again:<br />
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The little Easter Egger bantams went one way:<br />
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And ventured too close to the dog fence, where Seamus watched them and dreamed of chicken dinners:<br />
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And the Barred Rock bantams went off on their own:<br />
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When the cleaning was all done, I went out to bring the hens back inside and found feathers. I began to panic, thinking a fox had gotten another hen, but when I used a leaf rake to herd them all back inside, I learned that they were all there and in fine shape. I may let them out occasionally now that autumn is here:<br />
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There were a few white flowered plants, but I feared they'd drop their seed and increase in number, so I cut off any remaining white flower stalks, leaving the fancier colors, which I prefer:<br />
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The fantail pigeons have finished nesting and all the babies but one appeared to be on their own, no longer requiring their parents to feed them:<br />
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Alas, they began to look kind of shopworn and unhealthy, so I put medication into their water:<br />
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The little hens still look plenty healthy, so I haven't given them any medication:<br />
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Their egg laying has dropped to about one small egg per day. Soon it will be no eggs at all:<br />
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Many flowers are still blooming, so I brought three more vases of them to church. This one included Frans Hals Daylilies, Tree Hydrangea and some of the very smallest sunflowers:<br />
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Green sepals from former Rose Mallows, purple (wild) New England Asters, pink Rose Mallows, Tree Hydrangea and two colors of roses (magenta and orange):<br />
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All sunflowers, various sizes and colors:<br />
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Far less attractive was the barn floor, soaked with horse urine and manure. I was able to scoop up most of it with the tractor, but had to fork it into the bucket as I got toward the end:<br />
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A giant puffball appeared beneath the bottom wire of the electric fence alongside the gravel road. It grew rapidly. Last time one grew there, the Amish woman from down the road asked for it (many people love to eat them) but so far this year she hasn't asked. I don't find them edible at all. They look like Styrofoam and I found them to be just about as tasty as Styrofoam:<br />
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We've had a lot of Monarch butterflies this year. They are flying everywhere but don't generally hold still long enough for me to get a photo. This one landed on the Frans Hals Daylilies, and held still just long enough for me to get a picture:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-40285671034381817342019-09-27T01:00:00.000-04:002019-09-27T01:00:02.874-04:00Wetlands And Wildflowers - Part 3The dogs and I had walked eastward on the Rutland Trail (see also previous two posts), but had turned back toward our parked car:<br />
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I was amazed at the spectacular display of New England Asters:<br />
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And the dogs were by this point walking calmly with me instead of running ahead:<br />
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They always seemed to aim for the puddles, though:<br />
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Clover, ever the little adventurer, pushed back through the brush towards a wetland area. Then she decided against it and watched me to see if we were continuing on. We were, so she came with us:<br />
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The Snowy Egret was right were we'd left it, but the angry Canada Goose had left in a huff:<br />
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And on we walked, passing by Asters, Goldenrod and Roughleaf Dogwood on our way:<br />
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I try to stop the dogs from drinking out of puddles, but sometimes they do so anyway:<br />
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More New England Asters:<br />
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And tired, muddy dogs:<br />
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Evening Primrose in bloom:<br />
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A stop to smell something interesting:<br />
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And then onward through the autumn color:<br />
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With the end of the trail getting close, the dogs picked up their speed:<br />
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They'd had a grand time but were now anxious to get back to the car and rest:<br />
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I took one last photo of the pond, a fitting example of the autumnal beauty all around us:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-15026979991475343272019-09-26T01:00:00.000-04:002019-09-26T01:00:03.423-04:00Wetlands And Wildflowers - Part 2The dogs and I were walking the Rutland Nature Trail eastward, through abundant wetlands (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). The trail was lined with New England Asters in bloom:<br />
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And the dogs were ecstatic and muddy. The black cinders which once held up the railroad ties covered the dogs and got into my shoes and leg braces:<br />
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At the other side of a pond were a Snowy Egret and Canada Goose. The Egret ignored me but the Goose honked angrily, upset that I'd invaded its territory:<br />
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Most of the red which you see on the sides of the trail was from Roughleaf Dogwood bushes:<br />
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And here is a closeup of Roughleaf Dogwood and its berries:<br />
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Seamus gave me his biggest smile:<br />
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I was happy to see one Fringed Gentian, but I began to see more of them, then hundreds of them. They were great beauties:<br />
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And the dogs got increasingly covered with black, gritty mud:<br />
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Little Jack ran to and fro, always with a great smile:<br />
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More Fringed Gentians:<br />
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My shoes and leg braces had become so gritty that walking was painful and I saw nowhere to sit and clean them. So we turned around and began heading back towards our parked car:<br />
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I thought I recognized this sapling with the red leaves, so I looked it up when I got home. I decided it was a Black Tupelo, another species I've seen in pictures but never before in real life:<br />
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The dogs had finally tired themselves out and walked with me nicely. I didn't have to keep calling them back:<br />
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We passed by some channels along the trail:<br />
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The walk back was peaceful and calm:<br />
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Milkweed pods were getting ripe but not yet ready to burst and scatter their seeds. I'll post Part 3 tomorrow:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-55664219349922197642019-09-25T01:00:00.000-04:002019-09-25T01:00:02.421-04:00Wetlands And Wildflowers - Part 1The Rutland Nature Trail is only five miles from home, so I go there often. I recently took the dogs on the eastbound portion, a former railroad bed, which led us through wetlands:<br />
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The dogs were as excited as ever, maybe more so:<br />
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Most of the Goldenrod by my house was finished blooming, but there was a lot of it along this trail:<br />
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And New England Asters, as you see on the left here, were also abundant:<br />
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Small White Asters (that's the official common name, not just a description) were also abundant, though less strikingly beautiful:<br />
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And the dogs ran up ahead, then back when I yelled at them:<br />
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I had recently decided that what I had by my house were New York Asters, not New England Asters. I thought they were variants of the same species but learned that they are different species altogether. Then I decided I had New York Asters and changed all the descriptions in my plant photo files. Sadly, I didn't check my field guide carefully first. When I finally did, I discovered that those by my house were New England Asters. These along the trail - well, I'm not sure and the photos don't reveal enough detail:<br />
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But the dogs don't care about such things. They just enjoy getting outdoors and running:<br />
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I've never seen a Fringed Gentian except in pictures, but I found one along the trail and it was as beautiful as the pictures had made them seem. Why is no one producing a cultivated variety for flower gardens? I checked online and found several companies selling seeds for these beauties:<br />
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Virginia Creeper was turning bright red:<br />
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As we came to the wetlands, Jack went in for a long drink of cool water:<br />
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And I looked out over the brush to the opposite shore:<br />
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But thick brush mostly prevented us from going too close to the water, so we kept moving eastward along the trail. Autumn colors were already in evidence:<br />
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Happy dogs, running free:<br />
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I had to look past Small White Asters and Joe-Pye-Weed to see the next pond:<br />
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Jack led the way as we continued our eastbound journey. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:<br />
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<br />Bill and dogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17696083548101466584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262794099775804735.post-54179349542577159772019-09-23T01:00:00.000-04:002019-09-23T01:00:06.832-04:00The Little Horsey GuysBlue and Remy have quit their rebellious ways and become perfect (well, almost perfect) gentlemen:<br />
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They seem to have decided that their new lives of corral by day, barn by night, are good things:<br />
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They do look longingly out at the pasture sometimes, but they'll get their chance as soon as the grass stops growing:<br />
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The Box Elder tree is covered with poisonous seeds, so as soon as they drop, I'll have to keep the horses inside the barn until I get them all raked up:<br />
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Keeping the boys supplied with good hay is part of my defense against them eating Box Elder seeds. They'll be less tempted if they're not hungry:<br />
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Remy goes out first in the mornings and gets tied to the tree while I bring Blue out:<br />
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Then I return to the barn, turn on the electric fence and grab a big armload of hay for their breakfast:<br />
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When it's hot and not rainy, the boys get covered with fly spray twice each day, morning and night:<br />
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I use a sponge to wipe it on their head and ears, then spray the rest of their body. In the evenings, I scrape off any bot fly eggs which have appeared on their legs or sides during the day. Using fly spray in the morning helps reduce the bot fly eggs a lot:<br />
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Always the trouble maker, Remy often tries to nip Blue while he's tied up for his fly spray:<br />
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It's been a good summer for the horsey boys, and soon they'll have six months of freedom in the south pasture:<br />
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