Wednesday Wanderings. #7 Friday Edition.

Hi everyone! Yes, I’m back with another Wednesday Wanderings, even though it’s Friday. It’s only a couple days late, not too bad. The weather has been wonderful this week, sunny and very warm for this time of the year, although today it has turned cooler, but still sunny. Most of our summer birds have headed south now, but there are still some that remain.

We still have the crows around, and eagles, plus Ring-billed Gulls, a few tiny Yellow-rumped Warblers, those are the last of our summer warblers to leave us each year. The Canada Geese are still here and I saw a Belted Kingfisher this morning, but once again I was unable to get a picture of it. Every year I see them and every year I miss getting their picture.

Wild Raspberry leaves beginning to dress up for fall.

There are a few robins still around, very few, though I don’t think the northern robins have moved into the area yet as they head south. I heard a Common Loon a couple days ago, which was nice. It’s actually a bit late for them to still be around. Then we still have our year round feathered friends and ones that I have seen or heard this week include, Pine Siskin, Downy Woodpecker, Starling, Evening Grosbeak and ravens.

My friend and I were out driving around town this morning and I was taking pictures of this and that before snow begins to cover the ground. Fall is such a beautiful time of year, but also a bit sad too. At least the last part of fall once all the leaves have fallen to the ground, the trees are then bare branches and that’s when cloudy days begin to be the most common and things look more bleak and empty.

Here are more of them.

That’s the sad part of fall, just before winter arrives and the cold weather settles in for another 6 months. Some people enjoy winter, I did at one time too. But now, all that snow, ice and cold just means sitting inside for 6 months. Not thrilling. It can look beautiful though.

So does summer. And in summer you can go outside and enjoy that beauty, without freezing. Which to me is a big plus. But that’s just my thoughts. We actually had a bit of frost last night which surprised me because it was not in the forecast. But that north wind yesterday definitely dropped those temperatures.

Another lake photo from our most recent trip along the highway.

Muffin is enjoying her patch of sunshine in the window. She has been enjoying the fact that the sun is now lower in the sky, so it shines further into the living room now. So she can follow the sun across the living room floor, something she thoroughly enjoys.

I was up early again this morning, got up at 3:18, and I was down doing laundry at 3:55. And someone was already ahead of me doing his laundry. Some people in this building get up early. Others stay up late, just getting to bed while us early birds are just getting up. Well, I think it’s time for a nap. I hope you all have a great weekend and God bless!

Steve and Muffin. ©2025 Steve McLeod.