Realism - more than Patriotism

[michaelmaltby]

Clean-up required:

 

[michaelmaltby]

Yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving

I did a small turkey (12 lbs) with corn bread stuffing and suitable 'sides' Sunday night when Leks got home from the Garden Centre and yesterday we ran up and back to Meander ... got the dock stored for winter, the gas pump by the river stowed in the basement and leaves and pine needles raked and burnt.

Head Lake, just north east of the Alvar on the drive home - 3:30 PM

 

[fubar57]

You're living a lot of men's dreams Mr. Maltby. Once again, some very nice photos.

Geo

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Turkey looks good.

Damn I can't wait until our Thanksgiving next month.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Rainy Sunday .... (from -2 to +20 in 24 hours ... Gulf Air ... )

Off The Shield. On to the Alvar. Old is about 150 years around here. Esker on the south side of the Alvar - Ice Age river bottom. Pumpkin patch. Leks. From May till November I buy my produce here. Hay bail art - for the Deere.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Beaver slide off the east deck .....

I noticed skid marks in the wet grass last weekend and more on Thursday's visit - they work at night and love it when there's steady rain to keep everything "slippy" .... they cutting and drawing 3" - 4" poplar from Willy's lower meadow just across the RR cut from me. Unlike the beavers up on the ridge by Willy's cabin that have created a series of inter-connected ponds, the beaver colonies on my land are "bank" beavers and they have been a constant since we first visited the land (1981) and swam - and realized we were swimming with the kits. Unfortunately they aren't the most photogenic critters - and noctural for their out-of-water activities.

Willy's carving is more or less lifesized

 

[Matt308]

 

[michaelmaltby]

Fresh beaver work - and Milkweed

+20 on Thursday - almost a full moon, too.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Day Trip, after nine days of rain ....

Trail to Willy's. Carvings completed. November sky, 3:30PM

 

[michaelmaltby]

A Day for remembrance ...

The wind giveth and the wind taketh away. The beaver - like nature - is relentless and with us always - in all weather and all seasons, and beavers think big... . And for every season there is a purpose under heaven ... turn, turn, turn.

 

[Readie]

Fantastic photos Michael.
We are pleased that you Colonials have made the most of the opportunities we gave you....
Cheers
John

 

[michaelmaltby]

Thank you, John. Welcome back to the hive ....

MM
Wild Colonial Boy

 

[michaelmaltby]

Nasty hang up at the Big Beaver Pond

Always the unexpected .... This ... becomes ... That ... with help from Willy and Dieter ... 3 inches of topsoil on 35 feet of glacial inorganic spoil - ie sand - doesn't make for great roots on some of the conifers,

MM

 

[Matt308]

Time for Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson to have a serious talk with Mr. Beaver and his family methinks.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Officially - beavers can only be trapped. It's the wind that is always the "surprise" -- especially at this time of year when the tops of evergreens can get coated with freezing rain ....

My bank beavers endanger nothing ... but ... when the pond beavers endanger the Cottage Association-maintained roadway in from the Highway [4 kms worth] .... sometimes Mr. Lee and Mr. Enfield come a calling. Not me, but it get done by the hunter V-P.

MM

 

[Readie]

officially - beavers can only be trapped. It's the wind that is always the "surprise" -- especially at this time of year when the tops of evergreens can get coated with freezing rain ....

MM

Did Hurricane Sandy hit your area Michael ?
It looked awful on TV here.
Cheers
John

 

[michaelmaltby]

Thanks for asking, John. We received massive amounts of rain and high winds but nothing ... nothing .... like what our amigos south of the border and along the seaboard received.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/off-topic-misc/new-jersey-takes-left-hook-34547-4.html#post950539

MM

 

[michaelmaltby]

First Skiffle of Snow Overnight ... and California Mercury:



For my friend Lucky who loves "American Iron". There's a story to this monument to America's love for big motors ...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URm7Ze9a56o

 

[GrauGeist]

Lord those things were monsters...we used to hunt for those in the wrecking yards to scrounge the engines for street-rod projects, back in the day

 

[michaelmaltby]

A Change in the weather

... minus 14 to plus 9 ... in 36 hours ... in the Halliburton Highlands.

Rain squalls moving in across Toronto. Moody river. Moody land. Remember to buy eggs.