This photo is courtesy of my dad.
Beautiful bird! An adult and young bald eagle made a visit to my parent’s cottage on Wednesday. What a stunning sight that must have been, to see these majestic birds so close. My dad described that the wingspan of the adult eagle was close to 7 ft. — I doubted him, but according to this website, that’s entirely possible as the male wingspan can reach up to 85 in.
The cottage is in northern Ontario, on the shores of Lake George.
cobweb, originally uploaded by freeformkatia. I’ve been watching a very industrious spider all summer. This spider spins a beautiful cobweb outside our side kitchen window — and respins it each time it is damaged by weather or it’s prey.Yesterday we had some terrific rainy weather move through the area, and the cobweb really stood out in the dull grey evening light, with the raindrops clinging to it. I was afraid it would be damaged by the heavy rain, but in the end it seems the spider was smart, and built it in a protected area. [click on Flickr to see the rest of the pics]
One can see that our neighbour has some repairs to make on their house.
Saw this on the weather forecast:
“THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 756 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS … IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA: BUCKS CHESTER DELAWARE MONTGOMERY PHILADELPHIA“
great. just great.
What… what… what to write.
1. I made Apricot Chicken in the slow cooker overnight for tonight’s dinner. I opened the lid this morning when I came downstairs for breakfast and boy oh boy did it smell good. Now, I’m really looking forward to dinner.
This is my new tactic for having a relatively calm evening: make dinner the night before, so all I have to do is heat it up!
2. Maja slept in long enough this morning for me to eat some breakfast. yea!
3. I wish I had time in the evenings to relax. You’d think that after Maja goes to bed that I could sit and read/knit — but lunches need to be made, the kitchen needs to be tidied, laundry needs to be folded… By the time I’m done all that it’s 9:30! Then a quick shower and it’s off to bed.
4. Maja ate green beans last night. I had some in the fridge from the previous evening, already cooked. So, I sat on the floor with her while she was playing with her phonics bus in the kitchen, and started eating green beans. She joined in and chomped away on them! Then she fed a few to Emerson… Anyway, I was most happy that she was enthusiastic about the green beans. Tonight: peas!
5. I hate humidity. And it’s very humid out (86%). And the forecast has rain for the next 10 days. yahoo.
6. Really looking forward to Omi & Papa’s visit next week!
7. I want to knit this Sarcelle.
8. I love my new house.
9. I want bbq. Or apricot chicken. right now.
10. Maja had a good morning (except for the new stroller hatred she’s developed).
11. Maja’s new word of the week: Flower.
Sunday yard Aug 27
Originally uploaded by freeformkatia.
even earlier in the morning… after a good night’s rain.
twit, tweet, chirp, cheep
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