An Excuse for a Post

January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

Ever since an OS upgrade some months ago, I have had all sorts of issues with my phone’s autocorrect. It would change things that didn’t need to be changed, not change things that should have, insert the strangest alternative words to replace words that were fine…after I hit “post”, and capitalize words all over the place, instead of just at the start of the sentence.

I have just downloaded and installed the Grammarly Keyboard, and this is my first use of it.

So far, so good. It is checking my typos and seems quite intuitive.

So, to give a reason for this test post (oh! It just did a great job dealing with an accidental word mash up!), I will share this photo.

I have put a new metal ring on my phone for the lens magnet, and this one is holding. I experimented with macro shots first, then tested the telephoto. Everything held fine.

I’m not sure I like the telephoto lens much. It really doesn’t seem to be any better than my camera zoom. Even modestly low light seems to throw it.

I will have to test the 2 fisheye lenses next.

The Re-Farmer

Four!!

January 12, 2018 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

I knew it was a matter of time before the rest showed up!

Our Lady came back with company today.

This deer was at the far end of the garden, and never came any closer. It is most likely a buck.

We could see the fourth one (pictured above) digging in the snow for forage, beyond the wood pile in the garden, before it moved along the line of shrubs to nibble on some branches. It kept close watch in all directions in the process.

She’s keeping a close eye on me through the window! (You can see part of the window frame on the left, where you can also see a tiny bit of the fourth deer in the top corner.)

These are most likely her twins from last spring.

Mama kept a close eye on us in the window, but she seems to be starting to get used to us being there. As long as we don’t move too quickly, she stays. Of course, deer are skittish and it doesn’t take much to send them running, but she was quicker to come back, and her dash away is not quite as abrupt as it was when she first started to visit.

And to think that was just a few days ago!

This Morning’s Critter Visitors

January 10, 2018February 12, 2018 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

We are going to have to rethink how our living room is laid out again. A bit of adjusting to better suit my husband’s needs, and a bit more shifting around. Our big picture window is currently blocked off completely, and I’d like to open it up again.

Then promptly block it again. With a tripod. :-D

We had many chickadees, as usual, and a third squirrel has joined the two we usually see. Then we got this crowd.

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I have been able to find our copy of A Field Guide to the Birds of North America, and was able to identify them as chipping sparrows. [correction: these are redpolls, which were not in my book at all. We get chipping sparrows in the summer.]

Then our beautiful lady came to visit again. We first saw her going through the spruce grove some distance away, but she came back for a quick feed.

What a beauty!

We have a pair of blue jays that regularly visit – likely a mated pair. One of them hung out in the spruces for a while.

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I just love their colouring. They’ve always been one of my favourite birds.

We Got Deer!

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

It took a while – and perhaps it was found when we weren’t there to see – but today, a white tail deer finally showed up at the deer feed we’ve been leaving out.

What a beauty, too!