Building Rabbit Houses, Making Stoup, Spying Blue

Neddy and I have been busy adding to /creating more rabbit houses scattered around our 10 acres. This is a fun activity in the fresh air and younger grandson joined me a few times last fall to help out.  He was eager to apply more design elements, LOL.

It will be fun to check on them after the snow falls to see if there are any tracks. 

With unusually warm temperatures this fall the chipmunks have been around a little longer but will soon be heading underground for the winter. 

It is especially fun to see them in spring when they race about with obvious excitement at being topside. They are a gentle kind of creature as far as I can tell. Feed quietly alongside the other critters and I've never seen any aggression from them. I've spied them far from the house twice, both emerging from old moss covered rock piles and I made sure to sprinkle extra peanuts there.

The blue jays squawking alerted me to the presence of a barred owl twice this week. I feel doubly lucky.

Sometimes I find a blue feather and keep it. Blue is such an unusual colour to find on the forest floor here in Ontario.

Neddy is growing; he is almost 70 pounds now. What a good dog he has been for us old folks. So quick to learn the necessary commands and especially lovable with us. 

 I made a pot of stoup...too thick to be soup and too thin to be stew.  I love to add whatever vegetables I have on hand; in this case cabbage, broccoli, carrots along with chick peas and a handful of pasta.  I added a container of chicken broth and a can of tomatoes too.  With grilled cheese sandwiches, it made a good supper for us with leftovers for lunch the next day. 

Has that happened to you?  You start out making soup and wind up with stoup?  

I hope your Sunday is going great!

So happy to share this post with Viewing Nature With Eileen, Our World Tuesday, Paying Ready Attention, My Corner of the World and I'd Rather B' Birdin".