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New deck built

This week we built a new deck outside (that is the royal we!) Now we have got rid of the eyesore of the pool we have a much better view of the back garden and the woodland behind it. It will be lovely to be able to sit outside and watch the wildlife.

Talking of wildlife we have see a couple of new bird species this week and many more chipmunks that keep chasing each other around the garden. They are also using the new deck to bury their nuts under!

Last night hubby was woken at 2.30am by something outside the bedroom window. He said it sounded like a cow pulling up the grass and then chewing on it. We can only assume it was a deer. We have seen them in the vicinity, but never on our land.

We are really sad and have a scope set up in the living room looking out of our picture window where we gaze for hours at the birds etc. We are now going to be even sadder as we have ordered a scope that has a camera incorporated in it. We often wish we could take a photo of what we see through the scope, now we will be able to.
I have added a photo of a fox we caught strolling across the garden last week. It looked a right sorry state, but guess it was a young animal. Apparently they can roam for hundreds of km in search of new territory.

Second power outage

Got up Sunday morning and it was pouring of rain. We were going to continue to dismantle the deck that went around the pool, but couldn’t so decided to go into Kingston for a few bits we needed.

At around 9am, suddenly all the power went off with no warning. It was strange because there were no storms or lightening etc, just a bit of rain.

We waited for a hour or so to see if it came back on but nothing, so we went out.

When we got back from Kingston at around 3pm we had power back. No idea what happened there. Oh well, been in the house 6 weeks and have had our second outage!

Last night I was in bed reading at about 11.15 when I heard some scuffling outside. Hubby and I put the outside lights on and saw a coon on our upper deck helping himself to the bird feeder we have on there. He was completely flat out on his belly lying on the deck, he looked very funny. We have taken to bringing in the feeders overnight, but forgot this one – we won’t do that again. We shooed him away and took the feeder in. These little devils don’t miss a trick