October at River Song

Beau and Ginger are back for their 3rd year of greeting folks on Yachats River Road.

 

I got expert help in reskinning the greenhouse.  The two layers of 8 mil plastic weighed about 125 pounds, making pulling them up and over the framing awkward and tricky. 

Roy proudly poses in front of the "double bubble".  A fan fills the space between the two layers with air where they go over the top. You can see how the top is somewhat inflated, adding further insulation.  Wiggle wire holds the plastic in the channels that run along the sides and ends. 

We're easily finding all the chanterelle mushrooms we want this fall, unlike last year.

I don't know that I've ever seen a mushroom like this one.  It looks kind of like a broken egg.

Gourds anyone?  I planted one little "miniature gourd" seed in the greenhouse, and the resulting vine went from one end of the greenhouse to the other, up the walls, and over my tomato plant.  I'm not sure what we'll do with them.

A nutria exploring the yard during daylight, and pretty far from water.

A bobcat coming up the trail from our big spruce gets suspicious of the camera.  

In front of the camera is a scat that could be a cougar scat.  It was solid fur with a few bone fragments, 1.25 inches in diameter, segmented, and in a loose pile stretching about 10 inches.  It was much bigger than the bobcat scat we commonly find.  I placed the camera in this location in the chance that the mystery animal might come by again.

Cougar scat?

In Memoriam

On Friday, October 11, we lost one of the pack.  Yummy Delicious was diagnosed with cancer several months ago.  She continued on with her affectionate spirit and valiant efforts to be normal, but when she became uncomfortable, we made the decision to alleviate her suffering.

Fifteen years ago, Gail rescued Yummy as a kitten from an apartment rooftop.  We will miss how she used to follow us around on the trails of River Song, sit in our laps drooling instead of purring, and generally just being a good, undemanding cat.

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