August Days on the meadow

 Haying!  Well and swiftly done.

  We have about 25 acres of hay on our 48 acre homestead.

  

Here the bales are being loaded up into the pit (high and dry) ... 40 ton this year.  The bulk of it will be fed to our neighbors cows through the winter. 

The best part of haying is always the day we can say ... "It's done!"

 And ...

The last of our youngun's are getting ready to be on their way.

 

The Evening Grosbeaks and Swallows and a family of Red Winged blackbirds are tending their young and teaching them the ropes. We'll miss them and always look forward to their return.

 

It's been a busy and productive month.  We dealt with some seriously smokey days from nearby wildfires and some beautiful late summer weather too, which came just when we needed it to get the haying done.  

Now we see Fall tiptoeing about with her paintbrush and watercolours. 

...and Life is Good.

Asters and feathers and summer skies

Its the 28th of July and the evenings are cool.  
The skies have been cloudy dropping rain here and there.  Perfect summer weather.

Asters everywhere

We've been enjoying an abundance of wildlife on the meadow lately.

A pair of Great Blue Herons.  This is the female who posed so nicely for us the other night.

 

Buckie the Beaver is behaving herself ... it is a constant dance to ensure that our 'local' beavers don't strip our land of the beautiful aspens whilst still allowing them to do what beavers do ... We have struck what I think is an amazing balance.  

A quintessential summer scene

 Baby barn swallow sunning his fluff at the kitchen window

and a female gray haired human 

Smiling.

Thanks for dropping by!

This weeks surprise!

 

Announcing a brand new meadow inhabitant. We haven’t seen marmots out here before!!  Pretty pleased to see this little guy and hope he makes it!  He sure has found himself fine accommodations; under our newly renamed cabin:  Marmot House!

 

Marmot on the meadow ~ yeah!