Turkey Vultures on Thanksgiving Weekend in the backyard.
The crows and the Turkey Vultures eat what we put in the backyard , but hardly ever at the same time. The turkey Vultures are bigger and always push the smaller crows out. But the crows make a lot of noise… and all different kinds.
https://youtu.be/Gcvi8soVRhc
XO,
Scarlett
This is a short silent video Grandpa took with Birds and long beaks in the backyard looking for food.
https://youtu.be/vIZVzlZVACA
I do not know what kind of birds these are, or why some are pretty white and others are kinda gray. They move fast and poke at the ground looking for something… maybe bugs? They do not stick around too long if they see people though. The crows and the buzzards are a little friendlier.
XO,
Scarlett
Scarlett and Grandpa built a few houses from ice cream sticks we bought at dollar store a while back and Scarlett wanted to build one on her own.
https://youtu.be/jm8u6TDD0nE
So, Grandpa showed me how to do the glue gun and I was able to start to build the floors and the walls myself. Of course Gammie thinks there’s something illegal about Grandpa allowing me to do this. I was careful and everything worked out OK so far.
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Scarlett
Scarlett recaps the fish event … while Grandpa wanted to catch her singing.
https://youtu.be/KFbwYlr3A8A
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Scarlett
Scarlett buried Jack the fish for Auntie Sam
Auntie Sam had a Siamese fighting fish whose name is or was Jack.
Jack was in the bottom corner of the fish tank when I came to visit… and he was not moving. Grandpa figured he should video the whole burial thing so no one would charge him with some kind of crime. Grandma said she saw Jack in the same spot earier this morning and thought he was sleeping.
We decided to do a land burial in the front of the house in the flowers so Jack could be remembered forever and help the flowers grow.
By some coincidence, or maybe the angels were sad it rained a lot all of a sudden and then stopped when we were done. Nice.
https://youtu.be/gaerg7MiZ2s
XO,
Scarlett
Abby finds a moth inside the house and just could not reach it.
If you see a piece of paper taped to the wall, that was mine when I was littler. Grandpa let me tape them all over the place… and he leaves them up to remind him of me when I am not there.
https://youtu.be/Glf7ydkoEYA
XO,
Scarlett
Scarlett and Auntie Sam go Trick or Treating
Dressed as a witch (Hillary Clinton), Scarlett goes trick or treating with Auntie Sam and Dominique somewhere there are people and kids. No one goes “begging” in Grandpa’s neighborhood… which is OK for Scarlett as there’s even more candy for her. “Yes” Grandpa wrote this post.. I am a little too young (Still 6) to understand the Hillary Clinton thing.
https://youtu.be/hYI48mk_0mo
XO,
Scarlett
Scarlett, her Dad, Auntie Sam and Josh get a chance to carve pumpkins together. Dad helped Scarlett and then Josh and Auntie Sam got a chance to carve out their half of the pumpkin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7zKwA1KeNs
XO,
Scarlett
Scarlett gets a chance to carve Youmongus Pumpkins with her Dad, Auntie Sam and Josh. Oh and we made cupcakes with Grandpa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rj_G_aDCrw
XO,
Scarlett
The last tadpole that became a frog was released on October 26th 2017. I lost count after there were 125+ released. Yes, One hundred twenty five…. and probably a few more.
You can see the remnants of the tail as he was “just” about a fully formed frog. The little frog stayed there for a few minutes and was warming up (it was cool this morning)… and then I watched him hop away.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxcyU5QDXVo
XO,
Scarlett
