I mentioned in yesterday's post that we were expecting a new cold front.
This shot above was the only early morning sun that we saw for the whole day.
The rest of the day was covered with water, and we were thoroughly soaked by the rain on our walk to the church. I have to say that the rain fell intermittently and one had to be careful not to mistime the breaks in the rain. For instance, a break would arrive and one would go outside only to walk into a smattering of rainfall by a roving raincloud. Best is to keep an eye for the light grey sky with no darker clouds hanging around during a break in the rain.
Come with us for a quick drive, and in the second part of the post I will show you what was waiting for us when we arrived back home.
Three shots below of the drive in the rain.
Right, now let me show you some shots back at home.
A shot below of a Speckled Pigeon to show you how they handle the rain.
I am sure that the squirrels watch out for our car, as we had hardly arrived back when they scurried up to the study window to tell me that they want food. It is always like this, but on this day the other wildlife was nowhere to be seen. Not even a little bird, or a full complement of squirrels as only two young females arrived.
My wife places the peanuts next to the two water bowls so that they don't fight.
So, the one eats at the bowl at the bottom, and the other one grabs a nut at the top bowl and then jumps up on the wall to eat it.
Tail umbrella time, as a soft rain was falling.
This one was wetter than the other one.
Finally, here is a close-up of the wet one.
Then you just have to see when the squirrels have had enough to eat, and then they start to bury the remaining nuts on the sidewalks in the mud. Normally their faces are cloaked in mud, and they almost look like racoons. But they don't mind as when they have buried all of the nuts, they rinse their faces in the rain puddles next to the road. Then they sit preening themselves like the birds.
Autumn has decided to resign here, as the winter rains and cold have arrived instead. We are already down to a cold daytime maximum of 14C temperature, and in other areas in the country they have dropped to 8C. Some people walk around dressed like Eskimos, as the quick change from the high temperatures in Summer to these low temperatures is difficult to cope with. But we are all survivors.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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