Look At Me

I'm pretty tired of new monster houses on our lake that shout out LOOK AT ME.  This one is located at the end of West Peninsula Road. To build it, the old house that was on the property had to taken down. It was my understanding a new structure had to be on the same footprint as the original house, and its size was limited to a percentage larger than the original house's size. Well this new house is not on the footprint of the original house (it is on the lot though). And you could probably fit 3 of the old house in this one. Another example of money talks, and how money greases the rules. Further, I bet the occupants of this monster are only 2 people.

Hay there

Hay bales are popping up all over Chisholm Township.

Horses

Chisholm Township horses on Sunday morning.

Sagging barn

This old barn is starting to succumb to its age, not unlike a lot of us.

Avon River

Once the Avon River in Stratford winds its way down from the east past the country club, past the Festival Theatre and downtown and then past Avondale Cemetery, it turns into quite a shallow, murky, mundane creek.

Full Moon August 7, 2017

The full moon over Trout Lake last night from our dock.

Cardinal TV Series

The TV series Cardinal Season 2 has been filming at various locations in and around North Bay all summer. Here they have changed the name of the Portage Hotel to the World Tavern and gussied up the outside as well.

Trout Lake Evening

This photo is pretty typical of the evenings we've had this summer on Trout Lake. There haven't been any really hot humid days like last year, much to our chagrin.

Sturgeon Lake

We spent the weekend at Sturgeon Lake and went on boat rides to Fenelon Falls and Bobcaygeon. Great times were had by one and all!

Flying Fortress

A WWII B-17G Flying Fortress is visiting North Bay this week, pretty awesome!

Happy Canada Day!

Happy 150 Canada!

Upper French River

This past week we spent a few days canoeing and fishing on 5 Mile Bay near Horse Island on the upper French River.  The fishing was great, but the catching was less so.

BIGWIN

The Bigwin, in Dorset on the Lake of Bays, looks ready for the summer season.

Open Doors, Toronto, May 27, 2017

Saturday was "Open Doors" in Toronto.  I'm pretty sure this open door in the photo wasn't what they meant.

Sunset, Trout Lake

Not a glorious Trout Lake sunset, but pretty nice all the same.

Is that summer around the corner?

Very nice on the lake this evening, warm, slight breeze, next to no bugs ...

Dock In, Flag Up

I finished putting the dock in yesterday.  After this photo was taken, my pal Gerry and I put out the last section of dock.  Now it's time to ready the Fortuitous for her launch, after the next few days of rain.

Lake Nipissing

This is a Photoshop "stitched" panorama photo of 6 photos I took yesterday afternoon at Lake Nipissing's waterfront,, looking west, on Memorial Drive, North Bay.  The horizon looks accurate, but the shoreline is a bit bowed because of the "stitching."  Due to the East wind, the ice has been blown across the lake, but it should be ice free by now or will be relatively soon.

Ice Melting

Slowly, slowly the ice is melting.

Clouds

Interesting cloud formations rolling across the lake the other day.