Merry Christmas

1977 Guitar

I bought this guitar in 1977. At the time I was a surveyor with the MTC. We lived on the road most weeks, so I brought my guitar on the road and in the evenings I taught myself to play. This photo is from my room at the Hotel Beausejour in Noelville, ON.

license plate

'Nuff said

shadows

Black Snake Root plant shadows on a tarp.

Happy Thanksgiving

Great colours at the top of our driveway on the one sunny day this Thanksgiving weekend.

Quidi Vidi

Quidi Vidi is a small fishing village outside St. John's, Newfoundland. It is the oldest fishing village in North America. It is a very cool, picturesque place.

Terry Fox, St. John's Newfoundland, Mile 0

This is the starting point of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope where he dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's as he started his run across Canada to raise money and awareness for Cancer.

BEach Fire

We had a great bonfire last night, the conditions were perfect, and we got a great fireworks show from across the lake to boot.

Monarch

So far we have one Monarch caterpillar on our milkweed patch.

Canada Day

Happy 152 Canada!

Dick's

Dick has a bit of a sense of humour - posted for my buddy the Urban Cowboy, who "gets" signs.

Lake Nipissing

The sky was very dramatic last evening for the Armed Forces Day CF-18 demonstration - spectacular show!

Lilacs

Beautiful lilacs in full bloom near Merrickville, ON.

Old Homestead

This is all that's left from an old homestead near Merrickville and the Rideau River. This homestead is about 200 years old, and all that remains is some crumbled foundation under the grass, this pump and a number of fruit trees that were around the old farmhouse. Time marches on.

Spring Trees

We took the SS Shagwell on its first cruise of the season yesterday. It was a marvelous spring day on the water. The trees are all starting to show their own versions of green.

Duchesney Falls video

Roar, fast flowing creek.

Duchesney Falls

I went for a walk yesterday up the Duchesney Falls. Though, the flow is down from its highest, the water is still moving like crazy.

Red Squirrel

We've got lots of red squirrels, and they are quite entertaining.

Lavasse River

This is near the mouth of the Lavasse River where it empties into Lake Nipissing, where Champlain and the fur traders/voyageurs plied their trade hundreds of years ago. Not much voageuring going on today as the ice is still pretty thick.

April Fools

It's April Fools Day, and the joke is it's still winter!

Woodpecker holes

The pileated woodpecker was busy this winter on this hemlock tree. It looked and still looks healthy to me, holes notwithstanding.

Deer Meeting

The deer were holding a gathering in front of our place yesterday evening. There were 16 deer in the herd. They spent the night cavorting out there as the huge number of tracks suggest.

Cold Day on the Lake

The view down our lake to the east on Family Day.

And Still Waiting ...

11 days of the past 2 weeks with night time temperatures of -30C or lower. I can't wait for the end of the winter!

More Waiting

This pretty much sums up the winter. It will be a while before we are canoeing on the lake.

Waiting

Waiting patiently for summer.

Ice Candles

Started making 2019 ice candles this week, 4 good ones and 2 soso that 1/2 broke as I was chiseling them.

Winter on Viceroy

This photo is from a few years ago, but it's pretty much how it looks today - lots of snow and -25C.