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.

CF-104s

Here's an oldie --> CF-104s of 439 Tiger Reconnaissance Squadron at CFB Lahr, Germany, 1970

Viceroy Cottage

Most of the buildings on Trout Lake are year round houses.  This cottage on our road, Viceroy Road, is one of the few seasonal cottages around.

Flask

Now this is a badass flask, 128 oz.

Recording Studio

I was at Andy McClelland's recording studio on Wednesday night laying down a vocal track on a Bluegrass version of my song Dark Side of Dusk.  Steve Morin was also there doing the same for his song 1 Shot Joe.  This is a photo of Andy and Steve in the "captain's chair" listening to a playback of 1 Shot Joe - great fun!

West

Looking west along the CP Rail from North Bay.

Miller Block

The Miller Block apartment building, built in the 1920s, at the corner of Sherbroke and First in North Bay.

Lahr Reunion Team and Hooters 2017

The Lahr Reunion Team and Hooters were in lovely Kemptville this past weekend for the 21st time to participate in the Kemptville Hockey Tournament.  This year we were entered in the Ultra Classic Division which meant we're getting seriously old to play hockey.  As usual, an excellent time was had by all.

Ice Dams

A lot of older homes have ice dam buildups on their roofs at this time of year.  It's a pretty good indication of where there is a lack of insulation.  If one were thinking of buying an older home, it may be a good idea to do a preliminary look at houses at this time of year and note the ones with ice dam problems.

Beer

Here are a few samples of the beer on the shelves from the previous post.

Beer Collectiom

Tony has over 4,000 full unopened bottles of Canadian beer in his collection.  His basement is full.  The oldest bottle is an 80 year old Molson Export.

Fake Believe Land

Check this video out of a song I made up and recorded last week - a bit of a jab at the south of the border politics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm3sLNIxlHs&t=3s

Guitars

Here are a few of the instruments at the studio I was in earlier this week.

Lake Nipissing Sunset Feb.3, 2017

Here is the sunset over Lake Nipissing yesterday afternoon.  It's really nice to see the sun in the sky longer and to see it set closer to the west (the right) each day.

Old Bridge Grafftti

Noticed this graffiti on the old bridge over Chippewa Creek near Lake Nipissing waterfront on the weekend during our stroll, amble, saunter walkabout.

Lake Nipissing

Some ice shacks visible on Lake Nipissing through the mist.

2017

Here's a view of Trout Lake on Jan.1, 2017

Happy New Year!

Sunset

Late fall sunset over the entrance to One Mile Bay on Trout Lake.

Hello

Old phone booth, minus glass, on the main business street of Merrickville, ON, in front of the Goose and Gridiron.

'47 Dodge

'47 Dodge, sitting the long wait for a "tune up."

'47 Dodge

This is the front "logo" of a 1947 Dodge.

Fluid Drive

Fluid Drive on the rear bumper of a '47 Dodge, as seen just outside Merrickville.

Mid-November Cloud Reflections

It's a beauty day today, so I went for a paddle along the lake shore. It was quite warm and very still, and I even heard a few late-leaving loons calling.

It's Closing Time

Leonard Cohen 1934-2016  RIP


It's Closing Time


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP7pN_3_JQI&sns=fb

Fungi

I'm not sure what type of mushrooms these are, but they look interesting.

Leaf Litter

Nothing like freshly fallen leaves on the trails.

Fall Colours

I took this looking east down Four Mile Bay of Trout Lake last week after I took the Fortuitous out of the water for the season.

Poonamalie

It was a misty morning at the Poonamalie Lock on the Rideau River.

Rideau River Panorama

This is a panorama photo of the Rideau River looking downstream a few kilometers from Smiths Falls.

Rideau Canal

This is the part of the Rideau Canal that leads upriver to the Poonamalie Lock at the beginning of Rideau Lake.  We spent 4 days cruising the system from Merrickville up to the end of Big Rideau Lake and back - Fabulous excursion!