Red

Red, orange, yellow - now all brown or gone.

Lane

This is a view up our lane from our house, but there are more leaves on the ground due to the winds.

Viceroy Autumn

The start, last week, of the fall colours on our road, Viceroy.

Four Mile Bay Evening

Here is an evening photo looking across Four Mile Bay of Trout Lake.

New Liskard

A view from a friend's farm near New Liskard, ON.

Sagging Barn

This old barn near Astorville has seen better days, but it still has some life left in it.

Normal School, Stratford, ON

Very cool seeing this in Stratford. Ours in North Bay has been incorporated into a modern government building.

St. Clair Bridge

This is the west side under the St. Claire bridge near Yonge street in Toronto.

Ravine

This is a steep ravine with creek flowing in downtown Toronto near the Mount Pleasant Cemetery and St. Clair.

Clouds

There was lots of drama in the air this past week due to the fires and smoke from Parry Sound 33. Here's a shot over Trout Lake on July 27 before the smoke started to invade us.

Trout Lake Chairs

Now here's the spot to be in our heat wave.

Canada Day

Happy 151 Canada!

Summer Sky

It's really summer, and the summer sky is reflecting promise.

French River

This is a view from the beginning of the French River looking at Lake Nipissing. Lake Nipissing is the next biggest lake in Ontario after the Great Lakes. Its average depth is around 20 feet; although, there are many deeper areas. The French River is quite deep in some of its main channels measuring up to 330 feet in places. After the last ice age an incredible amount of water flowed through this area.

Tree Pollen

There sure is an abundance of tree pollen in our area this summer. It looks pretty dramatic on the water as opposed to how much of a nuisance it is on everything else; it's able to do what mosquitoes and other bugs can't do - pass through screens.

Four Mile Bay Sunset

It was a beautiful evening on Four Mile Bay yesterday, and it was a great Whiskey night aboard the "Fun Ship."

Clouds

Cool cloud formation seen as we were driving home on Highway 11 on Sunday afternoon.

Four Mile Bay

The view down Four Mile Bay from Zenadu

Lake Nipissing May 9, 2018

This is a view of Lake Nipissing on May 9 with ice still on the lake. The lake was declared ice free yesterday May 16, 2018.

Red Pine

There was enough open water yesterday to take the canoe for a shoreline paddle. The wind was up, so it was much nicer in the sheltered bay.

Lake ice and Rain

Our lake is still far from being ice free.  Today's rainfall may help the melt.

Frozen Lake

The ice will be on Trout Lake for a while yet!

Slow Melt

There is still a lot of snow in the bush.

Humboldt Broncos

Very sad indeed

Women's World Curling Championships North Bay 2018

Had a great time this morning watching Korea-Italy, China-Japan, Scotland-Germany and Canada-Denmark at the Women's World Curling Championship here in North Bay.Very entertaining and well organized!

Northshore Road Ice

It's that time of year again - the higher sun starts melting the snow and ice on south exposed rock faces.

Easter Cactus

Our Christmas Cactus is blooming - it must be an Easter Cactus.

Lahr Reunion Team and Hooters #22 March 3, 2018

What a great crew!

1st Annual Shotski Festival

 We had our 1st Annual Shotski Festival on Saturday on Four Mile Bay of Trout Lake. Lots of curling, laughs and good times were had by all.

 Here the boys are right in to the winter vodka shotski - Skol!

Warm fire on the lake and lots of ice candles to light the way.

Ice Candles

The weather is perfect for making ice candles, so that's what I'm doing leading up to our first annual Shotski Festival on Trout Lake this coming Saturday. I'm hoping to have in excess of 25 of theses babies ready by then as well as a few Swedish candles.

Oblivion

I took this photo in the late 70s somewhere on the highway between Sturgeon Falls and Field. Note the moose head on the wall on the right and the Oblivion sign above the doorway. I wonder if it's still standing.

Trees

The moss on these trees on Sunny's and my bush trail is not on the north side of the trees - here the moss is on the south side of the trees.

Ice Candle

Here's one of a dozen ice candles I made recently. Hope they don't melt too much this weekend during our January thaw.

Cold and snow

Winter here in the near North

Winter

1/3 of the way through winter

Wood Stove

When the temperature is minus stupid cold, the only place to be is inside in front of the wood stove.

Brrrrrrrr

This is what it looks like from our beach when it's -30C with a windchill of -40C. Sure am glad I'm not a brass monkey!

Winter Birch

Winter has moved in to our part of the world where the bush will be mostly black and white for months.

Beach View

Even beach views in Northern Ontario in late November can look like sunny Caribbean beach views.

Parkview

The infamous Parkview Hotel, one of my all time fave dives!

Reflection

November is a dark drab month, so here's a photo from a warmer time of the year. This is on the voyageur route somewhere between North Bay and Mattawa.

Rememberance Day

North Bay, Ontario

Tamarack

This tamarack tree I rescued years ago from a ditch at the side of the road sure stands out at this time of year.