Threatening skies last evening around 7 PM. Thunder boomers to the north of us, but we were ok.


Nice looking day today but there is a heavy storm warning for this area.


Company is coming!


I had my first company since the ice left. Three young guys and their dog Kisha, and Granny to baby sit. George was not too impressed with Kisha, hissing and growling, and licking his lips. Everybody survived, so I guess I'm not that bad of a host. Granny got the boys back on the boat around 11:30 using that four letter word "WORK" tomorrow. Maybe next time Granny will "accidentally" fall off the boat on the way over.

Warm, humid, foggy, still evening.


Warm, humid, foggy, still morning.


Hot (32c), humid, still afternoon.


A bunch of butterflies decided to do what ever they do in my fire pit.


It was so quiet and still last evening that the drone of mosquitoes was deafening. Today it is way too hot for me, Kita and even George. The only good thing is that it is too hot for the nasty bugs. I think Kita and I'll go for a boat ride to cool off.

Last evening.


This morning.


Lots of lady slippers are out. Too bad they only last a couple of days.


This is Sunday, a day of rest. So, all I did today was haul water for two loads of laundry and fill the tank. And take sixty gallons of gas and two hundred pounds of propane out of the back of the truck. And clear some bush to park the boat trailer. I'll just rest my hernia and broken back for the rest of the day. We have a light rain right now, with the chance of thunder storms later on.

Yesterday, Kita let me sleep in till 7:45, so to make up for that, here's what 5:45 looked like today.


4 PM today.


Here's a mallard duck for superson K-man, who has now decided that he wants to be a bird watcher when he grows up instead of a paleontologist.


Went to town this morning. I get my drinking water from a brew your own beer place. Don't laugh, it's true, just water. They must have been tasting their products last night because they were half an hour late opening up. I've decided that people who hold yard sales should be shot. People who park in the middle of the street and leave their car doors open at yard sales should be tarred and feathered and sent to some horrible place like Florida or Toronto to live. Gee, I've never noticed that going to town put me in a bad mood before, have you? Any way, on the way back I picked up the boat trailer and then got a hernia helping Jack install his new genset.

Richie is back. He's trying to put gravel on his new road but he keeps breaking the dump trucks. I didn't get a chance yet to see which Berlin he brought this time, but he is here for a week.

The pilot guiding the ship through the narrows yesterday afternoon.


Did I tell you about the bugs? This is my view of the word through a bug jacket.


This morning.


Kind of a warm, humid, smoggy, still day. GO SOLAR! Stop the smog days!


The lady slippers are out.


This lilac bush is at least 10 years old and is only 3 feet tall. The last record was 3 blossoms.


We just had a heavy shower.


I'm going to town tomorrow morning. Yeah, on a Saturday, kinda scary but I need some milk. On the way back, I'll stop by Frasertown and get my boat trailer out of Razor's way.

I dropped by and visited with Jack and Linda last evening, then cruised the lake at dusk.








The mosquitoes are terrible. You can hardly go out side at dawn and dusk. They can bite you through sweat pants. I can't let George out, he looks like a paranoid schizophrenic Mexican jumping bean when he comes in. I try to brush the bugs out of his fur, but he cries and hisses in pain. Kita even asks to come in the house.

I didn't do too much today. I did empty the composting toilet. Maybe you are right, I just might be full of "it". This afternoon was a perfect time to hang out on the screened in deck and read and do crossword puzzles.

Last evening.


Today.


Here's a pic of George for Cathy. This is his "get that camera outa my face" look.


Yesterday I saw the first dragon fly. Today there are a lot of them. There's a whole lot for them to eat. The black flies are back full force and the mosquitoes are bad too. If any one has a few extra gallons of O negative blood, I'll take it. George was out side this morning and when he came in he freaked out trying to get the black flies that were stuck in his heavy fur. Funny watching him tear himself apart for a change.

I put out some solar lights on the lake this afternoon. There is an amber light on the rocks in Tomiko pond. I put two white ones in the mouth of the narrows on the pond side. There's one more on the south side about half way down and another on the point closest to my place.

Jack and Linda are back. I'll drop by after supper and try to talk them into staying next winter. I think Linda is up for it, but Jack is going to be a hard sell. Hmmm, maybe Linda wouldn't mind cleaning up cat barf since Shirley isn't comimg around to the idea.

Last evening.


This morning.


This afternoon.


Another quiet day today, just did house work. The weather changed for the work week, ha ha. Chuckle, chuckle, sorry, but I think it's funny. George escaped today and went up the road looking or Kita's little moose friend. I know, I just should have let him go. But if he can take down a human being, what damage could he do to the animal population ? I couldn't live with that on my conscience.

Quiet day on the NORTHERN front. We've had flurries the past 2 days. Temps around 3 in the mornings. If Jack sees this picture, all that we will see is the tail lights of a Ford heading back to Florida. Yes Jack, I have a fire going.


Still overcast here, but as the weekenders leave, the weather is supposed to be nice the rest of the week.


Kita and I went for a ride around the lake, no one else was out. Yesterday the fishermen were wearing their hunting clothes. We dropped into the Davis camp to say hello. And that was the end of our day.

I looked out the window this morning to check on Kita. He was on the dock in full alert mode, nose up sniffing the air. I wasn't too concerned as he was looking across the lake. About half an hour I looked out but didn't see him. I slipped on my sandals and went out side. Kita was barking up the road. I looked around the corner and he was trying to play with a calf moose. I ran back and got the camera. As I got closer, the calf, and Kita would move farther away. I tried to catch Kita but we ended up traipsing through the bush. I saw the mother moose, but didn't get a picture as I thought it would be a good idea to put a tree between us as she charged me. I went back home and changed my wet socks and put on a pair of boots. I could hear Kita barking farther down the road, so I hopped in the truck and went searching for him. I caught up to him near Sand lake, but he didn't want to get in the truck. I had to use the loudest sign language I know to get him to sit down so I could grab him.


The pot luck was a big success last evening, nobody died from my buns: THE BREAD BUNS!

Razor's Lube and Grill


Here's the birthday boy.


A group shot inside Razor's L&G. If you don't see yourself, it's because I respected your privacy, considering the APB's and warrants.


After supper, some of the more hardy people had a night cap around the camp fire.


Sun set at the Frasertown Marina.


The young, missing girl has been located. It is now known that she was not abducted, but that she was a stalker who searched out young, innocent men to be her subservient slaves.

Kind of a crappy day for my anniversary party. 8 degrees c. Some people from Disney World would probably wear their parkas.


Here's the buns that I made, try #2. The first batch, Margaret's famous rolls, would make a good boat anchor. These ones are over night rolls. What better recipe for a procrastinator?


This has been Kita's position since we got our boat back. I think he missed it more than I did. If I take a step towards the dock, he jumps into the boat.

We had a thunder storm last evening around 5:pm


A white trillium


A purple trillium


OK you biologists out there. What is this spit/suds that is only on yellow birch?




I'm feeling pretty proud right now. It seems that a whole bunch of people are taking a day off work and having a pot luck supper, just to celebrate my first anniversary as a Little Tomiko resident. I am still feeling a little guilty for not being here for December. I'm going to take my world famous dinner rolls. Well, I've never made them before. It's my sister's recipe. If they don't turn out, we can blame her. Note to Tomiko Tina: stand on the end of the dock and I'll toss them as I pass by if you are still holding a grudge. Oh yeah, I got my boat back today!!! YAHOO!!! The 15 horse loaner was really nice, but you gotta like 60 horses. Plus Kita can see where were going better in my boat. That's it for today, I have to punch out some dough.

This morning.


This afternoon.


Now.


Razor's favorite bird. Sorry, I can't do the whistle in type.


The black flies were only bad if you were in the sun, or in the shade, or near the bush, or near the lake, or if your hands were busy, or if you were not doing any thing. Other than that, they weren't too bad. Now the mosquitoes are coming on too. Kita even comes in the house now. George has spastic fits, trying to catch the bugs and scratch himself.

Didn't do very much today. I broke the sod down to the lake for the water line. And I straightened out the rear quarter panel on my truck that I bent up when I went off the road in northern New Brunswick, on my retirement tour. I tried to fix the bottom bar on the brush guard, which hit the dead moose in New Brunswick, but both bolts are striped. They are calling for rain tomorrow so I'll do the Molly Maid thing then.

PS1: Nope, too much of a coward to go for a swim yesterday, maybe in August.
PS2: The reward is up to $1.25!