-1c and snowing this morning. Match that Tim, up there in the land of the midnight sun.




We went down the river yesterday and saw a pair of Bald Eagles. They are a little camera shy.

They were fishing for spawning suckers. The dam is in good shape and still draining nicely. The lake level has dropped close to three inches the past week.

One of the Grosbeaks likes to get his picture taken.

Still waters run medium deep.



A pair of Evening Grosbeaks shot through the screen. They are still a bit too nervous to get close ups.

Super Calliope has her own Super blog, link on the right side.

The black flies are out! If any one finds a left ear, it's mine. Chewed right off, flush with the skull. Other than that, not much going on. Just hiding out under the covers 'till the snow flies.

We had snow showers yesterday morning! Now, some people might think that the long weekend was crappy, weather wise, but, we will have another long weekend next week, and the week after that, and the week after that one, too. Har, Har, har.




We've had a Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the feeder the last couple of days.

We saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and a White-breasted Nuthatch at the Fowler's on the weekend. On the last trip to town we saw a Turkey Vulture. We are getting pretty good at identifying birds, except for the little brown ones.

One strange bird that we didn't get to see was Richie. Rumour has it that his truck made a hard right turn into Fannie's and wouldn't leave the parking lot. I didn't start that rumour, I'm just passing it on.

Happy Birthday Razor!

(yesterday, Tomiko time)

I used the Lloyd Robertson video filter to smooth out the road map on his face. No one knows how old he is, they are just surprised that he made it this far!





Grasshopper with her first small mouth bass. The bass was released since the season doesn't open till next month.




Grasshopper also caught the first pickerel of the season. This fish was released to spawn again. The score yesterday was three to one, but who is keeping score? Definitely not me.

Sun set pics.

Happy Birthday Squeegie! Thirty years old! How did your age catch up to mine?

No Kaeden, I'm not one hundred years old.




We have tons of swallows this year. I hope they stay for bug season. We also have one bat. A single bat. How is that going to help with the plague of bugs?




Nope, that's not Tomiko Tessie. Just a log. The lake is still turning over and you have to keep an eye out for logs popping up.




Yesterday we put out the navigation lights. I Frank-Einsteined another solar light from three broken lights. I have lost three or four lights from Gull "Sht" rock the past couple of years. I also installed another gull deterrent given to us by the city dump. The other deterrents that I installed haven't slowed down the gulls, in fact, they seem to take great pleasure in breaking them. You'll also see that Doc Shaw's pet owl is missing. Wind? Waves? Armorous gull?

LOOK! A peregrine falcon!




It's just another deterrent from the city. It hangs from a twenty foot pole and flies like a kite. How am I going to install them on rocks in the middle of the lake? This might take some more Frank-Einsteining, with a little millwronging thrown in.




I guess that spring is officially here when the trailer park trash move back in. There goes our peace and quiet.

Happy Birthday Sis!

I don't want you to "LII" about your age.








Jason, there is NO dirt to be found on your Mom. She is so squeaky clean, she makes Mother Theresa look naughty.


This nuthatch hit the door on the deck and went for a loop. I put it out of harm's way, (George), and after a half hour or so, it recovered and flew away.




A pair of mergansers.




With the snow melt and the couple inches of rain that we got over the weekend, the water level is very high. We checked out the beaver dam and water is flowing over and around the dam. The level should drop eight to ten inches, barring more rain.

Too busy this week to blog or to take pics. We got Linda settled in for the summer. Oh! Linda brought us a nice present, all the way from Florida. Five Cm's of SNOW! YAHOO! Thanks Linda, you shoulda been here last week when we had temps in the high twenties.

I helped Razor and Whitey build a deck on BK's cabin and put in the docks.

Razor and Whitey are thinking about having a wake for Bitchy Richie on May 24 weekend, if they can find enough people who care.

I have to send out a "good day mate" to Jan and Elsie, down under, in the penal colonies. Jose says hi, too.

OK, I got a couple of pics for you. I was offered five bucks not to post them, but I got a better offer to put them up. Remember, the same as last year, if I disappear, look for a guy with a bullet and a back hoe. Some people get jealous that I look better in a wet suit.