Thanks for your comments. I really miss this man's best friend. The BVWSQ came by last night, one more time for the Snow Dog.

We have had 3.25 inches of rain the past 2 days. With all the rain and the snow melt, the lake is high and the river is flowing across the Notman road at the usual spot and, as of yesterday afternoon, almost at the top of the culvert. We need at least a week of no rain, but we are only getting tomorrow, for now. I need some dry weather to crawl under the boat to see if I can figure why it sank last fall.

Late this afternoon, going, going, but not gone yet. It looks like Gord will win the pool.

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Kita, the best dog ever, passed away this morning at the age of 16 years and 3 months.

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Happy Birthday

Charley Brown!

The Loons are back! But they sound upset that we don't have their lake open yet.

So we walked over to Sand Lake to see if it was open.

The 'peckers are doing a number on this tree just out side the gate.

And this tree close to Sand Lake.

Nope, Sand Lake isn't open either.

Wolf track on the driveway, just past the Don Fraser Parkway.

Two hens at the feeder.

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We had a flurry yesterday .... all day long.

This morning.

Bunny and mouse tracks on the lake.

TADAAA!

Tomorrow is Earth Day. Be kind to Mother Earth. Go solar.

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Firstly, the Sand Dam road is now passable with some soft spots. 

How thick is our ice? Thick enough to hold up a jumping old guy!

Yesterday was a beauty.

Still snow on the driveway.

Lots of snow on the Don Fraser Parkway.

Shaky full moon last night.

This morning.

A non shaky full moon setting this morning.

Can you find the pileated woodpecker? Two woodpeckers went through our yard. I tried to get good pics, but I think that they wanted some privacy, nudge, nudge, wink, wink.

How come all the people who name birds were colorblind? What's so purple about a purple finch?

This ruffed grouse has been coming to the feeder every day. We try to keep George in when she is around.

Grasshopper finally got around to taking the pics off of her camera. Here are some.

These ribs were on the Notman road one day when C & K went to town.

Kathleen with a humming bird's nest.

Hey! Check out our forecast for tonight and tomorrow.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-139_metric_e.html
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Derailment update taken from the ONR's photo gallery site.

http://www.onrgallery.com/new%20archive1.htm.

Thanks Jose for the link.

On April 12, 2011 at approximately 6am, Northbound #113 (North bay to Englehart) hits a washout at Mile 16.6 on the Temagami Subdivision.

First and foremost, no lives were lost in this very serious incident. The Crew (Dan and Phil) did survive the accident and are recovering.

As you can see in these photos taken from a plane courtesy of Anita Rioux's Father-in-law Rolly on April 15th, 2 SD75I's and an SD40-2 wound up rolling down a fairly big embankment. By the time this photo was taken, one of the SD75I's (I believe it to be 2102) is in the process of being up righted, but obviously has a long way to go before reaching Temagami Sub rails again.

The first 6 cars of the northbound train also wound up on the ground but have been rerailed and returned to North Bay by the time this photo was taken.

Take Care Dan and Phil, And Thank You Anita and Rolly for sharing the photos.

Update on the ONR derailment from cub reporter Jose's facebook page. You might want to become friends with her to get the down low from the round end of the lake. She also takes very good pics of slow moving targets.

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    Josephine Fowler Gord sent me some pictures of the ONR working on the rock coming in from the north via train to White Rock to fill in the wash-out further down the track and also the ONR trying to keep the road ship-shape for the incoming trucks hauling from the quarry on the Sand Dam road. No pictures of the derailment yet but will keep trying.
    

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    Josephine Fowler ONR have stopped using our road for hauling so once they have fixed it up we should be mobile again. They are now bringing in the rock from the Sherman Mines in Temagami. The locomotives are still down a 40ft embankment - a tough job to get them out.
    

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    Josephine Fowler

    According to reports, the reopening of the ONR track has been delayed. The size of the project is the main stumbling block. It is not expected to open until early next week because of the work involved in recovering the three locomotives. Hope to be able to get some pictures somehow.

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PS, it's snowing!

Ice road to Bedrock.