Well, I hope yer happy. The snow is gone. Temps are in the mid 20's. And ... The black flies are back. Yeah, I hope yer real happy. 

Evil Black flies.

Evil Tomiko Black flies.

I got my first bites yesterday, so, I hope yer really, really happy. Come on out and share some. 

 Enough of the depressing talk, first snow should be in about 175 days, yeah, and we're counting. It's been pretty quiet lately, but, I'll go thru the pics and see what we've been up to. 

A male rose breasted grosbeak showed up one day.

And then another. These guys only drop by for a short visit.

A juvenile male rose breasted grosbeak. We've never noticed these before. The females look like this without the yellow on the breast. 

A nice evening shot.

A hummer in the cool rain.

This beaver comes by every evening and dives under the dock.

I know, the dock is still wonky. But, the water is still to cold to fix it. Do you think I'm crazy enough to get in that cold water?

This eastern towhee showed up one morning. I needed Dr. J.W. to identify this one for me.
" Regis, can I call a son?"

 Reflections of my life.

I ID'ed this guy myself. An American redstart. 

American gold finches.

Yesterday I picked some fiddle heads.

Boiled, sauteed, and still bitter. I need Jonny to show me how it's done.

Last weekend we helped our new neighbours, Dan and Judy get their water system up and running. They bought Rob and Penny's place. We didn't have a water proof camera,  so we'll introduce them to you later. 

Reflections of my life. 

This one is from Jahanara.   


Ornithologist humour.

I solved the mystery of women for you guys. Yer, welcome.

Makes you proud to have served.

 Happy Birthday,

Mrs. Smith!

Today is the opening day of the walleye season.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHELLE!

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Speaking of birthdays, here are a couple of pics of Floyd and his cake last Friday. 

Floyd's reaction to getting clothes as a present. "Really?"

Last Thursday we had a couple of thunderstorms that knocked all of the phones on this side of the narrows. On Friday we had this storm come right at us. Today is the first day that's been calm. I'll try and post a video at the end of the blog.

A wall of water.

Sunday it was only blowin' 90 so I went to Fraserville. I think that I'm the first boat to dock at the new drawbridge/dock.

We had Mother's day dinner at The Slate's last evening. KFC! Took this pic with the phone on the way home.

A crocus this morning.

For some reason, when you down load pics from the camera, they get loaded as being taken today. I think I need a 12 year old to fix that problem. We took this pic last Wednesday.

We walked out our road to the Brule last Saturday. There were grouse drumming all around. This feller walked out in front of us. Our road is still very soft, even for a 4wheeler. We probably won't get the old goat home for another month.

I'll post this for now and try to upload the vid.

They are here! 

 

Happy Mother's Day!

It's a beautiful, sunny morning here. Still no phone.

We have been really busy. I won't be able to update you on all that's been going on. 

First off a late Happy Birthday to my sister Margaret, which was on Tuesday.  Oh, gimme a break, I did call her.

Here we are with our Dad in 1861.

 
And, today is Floyd's very first birthday. 

He sure is a cutie. And very smart, too.

OK, we were hit by lightning. Lost our phone and the internet was off for a while. I'll post this much and add on later. 

Sunday evening the lake started to break up. Our ice road actually went from left to right across our shore. These pics were taken one minute apart. 

The next morning we could still see some ice so we waited until we were sure that it wouldn't come back at us like it did last year.

The Transformer comes in handy for boat launching.

The EvilRude was evil and didn't want to stay running. I took thingies off and banged this doodad and tapped that one and she decided to go.

And we're off.

I beat you again this year, Timbit.

Yeah, I know that the end of the dock is wonky. If you remember we had a bad wind storm last fall that blew things sideways. It was too cold to fix it then and it's still to cold for diving.

On Tuesday we did an ice check. This spot in front of the Estate was the thickest that we found. I tried to kill it but I just rode up on top. We were going to town on Wednesday, so with consultation with Gord and Barb we decided that Wednesday would be the official ice out day making Mary-Lou the winner.

Loons on the way home.

Tons of geese flew over Thursday.

A couple of short vids showing the ice on the move.

And one more for Timbob.