15/07: First Half of July
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Ed and I have been busy since we arrived home from our California trip and updating the blog fell by the wayside. In an attempt to bring the blog up to date I'm going to write a couple of entries summarizing periods of time. This entry is for the first half of July.
We begin July with cat sitting. Our neighbours, Rob and Ellen, have a daughter with four cats. Three of the cats ended up at Rob and Ellen's house when everyone else went to the cottage --- something about 15 people (2 of which were three years old) and four indoor cats only asking for trouble or at least a house break.
Ed and I didn't mind cat sitting as it gave us the opportunity to get a cat fix --- there's something very therapeutic about petting a cat.
My sister, brother-in-law and one great-niece came to visit the "mothers", so Ed and I drove to Burlington to visit with everyone.
My brother David, great-niece Sarah, sister Carol, my mother and brother-in-law Darryl.
Me, my sister, my mother and my brother.
The forth and final day of Explore the Bruce 2016. Our last punch took us to Arran Lake just outside of Tara.
Not a kilometer from the Arran lake we found a family of Sandhill Cranes having lunch.
One end of Arran Lake is marshy which equals lots and lots of water lilies. What a beautiful spot to paddle around.
One nice thing about kayaks is you can get close enough to some birds (in this case a pair of loons) to get a decent photo.
Maggie's parents, Bob and Sue went on a two day outing and asked us if we could puppy sit. Guess what Ed's answer was.
It was a hot day so we took Maggie to the beach. Can you tell that Maggie looooooves the beach?
All tuckered out.
Don't we look like outdoor enthusiasts. My cousin Yvonne and her husband Bob are camped at Miller Lake and they have invited us for a visit. Decided we bring some toys with us. Ed and Bob kayaked around Miller Lake, then the four of us went for a nice bike ride along the lake.
Another dog fix for Ed. Miles is Yvonne and Bob's dog.
The campsite. Summer House at Miller Lake is quite the campground. There's the lake, the rec hall, tennis/pickleball court, basketball court, bandstand/stage area, shuffleboard and lots more. What a fantastic place for kids.
Since we've had the ATVs I've wanted to ride the rail trail from Walkerton to Port Elgin (about 100 km round trip). I finally talked Ed into it.
It helped that there were some geocaches on the rail trail. This was an interesting cache container.
This was another interesting geocache container. It's a hubcap with a modified underside.
Couldn't resists taking a photo of the lilies.
Remembering our best buddy on his birthday, July 11. Zaph I miss you every day.
We begin July with cat sitting. Our neighbours, Rob and Ellen, have a daughter with four cats. Three of the cats ended up at Rob and Ellen's house when everyone else went to the cottage --- something about 15 people (2 of which were three years old) and four indoor cats only asking for trouble or at least a house break.
Ed and I didn't mind cat sitting as it gave us the opportunity to get a cat fix --- there's something very therapeutic about petting a cat.
My sister, brother-in-law and one great-niece came to visit the "mothers", so Ed and I drove to Burlington to visit with everyone.
My brother David, great-niece Sarah, sister Carol, my mother and brother-in-law Darryl.
Me, my sister, my mother and my brother.
The forth and final day of Explore the Bruce 2016. Our last punch took us to Arran Lake just outside of Tara.
Not a kilometer from the Arran lake we found a family of Sandhill Cranes having lunch.
One end of Arran Lake is marshy which equals lots and lots of water lilies. What a beautiful spot to paddle around.
One nice thing about kayaks is you can get close enough to some birds (in this case a pair of loons) to get a decent photo.
Maggie's parents, Bob and Sue went on a two day outing and asked us if we could puppy sit. Guess what Ed's answer was.
It was a hot day so we took Maggie to the beach. Can you tell that Maggie looooooves the beach?
All tuckered out.
Don't we look like outdoor enthusiasts. My cousin Yvonne and her husband Bob are camped at Miller Lake and they have invited us for a visit. Decided we bring some toys with us. Ed and Bob kayaked around Miller Lake, then the four of us went for a nice bike ride along the lake.
Another dog fix for Ed. Miles is Yvonne and Bob's dog.
The campsite. Summer House at Miller Lake is quite the campground. There's the lake, the rec hall, tennis/pickleball court, basketball court, bandstand/stage area, shuffleboard and lots more. What a fantastic place for kids.
Since we've had the ATVs I've wanted to ride the rail trail from Walkerton to Port Elgin (about 100 km round trip). I finally talked Ed into it.
It helped that there were some geocaches on the rail trail. This was an interesting cache container.
This was another interesting geocache container. It's a hubcap with a modified underside.
Couldn't resists taking a photo of the lilies.
Remembering our best buddy on his birthday, July 11. Zaph I miss you every day.