Chilly Morning?

September is upon us, along with cooler mornings.

Put on a hat if you find it chilly...

Froggy

Back in the Spring, when it looked like it was going to be a dry hot summer, I spent some time rescuing tadpoles and toadpoles from the ever vanishing puddle in the pasture, and re-locating them to the Pond that never dries up.

Rains followed... and for the most part, an entire new crop of frogs were hatched in that same pasture puddle, but for the crowd we rescued, it was the only option.

Now there seem to be plenty of frogs hopping about along the shore of the pond, and along the lakeshore too, in these reeds, so we think it has ended well!

How Lucky Am I?

Earlier this summer, Gill Young was here with the Palette Packers, a great group of artists who visited Bondi to paint plein air, taking inspiration from our many gardens.

Gill recently gifted me with this absolutely delightful study of our hollyhocks and delphiniums!

How very lucky I am to have this brightening my wall! 

Thank you very much Gill!

Poetry

Jane and Jay spent two weeks with us this summer. Jay brought a separate vehicle just to carry his fishing gear.  Jane brought everything from special dog and cat treats for her " Bondi buddies" Taffy and Napster to a fantastic centrepiece for the dining room table.

And they left us this absolutely beautiful poem, hand crafted onto birch bark.  That's a keeper, for sure!

 

Thanks so much!  We can't wait to see you back here next summer!

G'Day!

'are there any sticky buns?'

Taffy was coming with me to the cottages to get information for our Resort Newsletter when she vanished from view.

This is where I found her, one cottage farther along, schmoozing with Evelyn on the deck.  Honestly, she loves to climb so much, I think she must be part mountain goat!

A Fishing Lesson from a young Master

 

Frederick, 8, has fishing down to a science.

This, he announced to his mom Karen, was his first "eating fish."  She assumes that means it was the first one he caught worth keeping.

He told her that to catch a big fish, they needed to go to the deep water.  If someone wtned to catch a bigger fish than his, they would have to go to even deeper waters.  So now we understand how fishing works.

He caught this three lb. small mouth bass trolling by canoe, about 2/3 of the way to the island.

Sunset Canoe

I'm giving this photo its very own post, because I love the lighting and the mood in it.

Gavin and Adrianna (with a little help from Jackie) set out into the sunset from Farside's dock.