Hot Chicks Catching Some Rays

The hens love to bask in the sun.  This one was certainly making the most of the heat and the sun!


The 'gals' are working hard now that our guests have arrived for the summer, keeping up a supply of super fresh, super tasty organic eggs.

They deserve to take a breakwith a sun bath, a dust bath... or both...

Colouring Our World

Algonquin Park

 I'm a bit behind posting to the blog this week. That's because, mostly, I've been walking about with my jaw dropped open at the phenomenal display of autumn colours. 


You don't have to go into Algonquin Park -- although it reached it's colour peak for the red maples last weekend, and was completely jam packed with people who were flocking north to see this kind of colour (thank you to the Friends of Algonquin Park for the images we borrowed.



our Bondi back field,
on the Frisbee golf course

We certainly couldn't get any better pictures than you took!)    The colour here is about a week behind the Park, so there are still trees donning their most vibrant reds and oranges.  The golds and yellows are starting to show up as well.


These photos show why so many people beat a path to the door at this time of year.  Here's a small sampling, some of mine, several from Algonquin Park.

along Highway 60 -- no need to even get out of the car

If you've never come to see the colour, you really need to fix that missing element.   So much beauty is good for the soul.


another view from the highway.  Breath-taking!

get up early, hike Mizzy Lake -- you might get to see something
as fabulous as this

or get up early and take your coffee to the Main Dock
at Bondi... 

Dwight Beach provides a lovely backdrop for a picnic

walking through our fields

Flocking Together, Flying Alone

 What great photos we found this week from the Friends of Algonquin Park!


This gathering of common loons signifies the turn of the season. They are getting into their winter plumage, and preparing for the flight south.  The adults will leave this month.  Juvenile loons will hang about the lakes probably until into November before they set off.  There's still some time to hear them calling across the blue waters!

But how about THIS for a photo???  This bald eagle was captured on film at Lake Opeongo, Sept. 24th. That's what is left of a ruffed grouse in his talons.  The bald eagles have been slowly returning to the Park over the past several years -- and we see them here from time to time, which is always a real treat for our guests.  Last winter, we had five of them settle on a deer the wolf pack killed on the bay.  But nothing we've ever photographed in the Bald Eagle dept. comes close to this!

Showing off our Summertime Blue

 Brian was flying this week -- one trip took him to Parry Sound, and he said the air was so smooth that he barely had to touch the stick at all.  Those kind of days are precious, for pilots and for those of us on the ground looking up.


Here's a shot of Bondi -- coming in from the North East. That's the Fox Point Road leading its way past the Hidden Lake -- you can just pick out the indoor riding arena's green roof on the right side... and then it is blue lake, and more blue lake.  Fire Island dominates the photo, with Dwight Bay in the background. This is a BIG lake!

 As he came around, he got this different angle on the resort property.  For those people who mutter that "resorts are too crowded" all we can say is, you've never stayed with us!  All that land, and only 14 cottages spread around, each one separate and private, but with access to our 1200' of shallow sandy shoreline.

 Now you can start to pick out some of the docks - although most of the cottages are still invisible, because they are so well landscaped into the trees. The organic vegetable garden still looks 'earthy' from this height, but down close, the corn is shooting up out of the ground, growing daily!

We invite you to come visit -- you'll love our summertime Blues!