A photogenic morning

August 11, 2018 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

The beach was quite lovely this morning. :-)

Someone’s sand castle looks like part of its wall has already been claimed by the waves.

I played around with the settings on my phone’s camera and was happy to get more true-to-life photos.

The closer to the marina, the rockier the beach. I find the beach much more interesting, the rockier it gets.

These boulders are right at the wharf. It’s not unusual to see someone sitting on them, reading a book or something, and just enjoying this quiet little spot.

There is a little cove on the other side of the marina. The lake shore here is lined with boulders to protect from erosion. The entry/exit through the breakwater into the marina is near here, and the yacht club is nearby as well.

A beautiful day for a sail.

Near the frog fountain are a couple of mountain-ash trees, aka rowan. They are gorgeous trees. We had a couple, around where our plum trees are, when I was a kid, but I have no idea what happened to them. These trees are of similar size. When we first moved to the city we were in for the past 14 years, one of the things that amazed me was how many mountain-ash trees there were, and how HUGE they were, compared to here. When we first moved into the housing co-op, we were in a townhouse on the second and third floors at the end of the row, and there was a mountain-ash right outside the third floor bedroom windows. Every spring, it would fill with waxwings, eating the remaining berries. Gorgeous birds, though it didn’t take long for their incessant fee-fee-fee! noise, that would start at about 3 a.m. and continue for hours, to get very annoying. :-D

While in the area, I saw some gazebo tents set up and remembered that it was Saturday – Farmer’s Market day. This was the first time I was able to take it in, since our move. It was still early, to I walked for a while before coming back to the market and seeing what was there. I even had a bit of cash on hand, for a change. I normally never have cash and use my debit card for everything, but I had decided to take some money out this morning, just in case.

Then I found my cousin’s honey booth.

I no longer have any cash on hand, but I now have a big bucket of creamed honey!

That should last us through the winter. :-D

The Re-Farmer

Smoke on the water

August 10, 2018 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

My daughter had a slightly later shift today, so the sun was well up by the time I got to the beach.

During the drive in, we could see the haze of smoke, everywhere. The lake was no exception.

Normally, I’d be able to see at least a bit of the other side of the lake from here. Especially when the water is so calm.

(I believe there is an advisory against going into the water right now. The birds are pretty, but their fecal matter can result in E. coli problems.)

The camera on my phone automatically “clears up” images taken in fog or haze. The trees in the distance were not actually as visible in real life as in the photo!

While walking along the beach, a splash of colour caught my attention.

Someone left a bit of cheer for others to enjoy. :-)

I hung around town long enough for the post office to open, and for the postmaster to put out the mail, so I wandered over to the marina and sat by a fountain (and added a Pokemon into the gym that is there, which was controlled by my team at the time. :-D ).

It still feels weird to see the bright green frogs. They used to be just the brass, which developed a natural patina.

I still like them. Because they’re frogs. :-D

I headed home shortly after this and was able to stop at the post office. Sadly, my husband’s CPAP has not come in yet. The company could only guarantee speed of delivery within the US. Once in Canada, they have no control over how quickly something gets delivered. Usually, packages get processed quickly. Much faster than envelopes, anyhow.

Usually.

The Re-Farmer

Morning at the beach

July 28, 2018 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

A couple of photos of the lake, taken this morning.

The water was so still this morning!

While it’s usually quiet in the mornings, there isn’t going to be any swimming for beach goers for a while. Several beaches at this area of the lake are now closed. It seems some pipe got damaged, resulting in untreated sewage draining into the lake. From what I’ve read, the water tests were still testing safe, but the province closed some beaches to be on the safe side.

This is unusual only in regards to the cause. The usual reason for beach closures are high algae levels, which has been an ongoing problem on the lake for decades, or high e. coli levels from bird poop.

And that, kids, is why we use chlorine in pools! ;-)

The Re-Farmer

Views

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

While driving my daughter to work this morning, we saw some pretty incredible views.

Right now, a couple of flax fields we pass are in bloom.

My daughter was able to get some photos of this one out her window for me. The canola fields are in full bloom right now, too. So we are seeing this amazing purpley-blue in the flax field, framed by brilliant yellow. There’s a wheat field that’s starting to turn from green to gold, and other crops in differing shades of green that we pass along the way, broken up by groups of trees sheltering farm yards or planted as shelter belts. So gorgeous!

After dropping my daughter off, I parked by the lake for a bit, got a bit of Pokemon Go in while also enjoying the view.

It’s tourist season right now, so later in the day and on weekends, things get very crowded on this beach. This early in the morning on a weekday, there were very few people out, so it was quiet and peaceful.

Where we lived before moving here, we had some pretty impressive views over a river valley, even though we were downtown. But for me, growing up in the prairies, nothing beats the wild open expanses out here!!

The Re-Farmer

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