How I spend my days off... a collection of what I see with my camera

A flight to Tobermory

A flight to Tobermory

by | Oct 22, 2017 | Blog, Country Side

It was a perfect day… a flight to Tobermory for a bike ride and a snack, and returning under the stars. Magical.  Thanks Werner, it was fantastic.  
DeCew Falls

DeCew Falls

by | Oct 14, 2017 | Blog, Country Side, WaterWays

My son Chris rows for Trent University, the Canadian Championships was held at the PanAm site in St. Catherine’s, Henley Island. It’s a long drive to cheer like only a mom can … for about 30 seconds.  So a side trip to DeCew Falls between races was in order.  No-one told me how long the hike is, or how muddy and treacherous. When I got to this falls, I might have looked puzzled as it wasn’t what I was expecting. Nope the big falls was even more difficult to get to … I’ll save that one for another day and bring ropes etc. I took a couple of selfies to celebrate the hike, and returned to cheer on...
The “bra” fence

The “bra” fence

by | Jul 8, 2017 | Blog, Country Side

I laughed when I saw this, many ski resorts have a “bra tree”, some people hate it, little kids wonder about it, and many laugh.  Which is what I did when I came across the “bra fence” near...
Chinook Salmon spawning run upstream

Chinook Salmon spawning run upstream

by | Oct 14, 2016 | Blog, Fish, WaterWays, Wildlife

Introduced from the west coast, these fish have made themselves at home in Georgian Bay, swimming up rivers like the Beaver River to spawn.  They made it to the second their falls at Slabtown, where 50 or 60 sat under the falls with tails too long to fit, then they attempted to swim up the falls which were entirely the wrong angle for their efforts, most faded due to exhaustion and floated back down stream. In some of the photos you can see how the heavy fish would jump the first tier just to land heavily into the cement.  It was kinda sad to watch, this dam could easily be re-engineered to help the...

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