The rainy season……

 

Our Location:

Summer Spot, Manitoulin Island, Ontario 

We are still getting settled here, much slower than usual but we are getting things accomplished. Our routine is becoming re-established and I have no doubt we will soon be back to our regularly scheduled summer life. 

It is always nice to finally unhook in our spot.

Our Cabin, the first opening of our side door. We need to remove some of that stuff .

I have spent a fair amount of time strolling in the trees, some well worn paths and a few less familiar and sometimes just in a general direction. My sense of direction is good and I can usually find the point I wish to find without any trouble. The amount of dead spruce trees is frightening and high winds bring more crashing down often. High wind days are not meant for walking in the trees.

A few things coming up in the rock gardens.
Garlic, chives and rhubarb.

We are having some very odd temps here, well below seasonal norms some nights and the cold winds from the lake are keeping our temperatures down significantly. The rains have been off and on since our arrival, a dusting of snow, some very heavy frosts have been witnessed as well. As of this writing we are expecting 3 days and nights of rain, with the heaviest being today, forecasters are saying 20-45 mm, which for our non metric friends means close to 1 - 1 1/2”. That is a lot of rain. However it is needed as the snowfall was minimal over the winter. We are safe from any floods as we are high up, on flat limestone, with no significant water pools until we go down the long driveway to the bottom of the quarry. 

Yep, it’s been a little chilly at times.

Can you spot the morels? I’m not sure if they are just starting or ending!

Happy Birthday wishes to a few folks. Nephews Allan and Jesse, April 21 and 28 respectively. Allan is of course my sister’s only son, and Jesse is my brother’s youngest son. Also to neighbour Earl, I believe his day is the 26 th. Happy birthday gentlemen, we hope it was a fabulous day for each of you. Nephew Jesse shares his birthday with his great grandmother Katie, also born on the 28th, many years ago.

We come in way down there by the slim white birch treee to the centre left.

Although it doesn’t look it, it is uphill most of the way.
This would be the least steep part of the climb, and yes we wind our way along.

A few pictures of what I’m seeing here. I hope you enjoy them.

Until next time…..

Take care, stay safe,

Deb

We've decided to stay a bit longer than planned...

 

Our Location:

Buttercup Ridge Farm, Roseneath, Ontario

 

A few nicer days here on the farm, the sunshine made it feel much warmer than the thermometer was saying. I finished the leaves in the side yard yesterday without a coat, so you know it was nice. Rain is in the forecast for the next week, here and on our route north and at our summer spot on the Rock with a very big difference in temperatures with the Rock being about 10 degrees colder. With that in mind we have decided to extend our time here on the farm until Wednesday in hopes of having a drier travel day or two. We aren't sure if we will do the route in one day or two, but we are thinking two as it will then give us time to stop and stock up on some groceries that we will otherwise have to pay very high prices to obtain or travel round trip for 3 - 5 hours (depending on which stores we wish to frequent) to get a better price but the drive is long and diesel isn't cheap. The joys of being back in Ontario. 

 

 

Inside the barn, it's used for storage now, no more animals are kept here.

The truck is now gone, John came on Monday and left Tuesday taking his truck.

We took the Big Dog for a drink at the local reservation where we paid $1.349 per litre of diesel which works out to be $3.74 USD per gallon. We noted a spot in Cobourg with listed diesel at $1.59 which turns out to be $4.43 USD per gallon.  It looks good doesn't it? Reality is a bit different $3.74 USD is $5.10 CAD,  $4.43 USD is actually $6.05 in CAD at today's exchange rate. A passing reminder for myself, in Ontario the diesel handles can be any colour. At the station we used, Road/Clear diesel handle was yellow, dyed/farm/off road pump handle was green, and gas handle was black. ALL on ONE pump. 

 

 

One of the four bedrooms here at the farm.

 

I love the iron bed frames.

We use this washroom while we stay at the farm.

We haven't been doing a lot, a little yard work, a trip to the local dump where it cost us $13.00 to drop our garbage and recycles, it is the base price and we could have brought a lot more for the price but we didn't have any more. We visited Cobourg for a few groceries, the local artesian well at Harwood for some drinking water and we took a little tour of Gore's Landing. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a single photo. We've spent some time with Winnie as Judi has been off doing things. Winnie loves running after the ball and will drop it only if she wants to run again, or you have a stick. She's a fun loving lady that Miss Winnie. 

 

Our bathroom is on the left, this is the hallway to the Master at the end.

Towels, shams, tea towels, lots of monogrammed items here.

There used to be Polled Herefords here and a I think a few chickens.

 

A few other notes, first of course is condolences to the Case/Freeman/McMurray families in the passing of Marion. She passed a number of days ago after a long life and some very serious health issues throughout that long life. She was 94. She was my dad's companion for a lot of years after my mother passed.  Second and third are birthday wishes to nephew Jesse who turns a big 27 today. Jesse is a welder by trade, a wonderful young man that recently became a father. Jesse shares his birthday with not one but two relatives. Jesse's great grandmother (my dad's mother) was also born on this day many years ago. Our cousin Bob also has a birthday today. Bob turns 77, exactly 50 years older than Jesse. Happy birthday fellas!! I hope you both have a wonderful day. 

 

The formal living room.

The main kitchen with Miss Winnie by the fridge.

Yep, even a cigar store Indian in the den.

A few pics of the inside of the farm house here at Buttercup Ridge. I'm sure you will enjoy them as much as you did the outside. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you all have a wonderful day. 

 

Until next time...

 

Take care, stay safe, 

 

Deb