Canoeing on Cyprus Lake

2016/07/11 Karen 1 Comment

Miscellaneous

2015/11/11 Karen 0 comment

Drive-by photo of trees

Blurry Snootch car ride

Hike map

Our mayor depicted in art work

Sign in Bracebridge

Bracebridge public library

Eric gearing up

My first drawing with new supplies

Montreal hobby

Paula’s meta fireplace

End of winter 201?

Google paycheque

Harrison Park

Homemade bibimbap

Hike map 2

Lake irises at Oliphant beach

Lure, Georgian Bay

Bronze dogs at the McMichael

Snowy miscanthus grass in my backyard

Me and Abster at Chesley November 2015

Pancakes in Elora

The early days!

Power outage

Wet dog

Cottage-y robin

Desperate dinner

Scarf collection

Homemade shepherd’s pie

Questionable signage

Eric stalking bass on the Grand River

Tall ship, Owen Sound harbour

Tim Horton’s environmental mini-disaster

Water drop on fescue seedling

Arctic willow in spring

Panoramic

2015/11/10 Karen 2 Comments

Three panoramic views of Frobel Lake courtesy of Diane.

d-frobelpano-1 — Swim spot

d-frobelpano-2 — Canoe parking

d-frobelpano-3 — Cabin beach

September fishing

2015/10/04 Karen 2 Comments

Chesley Lake

Baked penne dinner

Sunset on the Abbey

Marshy area on the edge of Chesley

Fish biting Eric’s thumb

Bluegill

Isaac Lake

The lone fish in Issac Lake

Breezing down the river looking sagious

Abbey at Oliphant parking lot

Seashore plants at lake Huron

Goldenrod

Lake Iris

Northern Skies Outpost Cabin

2015/07/07 Karen 1 Comment

Three days at a cabin on Frobel Lake with my friend Diane, and my first time in Northern Ontario!

Driving west then north from Sudbury (about 2.5 hours + stops)

Road to parking area

Cabin signage

Parking!

All fresh before the hike in

Diane’s pack

Me pretending my pack isn’t heavy

Canoe cache #1

Borrowed Eric’s hat

Checking cell phone coverage

Diane’s photo of me paddling

Snowshoe Lake

Hiking to lake #2

Loving deet

Old logging equipment

The Great Mountain of Frobel Lake

I need antlers?

The last stretch

Ashore after a 3+ hour hike/paddle combo

Path to cabin

A-frame cabin in the woods

Frobel Lake at evening

View from cabin window

Morning

Outhouse

Coffee and trail mix

Cabin silhouette

Dawn

More morning mist

Lots of white pine

Marshy area

Exploring

Moose tracks?

Exploring a stream bed

Cedar bark

Somewhere in there is old growth white pine

Ready to swim

The swim rock

Little fishies nipping my legs

Cedar says hello

Baby pine

Lichens and grasses

That’s me

Baby wormy thing

Blueberries

Pine selfie

Devil’s paintbrush

Me again

Sleeping loft

Main floor

Pretending to read

Night

Ferns at night

Cabin lighting

Hiking

Outlooking

Red pine

Lady’s slipper

Tiny flowers

View from outlook behind cabin

Treetops

Biggest white pine of the trip

Me defying mosquitoes to pose by the great tree

Look out, I’m posing

Pinecone

Packing up

Me and Diane (selfie by Diane)

My condiments

Campfire by the beach

Last morning

“This place suits us”

Lake fish and rainbow filters

2014/08/11 Karen 0 comment

August evening Chesley Lake

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Bass season begins

2014/06/29 Karen 0 comment

15 hours on Chesley Lake at 27 degrees Celcius. Welcome to bass season!

At six, we were almost the first ones on the lake.

6:20 am – First bass of the season (largemouth)

6:54 am – First smallmouth.

6:54 am – Two more largemouths.

7:12 am

7:35 am

7:59 am

8:42 am – My first catch, lemon loaf.

11:13 am – Lady Sagie starts to melt.

11:14 am – Abbey wilts below decks

12:29 am – To land? Haha, no.

12:29 am – Eric keeps us parked in shade.

1:59 pm – The pike that got away.

2:23 pm

2:45 pm – Sage goes Arabian, needs more shade.

4:49 pm – Headed to another siesta.

4:50 pm

6:04 pm – A nap spot by willow and reeds.

7:11 pm – Lucky this wasn’t the South Pacific.

7:11 pm

7:12 pm

7:26 pm

7:39 pm

8:24 pm – Catch of the day!

8:25 pm

8:31 pm

8:33 pm – Find any land yet?

8:47 pm

8:48 pm

8:50 pm – Zzzzzzzz….

9:14 pm

9:22 pm

THE END

Miller Lake

2013/10/02 Karen 2 Comments

Let’s start this trip with a snack.

Is this safe?

That’s better.

Guarding pa’s fishing gear.

Mr. Smallmouth #1

Mr. Smallmouth #2.

When do we get our snack?

Yeah!

Just enjoy the view.

Seriously, no treats?

Where’s my blankie?

Grumble, grumble…

Zonk.

They expect us to watch trees all day?

Dead trees?

Snack time again!

^##%&*(*&^&*(

Think we can make it to shore?

??

Maybe not.

Sage subliminally navigates pa to land.

Land!

PRIVACY PLEASE!

Time’s up kids… “no no no”

Back on the boat.

#@$%^(*&^&

Boat Lake

2013/08/01 Karen 0 comment

What a nice borrowed yellow canoe!

A quiet day to go paddling.

Such pretty lilies…

Rather cute birds.

And what lovely reeds!

Look! Pa caught a wee little pike.

UH… MA?

Not now, Sagie! Pa’s fishing.

Is that a little island?

I should’ve packed my calligraphy set.

Or at least watercolour crayons…

HEY MOM!

What now Sagie!?!

Oh.

Luckily we can paddle back to the bridge.

And wait this out.

…

Have some snacks.

Like cookies in Kongs. Tea.

Abbey’s done already?

Where to, Captain Abbey?

HEY, MOM?

Hm?

CAN WE GO HOME NOW?