A FEW FLOWERS AND A TRIP TO TORONTO

The flowers are coming along nicely

Did some fertilizing the other day

The front gardens are still waiting for me

to take care of them

They get watered but I still need to add new soil

and fertilize

This weekend for sure

I'm coming flowers!!!!!

One by one these little buds are opening

There's one little drop of water on the day lily

'Taken through the screen door'

Joe is working on putting these solar lights

on the dock

Night time is coming

Now this is a racing boat

Take a look at that mast

A baby heron on the dock

If you make the photo larger you can really

see the little feathers

This little smurf is getting a free ride

NO NO NO NO NO

You can see little snouts

We later saw this boat/bus on the streets of Toronto

She is really using her tippy toes!!!!!!!

A Vietnamese restaurant

Surley to goodness they do not serve cat?????

These 'guys' were on a balcony

Go Leafs

Go Jays

Lots of signs all in one place

Have been working our way down Spadina Avenue

Had my annual check-up at

Toronto General Hospital

It's good!

The thimble

We wondered if this street was lined with stores that carried fabric???

Lakeshore Blvd

Here are the gates to the Toronto Exibition grounds

Skyline

View from a balcony

I watched this couple get out of their car

The lady was dressed in a long flowing dress

They carried a picnic basket

A lovely way to spend an evening

These guys were about to buzz by the happy couple

Sailboats are all out enjoying the incredible evening

Sooooooo beautiful

Last night and early this morning

Back on the island

LIFE IS GOOD

UP CLOSE

Just a few photos

The other day I put my macro lens on the camera

and took some pictures of my flowers

It is interesting to see the different designs

in the middle of flowers

There are little yellow star like flowers

in the middle of the zinnia

Here is one pattern in the middle of the daisy

The swirling pattern is quite different

in another daisy

It just goes to show you

No two things are alike!

Looking to the sun

I think summer has arrived

We've had several sunny days

That's all for this evening

SHORT AND SWEET

CANADA DAY WEEKEND

We had a super Canada Day weekend

Saturday it was 97 degrees

Whew was it hot or what

We were saved here on the island

with a beautiful breeze

We did however have quite the storm Saturday evening

High winds

Hail

Rain

We had it all!!!!!!

I'll start with

Friday

This photo was taken from the Bluewater Bridge

showing the St. Clair River and the mouth of Lake Huron

Looking down from the bridge you can see this

pretty garden which takes up the entire front lawn of the house You can even see a 'manikin' looking out the front porch window!!

While we were edging our way towards the customs booth I noticed

the bike in Joe's side mirror

These big yachts just keep comin up the river

Who's on board??????

There were at least 7 swans flying low

It looks like the tip of the swan's wing hit the water

I did it

I did it

Water temp 64 degrees

I headed to the ladder very quickly!

Must say

The water was refreshing

and

the air was pleasently warm

That was for you Curtis!

HAPPY CANADA DAY

Still working on the chairs

Have painted 4 out of 6

Two coats of paint

but they need one more

SHOOT

Friday evening the 4 cottage men decided they were going

to try and move a huge tree limb that has been stuck on a sand bar

We have Ray Eric and Eric's friend

in one boat

Joe's in the red boat

Bruce is on the jet ski

They all have ropes attached to the tree limb

oh oh

Joe is in the water

The red boat is overturned

The motor is under water

With the boat in tow

Joe is heading to shore

Taking turns bailing out the boat

Gwennie is right in there

Guess the limb will stay where it is!!

Saturday

We were having a grand dinner outside with our friends

Ken and Devonna

and

Bill and Janet

Joe commented that he could see

   the storm coming down river

All six of us went into action

Potted plants were taken off the deck

Chairs covered

and

dinner and dishes brought into the cottage

Here's Janet giving a hand!

Within seconds

the wind was up

we had white caps

and the clouds moved in

Bill and I were standing outside

watching the clouds

He didn't like the look of the

LOW CLOUDS

He told me he has been

 through 2 tornados!

YIKES

Soon we would be pounded with hail as well

We thought we might have 4 overnight guests

as the ferry was closed down for a time

due to lightening

Then

the sun came out!

The sky took on a greenish yellow colour

Not good

The colour changed again

Sunday morning

Our next door neighbour Ray called me over to see

the resident snake who lives out by the dock

Wonder if it is the same snake that Beau an Zoe

named

'No feet'

Side kick 'Stanley' was not far away

It was a great Canadian weekend

Happy July 4th to  our American friends