INTERESTING SKIES...A CAT NAMED TULIP...RAISING A FLAG POLE

Ray bringing over his 40 foot flag pole from home

I wish I had been out there when he was coming up river in his little 16 foot boat

Remembering my Mom on Mother's Day

It is hard to believe she has not been with us for 14 years

I made myself a lemon pie for Mother's Day

Since our children were not here I decided to spoil myself

My Mom taught me how to make a pie just before I was married

Slipping through the fog

Spotted a few deer on a walk around the island

Joe and I went to the Humane Society to check out  cats

We spent an hour in the 'cat room'

There were 3 cats that I had the lady take out of their cage

In and out

In and out

It was so hard to make a decision

There was Clara

There was Morgan

There was Tulip

Tulip purred and purred and purred

She really wanted to be out of her cage

Finally we decided..........

TULIP

Only one more day and Tulip will join the gang

Ohhhh....the clouds were rolling in

WELL................

The day Tulip was to have her last check-up was not the best day for us or for her

The Vet brought a 'new' Technician with her

The Technician was holding Tulip too tight

Tulip did not like that and scratched the Technician

Tulip had to stay at the Humane Society for

TEN DAYS

IN QUARANTINE

I went to visit Tulip

The fishermen have arrived

A couple enjoying themselves on the River Snye

My first visit to the pond

Looks like this fellow is having lunch

Off to Windsor

Many different cloud formations during our drive

See the Sea Horse????

See the gorilla????

Dinner at Sue's

Sue gave the girls a plant called

Asplenium Crispy Waves............. good for your health and for a better indoor climate

THANKS SUE

(I see tonight that there are a few bites out of the plant)

Not good

Tulip????????

Stopped by the pond on our way home from Windsor

Oh boy
This is exciting
The flag pole is going to be raised

'Dig' the haircut!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder if this is a Toronto hair style?

Joe trying to get an extra rope off the pole

The crew!!!!!

Canada flag

Ontario flag

Our flag pole looks really really small ha ha

Flying the British Columbia flag

I was talking to Rod on the phone when this one went by

Had to drop the phone and grab the camera

We have had the craziest weather

It has rained and rained and rained

It has also been 

CHILLY

As I type this we are now having beautiful warm breezy weather

YEAH

The big day has arrived

Ten days are up!!!!!!

We kept telling Gwennie and Bing about Tulip 

I don't think they care 

ha ha ha

My Mother's chair

I was down to Chatham on Monday

Stopped on my way down and back

I found this bird to be very interesting

It was fluttering over the water

I had to take a second look as I first thought there were 2 birds

but it is a reflection

Stretching

Ah...................

There it is

My favourite freighter

This is the first I have seen the Roger Blough this season

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I am off to Chatham again tomorrow

Wonder what will be waiting for me at the pond

Sounds silly but I get excited when approaching the pond

CARRYING ON AFTER APRIL 15TH

We were 43 days in the airstream

Now it is time to leave Our Ponderosa Park at Kettle Point

Since the island is still not open we are heading to Gales Ferry Connecticut for 10 days

Our time was up on
April 15th

However

We stayed one more day to avoid any snow issues on the highways

It was a long day as you know what it's like  when you know it is time to go!!

We took the airstream back to the Corunna area

Our island neighbours have a home near Mooretown so we dropped Miss Gypsy off at their place

Went as far as Utica New York

Would have a short drive (for us) the next day

Came across a

 HOOTERS

It reminded me of a funny story about our granddaughter

Zoe

She accompanied her parents to the restaurant once when she was a young young girl

She asked her Mom 

Why are the girls dressed like that?

OH SHE SAID

When I grow up I am going to work at 

HOOTERS!!

I don't think so Zoe!!!!!!!!

Next we passed a 

FIVE GUYS

Hamburger joint

Our grandson Beau introduced us to it when we were in Arizona

We would go between

FIVE GUYS

and

In-N-Out Burger

until we found out that Beau's girlfriend Kelsey works for

In-N-Out

We try to be faithful to her!

Lots of stories

Basketball Hall of Fame

Springfield Mass

Graham toured the building as a boy with his teammates from Gregory Hogan School

He put his wallet down for one second

and

It was gone

His teacher Mr. Sharpe lent him money for the remainder of the trip

Thanks Mr. Sharpe

This Canada Goose had an issue with a wing

Hopefully it is ok

Interesting place for a birdhouse

I think they are for wood ducks

Connecticut is known for stone fences

David took Joe and I out to Thames Conservation Property for a walk

This explains the hundreds of daffodils

Mystic Sea Port

CHARLES W MORGAN

Repairs have been made to the whaling ship

She is the last of an American whaling fleet

 First launched in 1841

This will be her 38th voyage starting out May 17th of this year

Back of the Schroeder home

Our family loves this home!!!!

We have been coming here for years and years!

We drove Alice and David to Providence Long Island

Dropped them off at a bus station

Bus to take them to Logan International Airport in Boston

They were off to Germany for a two week visit with their daughter Elizabeth and family

Drove by a cemetery coming back from the station

This area was filled with tiny American flags

Ha.....funny picture of Davey's cat

Flowers coming out in Alice's Japanese garden

Spring is here!

Bing wanting so much to go outside

He has to wait for the island!

One of my most favourite living rooms

Sunday April 27th

We arrived on the island

The US Coast Guard has arrived to put the buoy back in the river

Out comes the 'winter' buoy

There she is

Number 58

Light is flashing

Deer at the back of the cottage

Oh brother!!!!

These two sailors are bundled up against the wind and rain

It was soooo cold the day I took this photo

Curt and Christina came up for the weekend

Chris' dog Molly was right by her side all the time

Gwennie trying to get in on some of the snuggling!

My first trip to the pond

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Susie Wong

1993 - 2014

Curtis with Susie

Joe with WeiQuay

Dianne with Beau

Susie was a rescue cat from Chatham

Humane Society thought she was a year old when she arrived at the shelter

Beau was born in 1994

so

She was at least 21 years old when she died

We arrived at the cottage on Sunday April 27th

Susie died that afternoon by falling into the river

A very sad day

Susie outlived two cats

WeiQuay

and

Elliot

She traveled about 20,000 km a year

for at least 8 years living in two provinces and one state each year

First of all WeiQuay slept in the crook of Joe's arm and would not let Susie in

When WeiQuay left us Susie moved in and would not let any other cat in!

She was a good cat