Garden Update

The garden is doing pretty good so far this year.



Herbs and Peppers.



Have you ever seen mutant chives like these?


I just found some oregano growing along the edge.


And the Cayenne are so spicy, they're out of focus.


Tomatoes.


Here's a couple of tomato plants growing wild.


Green Beans.



Cucumbers and Canteloupe.

Bass Opener - Lake Clear

These pics pretty much speak for themselves. The weather was great, the dog didn't mind being on a boat and we caught fish.

Father's Day 2007

I just got back from my annual summer holiday in Timmins. I started the holiday off with our annual Father's Day fishing trip to White Pine Lodge. I fished there with Dad and the gang on Friday and Saturday and we came home on Sunday.

I spent the rest of the week fishing at the cottage with my folks. Even managed to squeeze in a nine at Abitibi.

Friday was way too hot. Dad and I fished Keith and came back empty handed. Just a couple of small Pike.

We didn't have any yucaflush to cool us off this year so measures were drastic.


Saturday was more overcast and it cooled down a bit. A few minutes of rain in the morning even had us put our raincoats on to keep warm.


We fished all day and finally found a shallow weedbed around 3:30. We had our limit by 5:00. No monsters but I don't think there are any in Keith.


The rest of the gang was spread all over various other lakes and rivers in the area. They caught bigger fish, but not as many, and they had to work a lot harder.


Yummy.


I wish there was something in this photo to show scale. The legspan on this guy was around 3".


One of Mom's white roses.


Fished a few times at the cottage. Monday afternoon wasn't meant to be. Dad and I went out with 4 dozen expensive store-bought minnows, fished for a couple of hours, and came back to the cottage for lunch with a 3lb Walleye on our chain. I pulled the minnow bucket out of the water and the bottom fell out. We lost all but two minnows. Went over to grab the fish, and the clip had opened, no fish on the chain.

We went to put the minnow trap in and bummed a few minnows from a neighbour to keep us busy for the rest of the afternoon, but nothing.

Tuesday we fished some more, but didn't catch anything worth keeping.

Wednesday we golfed and then fished some more. This time we caught some nice size Walleye. Mom caught the two bigger ones and I caught the other.


Mom went in to start supper and Dad and I went back out. No more Walleye but I caught a nice Pike.