Front archway work

Bob works on the cedar siding under the arch and we try positioning the "Angara" sign there.  We decide that it should instead hang from the arch, so we set about sourcing some hardware to do so.

Roadwork

Bob and Harley clear the trail into our neighbor's camp.   This hemlock came down roots and all and was found the afternoon after the Wednesday June 23 earthquake tremors that passed through this area.  We did not notice anything until the 5.0 event at the Quebec-Ontario border (north of Ottawa) was reported on the radio.   Catherine and Harley found this hemlock blocking the road that afternoon, but we don't know if that's what knocked it down.

Summertime!

It is June and summer solstice!  There is a profusion of daisies, buttercups and many other wildflowers everywhere.  Harley thinks that a dead fish smells much better but he looks at the flowers to humor Catherine.

Keeping the habitat

This partly dead sumac tree was destined to be cut down until this flock of cedar waxwings decided to use it in the mornings and evenings as a meeting place.   They appear groups of 10 to 30 to chatter and conduct feather grooming, then they disperse and go about their daily or nightly bird activities.   On its own it is not such an attractive feature just outside the east side, south end window - but as habitat for these beauties, it will stay until they are finished with it.

This time a moose?

This fresh print was at the bottom of the hill behind the house, on the way to the marshy area next to the river.  This is a large print and rounded at the heels,  maybe matching the moose that we have been seeing in the area?  There are some elk around as well but we have not spotted any this spring.

Preparation for parging

The trim work is now stained so that this last outside basement wall can be parged.  We plan to just parge and paint it with a stucco-like finish for now.   Note the horseshoe maintained in the "tips up" lucky orientation at the lower left of the doors.

Its hot out here

The hot hazy days of summer are arriving before the summer solstice.   Harley looks in the back door, it's time to go for a walk..... or maybe have a snooze?