Wednesday, May 31, 2017

First Cut


 This is the kind of weather we've had
sun and wet
sometimes you get really nice shots like this double rainbow


on Monday Rien decided to start 1st cut
with lots of rain in the forecast, 
hoping that most showers would miss us


Marc cut the whole day


the first field accompanied by a Coyote 


and a turkey
it may be looking for it's nest


Dark clouds came and went


short bursts of rain even accompanied by hail


Not the kind of sky you want to see above your hayfield
all in all we had 4 showers with a grand total of about 6mm


today Marc started merging


with the hope that it would dry out a bit more


Early evening we started to fill the first bunk


Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Sherman Falls


The last Falls we saw
privately owned
up on the right you see a private viewing deck



so many waterfalls almost make you think 
oh another one, nice!



So much to see
It changes my perception of Hamilton as a dirty steel town


walking away


to the parking lot, going home

Monday, May 29, 2017

Tiffany Falls



crossing over to see Tiffany Falls


fast running water


2 bridges


so so pretty


viewing platform



 the coop student taking the pictures


even the rocks around it look great



back on the other side of the busy road


on the way to the next falls


sometimes I am to lazy, 
this picture would have been great without the powerlines

Saturday, May 27, 2017

First 3 Falls




It's a good idea to see falls after we had lots of rain
first we hiked a part of the Bruce trail that was re-routed


a very popular part of the trail is closed now
 due to private owner closing it

This Hermitage Cascade left side is privately owned too


The plan was to have a longer stop at the first waterfall 
it took a while to get there


so we had a short break 


lots of "forget-me not" blooming


this used to be the trail, very pretty


Canterbury Falls, now a side trail
Marian is taking a picture of me


this one


these falls had a well placed bench so we enjoyed 
a lunch break


The old mill has falls at their property


a very nice place to sit outside with a beverage, maybe next time


we also appreciated some smaller falls

Friday, May 26, 2017

Around the house


the lawn gets cut


the onions are growing well


we have had lots of rain


a good year for tulips


cleaning the eaves troughs 

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Days For Girls


a kit


containing underwear and reusable pads
8 thin squares folded in 4 so it doesn't leak
but thin enough it dries in a reasonable time



so girls in third world countries don't have to miss school
2 of our group shared their enthusiasm 


One is a wiz with a sewing machine


she made over 2200 inserts already
the reusable pads