The Cool Damp Summer of Aught Nine

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January 26, 2006 02:51:41
Stella doesn't know she's a dog. Don't tell her.

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June 27, 2009 13:20:32
HMCS Addy.

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June 27, 2009 13:20:46
Jo & Stella.

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June 27, 2009 14:08:00
Island dwellers.

On the island
June 27, 2009 14:08:41
A tall view of our portable island.

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June 27, 2009 16:06:16
Like a regatta...

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June 27, 2009 16:06:35
Jo dreams of a pedicure.

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June 27, 2009 16:07:01
Very few sunny days in the summer of 2009. We got one here.

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June 28, 2009 10:54:31
Jo learns the way of the paddle. No paddle yet. That's lesson two.

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June 28, 2009 13:51:58
Painting watercolours.

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January 3, 2005 05:12:50
Taking a break from the stairbuilding project.

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January 4, 2005 06:42:32
Looking back up the stairs at last summer's work.

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January 4, 2005 06:44:12
An overview as at July 5th.

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January 9, 2005 09:02:31
Josephine & Stella enjoy icecream at Kawartha Dairy. They like Stella there - it's her idea of a fancy resturant.

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January 9, 2005 09:10:12
Megs Stella & Jo admiring the wildlife. His name is "Rusty".

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January 10, 2005 07:33:54
Brick, Brenda & Dr. Dr. Steve Steve at Noel & Katie's place for an Ingleside reunion.

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January 10, 2005 07:36:46
Jo gives Troy a swimming lesson from down inside her life-jacket.

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January 10, 2005 09:18:10
Bill teaches Joey and Josephine apbout fishing.

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January 10, 2005 09:18:27
No worms were injured in the making of this photograph. They were green rubber ones.

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January 10, 2005 09:29:42
Jivy Jo tries it out herself.

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January 10, 2005 09:30:52
Scott giving his impression of a knowledgeable angler in a father-daughter photo op. moment.

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January 10, 2005 09:49:37
Megs & Jo.

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January 10, 2005 09:49:55
Megs & Jo & Joey.

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January 10, 2005 09:51:25
Steve & Megs.

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January 10, 2005 10:06:12
Joey and Josephine help Troy wake up from his nap.

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January 10, 2005 10:12:52
There was a bit of rain but we were rewarded with a double rainbow.

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January 13, 2005 01:50:42
The stairs as at July 14th.

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January 13, 2005 01:52:26
The overview looking back up the hill.

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January 13, 2005 03:30:35
The next set of steps waiting for Meggsie to hang.

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January 18, 2005 00:13:57
Cottage waffles taste better.

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January 18, 2005 00:19:39
Megs knitting on her stairs.

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January 18, 2005 00:19:48
Megs lamenting the loss of her mock crock.

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July 14, 2009 18:33:11
View over northern Bancroft from Eagle's Nest.

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August 1, 2009 11:15:09
Erik and Willy visit the islanders.

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August 1, 2009 11:15:49
Erik & Willy set out again on the next leg of their voyage.

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August 1, 2009 11:29:32
Tobi.

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August 1, 2009 11:35:34
Jo floats.

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August 1, 2009 11:35:48
Jo still floats.

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August 1, 2009 11:56:58
Martha photographs the scene.

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August 1, 2009 11:58:24
A crowd in/on the lake

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August 1, 2009 12:06:30
Tethered Addy.

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August 1, 2009 12:07:09
Adelaide

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August 1, 2009 15:05:34
Tobi & Martha

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August 1, 2009 15:19:35
Tobi, Addy & Martha

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August 1, 2009 16:12:02
The stairs starting at the bottom and growing back uphill.

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August 1, 2009 16:13:05
Meggsie at work.

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August 1, 2009 16:24:12
Jo, Anthony & Chip go on a Three Hour Tour.

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August 1, 2009 16:24:20
They have their passports in order.

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August 1, 2009 16:24:42
That's a one Anthony-powered inboard.

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August 1, 2009 19:41:50
Dom pushes Jo.

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August 1, 2009 19:40:13
Jo pushes Dom.

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August 2, 2009 14:22:39
Megs reassures Stella that she will - one day - return.

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August 2, 2009 14:30:24
Addy.

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August 2, 2009 14:48:17
The islanders.

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August 2, 2009 16:47:01
Megs paints a watercolour.

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August 2, 2009 16:48:17
Anthony does too.

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August 2, 2009 16:53:01
Stella begs Tobi to save her.

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August 2, 2009 16:53:16
Tobi does.

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August 3, 2009 10:12:22
Megs' stairs looking down from the top.

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August 16, 2009 17:14:48
Comic book looking after a busy day in the lake.

final flights
August 15, 2009 13:47:37
The stairs are nearly done.

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August 15, 2009 14:40:28
Jo chasing Megs.

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August 15, 2009 14:50:09
There's a lake on the other side Jo!

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August 15, 2009 14:51:09
The good ship Marf.

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August 15, 2009 17:49:28
Stella.

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August 16, 2009 12:34:54
More Stella.

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August 16, 2009 10:46:44
August always brings a good selection of toadstools.

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August 16, 2009 10:43:19
I'd never seen fungi like these before.

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August 16, 2009 12:34:32
Playing tug-boat.

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August 16, 2009 12:37:57
Scott tows Jo.

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August 16, 2009 13:01:25
Martha and Sam.

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August 16, 2009 13:02:23
Why is Dad's chest hair all white?

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August 16, 2009 13:02:31
Yet more Stella.

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August 16, 2009 13:21:28
Martha's ready for Ascot.

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August 16, 2009 13:21:39
Martha Floats.

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August 16, 2009 14:01:17
Stella being nervous in the canoe.

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August 16, 2009 14:44:54
Megs in her sea of tranquility.

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August 16, 2009 15:15:33
Beer on the pier, water on the water, Growers on the floaty thing.

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August 16, 2009 15:15:39
Jo as tugboat.

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August 16, 2009 15:17:42
Dry Stella...

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August 16, 2009 15:17:50
Wet Stella.

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August 16, 2009 15:23:53
She enjoyed the first dip so much she's getting launched again.

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August 16, 2009 15:18:44
Looks like Addy is ready for a day at Ascot with the Queen too.

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August 16, 2009 15:21:54
Sam tries an alternate way of climbing onto the dock.

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August 16, 2009 15:37:34
The whole armada.

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September 20, 2009 15:33:02
There are leaves up there!

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September 19, 2009 12:59:57
Meggsie got a new toy in September!

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September 19, 2009 13:05:12
Practising for the turkey carving to come.

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September 19, 2009 13:16:31
Tinking about what Maurice would do. (Our neighbour Maurice Freymond, the woodsman & sawer, was turning 85 the next day!)

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September 19, 2009 13:54:00
Jo finds a furry catapillar.

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September 19, 2009 13:54:13
Or maybe it's a calapittar.

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September 20, 2009 15:32:25
The weekend's wrapping project. Upstairs on another weekend.

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September 20, 2009 15:33:02
There are leaves up there!

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