Even though this week's weather hasn't been unbearably hot; it has been really humid!
Nasty stuff - and particularly so when you have to work outside or in a shop without air conditioning as you start your pre-winter chores.
Yes, that's what I said - Winter.
My get-ready-for-winter list is lengthy and it's likely to take me quite a few weeks to get it finished.
The list ends with hanging our winter bird feeders so we can keep our extended families well fed until next Spring.
And speaking of "birds" - the chickadee and the blue jay chicks are all now teenagers and the single baby hummingbird is looking a lot like her mother. While the hummingbirds are all still here, soon the parents will head south, leaving the young one to follow later.
Locally, there's not been much happening around the lake during the past week, other than the prevalence of "Honeydew" on just about everything outside. I've often thought that this phenomenon has been "sap" dripping from the maple trees, but apparently that may not be the case. Here's a link to an article written by Sandy Smith that appeared in this week's Haliburton Echo that gives some insight into the annoying sticky mess:
http://haliburtonecho.ca/?p=15707
Our water level continues to slowly drop. The Trent Severn Waterway predicts that Loon Lake is scheduled to drop 0.091 m (3.55 inches) between August 31 and September 14. Travelling down to Peterborough last week, we noted that there didn't seem to be a lot of activity on the waterway.
If you take a look under the "Useful Info" section of the sidebar, you'll note that I've added e-Coli and Total Coliform test results to the sidebar. Remember, untreated lake water that has an e-Coli reading that is greater than "0" is not safe for humans.
This is the last long weekend of the 2015 Summer; the weather's going to be great; so let's all try to get outside and enjoy it!
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