Bumblebee on approach.

Sweet summer sipper

Common Whitetail Dragonfly (male) that was obsessed with this garden ornament. He would flit about the backyard wildly for a few minutes but always return here for a rest.

Swan Anger or Swanger, for short.

Young Wood Duck siblings looking after each other, grooming-wise.

Canvasback duck.

Bleeding Hearts in the backyard.

Columbine on a moody morning in May.

Lily

When a pike decides your fish is his fish.

Storm clouds roiling past.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Comet Neowise

Flamborough, ON.  July 20, 2020.

Black Swallowtail.

Bumblebee on Bee Balm

Sphinx moth.

Tilly Hats were a necessity when spending ten hours a day in a boat in the hot, sunny conditions of last week. Plus many litres of water and 50 SPF.

Home for the week was the cabin second on the left.

O'Sullivan's Rainbow camp.

Didn't rough it in the food department on the fishing trip.

In eight days, we had about one hour of cloudiness. Here's what it looked like.

My Father's Day shirt. (Thanks Meg!)

The lake felt like bath water...77 degree (F) this morning but saw it up to 79 a few times. Normal temperature for this time of year is closer to 60F.

The smell of bacon and eggs was too much for this little fella to resist popping by. For more fishing adventure shots, click on 'Older Posts' below.

A pair of loons that approached the boat. Didn't pack my big lens for the trip but at least you can tell they're loons.

Goldeneye brood.

Had to throttle back to trolling speed to let this gal swim past.

Saw more eagles on the lake than ever. Maybe due to way fewer boats bugging them.

Caught a lot of fish, ate a lot of fish.

Here's where we went.

O'Sullivan Lake, Nakina, ON.  July 6, 2020.

Headed off fishing with fishing boat in tow.

July 4, 2020.  Kapuskasing, ON.

Gone fishin'

O'Sullivan Lake, Nakina, ON

Fly by food delivery.

At first I thought this was a small bit of a leaf stirred by the breeze on the trail. Turned out to be a very tiny, very well camouflaged toad making its way across the path.