UP YER KILT

We'll never know what everyone wore underneath their kilts but they found out that running in snowshoes sends snow up yer kilt. Several souls braved the -20°C temperature to compete in the snowshoe in kilts race, part of the Robbie Burns Day celebrations at The Rosseau. Racers had to roast a marshmallow enroute as part of the challenge.

LEST WE FORGET

BETWEEN SEASONS

Today was another day of flurries, a preview of things to come. This rooftop scene of The Boatworks captured the bleakness of the day as well demonstrates how we are between seasons, the weather vane a reminder of the gaggles of geese heading south each passing fall day and the snowshovels stacked over the chimney, prepared for winter.

LAST TIME

This afternoon I was canoeing for what may be my last time on the water this year, on a beautiful day with a full week of rain forecast ahead. As I paddled the usual sounds of boats and jetskis were now replaced by leaf blowers and chain saws however when I returned at dusk all was silent, with Mirror Lake reflecting the October scenery.
[Thank you to Nuwan Perera for allowing me the use of his canoe.]

HANNA'S LANDING

Along a stretch of the Indian River near Mirror Lake lies the dormant waterfront property of the former Glenwood Trailer Park. The site is now involved in a dispute with the proposed development of Hanna's Landing, a subdivision of 250 houses, that has divided residents and become one of the top concerns in the upcoming municipal election.