This has been a great day. It was a bit windy, but what the hey. We did our work on the shore today, just because it was so nice. Our resident geese thought so too.

we noticed on the way in to town this morning that the coast guard had been out and all of the bouys have been put back somewhat in place.

the temp hit 21 C. and stayed there. The black flies are really out now, although with the wind we did not see any after mid morning.

Sunday is a day of rest, so we did. And it was with great pleasure that we watched the all of the boats heading in this evening. the folks in them were enjoying the late sun and feeling ever so fortunate to be here on this gorgeous weekend. maybe so, but as for us, we expect to be enjoying that same sun tomorrow and feeling ever so fortunate that we do not have to go back home. This is home.

A little bug with a big bite.

It has been a glorious day here on the channel. Light wind, clear sky, and 19 C. on the thermometer. Hard to beat that. It was a great day to work, so we did. Cleanup is coming along nicely.

We saw our first black flies today, so I figure about next weekend there will be a lot of them and they will begin biting. Some people claim to have seen the little buggers as early as last weekend, but I am a skeptic. I did see some of those little gnat like bugs, but no black flies.

We have begun having a bit of trouble with our pictures, but we are working on it and will have it sorted out eventually.

Spring has sprung
The grass has riz
Now we know
Where the flowers iz

Phographer - Mrs. Channel Man

Our first spring flowers. The first that we have seen at any rate. Another stellar day is underway, and it looks as though people are taking advantage of the weekend. Boats going past all last evening and they are still coming.

Beaver Dam - Photographer, Smiley

Yesterday was a cool but gorgeous day. Today will be better. The rain we received at the beginning of the week amounted to a bit under an inch, and it was slow and steady enough that there was no run off. The woods were already dry and even that amount of rain did not lower the fire hazard level from moderate. The small stream flowing past my cottage showed no change and I expect it will cease running by the end of May.

Just in passing, I didn’t know we had so many work boats in the area. Traffic between 5:00 and 6:00 makes us think of the weekends.

Interesting Fungi on a old juniper branch - Photographer, Mrs. Channel Man

If you didn’t like the weather yesterday - and we didn’t - you would hate it today.
It became to windy to work outside, so we went in to town. A good thing to do perhaps, but no fun. We got rain as well as strong winds. We no sooner got back down the channel than the day turned beautiful. And it warmed up.

The chipmunks are coming out now for peanuts, and our bat house is stuffed. Too many bats to count. More birds every day, but that is about right the maples are beginning to blossom. What a place. And what a privilege to be here.

Lovely Day

And it was lovely all last week though Friday, but not so much since. It is still Cool, our high has been about 8 C. and we have had a steady but light rain that began at 6:00 last evening and went on into mid morning. Then we had an hour of clear sky, followed by more rain and a light mist.

But last night the peepers were chorusing us. They sound different from our New York peepers. So we felt right at home. This morning mergansers, Canada geese and buffleheads were coming into our cove. And as usual we got a big wave from Rick Zanussi’s crew as they passed by.

Every day is a good day up here.

Where ya been?

We just pulled in here for good. We came out to the narrows on Friday. It was a glorious day. The rest have not been so great. Strong and chilly east winds. But we are here and in business.

Many of the channel bouys are missing at this time and several of the remaining ones have shifted position.

Lots of neat waterfowl are about and the ospreys at Five Mile Narrows are on their nest.

Springtime!

The weather brought by the Easter Bunny has been marvelous. And we have begun hearing from people who have discovered this blog or the web site, www.southchannel.org. We are very pleased with that. That is what we are here for.

Later in the week we will be blogging directly from the South Channel. We can barely wait.

Photograph by Lisa Lebert, in mid-March

Photograph by *Smiley*, in mid-April

It has been a sunny day in PS today, and it is still 16 C.

My Boat is in the water!

Craganmor Point from Kineras Bay - Brent Warga, photographer

It may not look it from the picture, but the channel is open. Brent says he went in to town. You could probably make it to Amanda, but there is still plenty of ice out there floating about, and the small bays and marinas are still locked in. Probably well into next week, Brent is guessing. So no night trips.

We expect more beautiful weather coming up, but the forcast is for it to be a bit colder than normal.