Trip to Carleton Place

 Friday, July 31st

I needed a haircut. It feels better! I am in my Pink period! This is the before and after! Nice and tidy. 

Going through town is nice, but not the day before a long weekend! This was Friday, and Monday is a holiday. The court house was pretty quiet.

Corn is a good size:

The lakes and rivers are full.

Kayaking, boating, swimming, paddling...

People were enjoying the day.

Here we are!

Joe waited in the car, under the tree, but it got too hot. 

This is a huge flag!

Off we went to Almonte for a patio lunch... more on that later.

This guy's car looked so sad! I smudged his licence plate.

A new home... it's not crooked. I was a bit tilted.

This guy passed us, and the car in front, and then turned left not too far up the road. I don't think they pay these gig workers well enough. If they can't do their work safely...  

 

I like Carleton Place. I looked at the Waterfront Gastropub has a live webcam this morning! It is pouring as much here as there. We've had rain since Saturday. About 53 mm (about 2") so far (the 3rd day of August!), and the storm isn't done. Garbage is out, though. A raincoat was required. Coffee in hand, the week begins, excepts it is a long weekend. We'll hunker down. Hope you have a good one.

Big trip to Carleton Place!

 We had a mission. The wool shop and the CCWG Livestock store (est. 1918(. The leather smells were amazing. They sell bird seed, as well.

This was the purpose of our trip: 

I quite like this building. It's very old. This is the equestrian store. Look at the old walls and beams!

For lunch, we went to St. James Gate Pub. We took the grandies there Grandsitting PD Day April 15th, 2016. 

It was dumping rain. I hopped out at the light and snagged a table while Joe parked the car. It was very noisy, so he took out his hearing aids. They can amp up the sound unbearably. We could barely hear one another. He ended up swinging his chair around to sit beside me so we could hear one another.

The food was good, I had leftovers. 

I took a panoramic photo of the mural (Shaun McGinnis – 2008) on 61 Bridge St. with my phone. It didn't quite take, it is a straight wall. If you biggify it, you can see a creepy man in a window. Carleton Place has a lot of murals.

People have their Hallowe'en decorations up. 

The new off-leash dog park outside Perth. It seems really busy. It's a great idea to put in a fence. There is an on-leash path around the property, as well. The old barn building was removed after they fell down. The swallows were out of luck! The old stone farm house was dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere, I believe.

Lunch in Carleton Place

 Field trip and lunch in Carleton Place. We wanted to get out of the house and sit beside some water. Joe wore his Strong and Free t-shirt. He has several like this!

It was nice and quiet on the patio at 1:30. 

It is a great location, on the water, beside the dam. No sooner had we sat down, than an Osprey landed in the tree. Can you see it?! I might not have noticed it if I hadn't seen the huge thing fly past and land there! 

I forgot my 57x zoom camcorder, but snapped a few photos. There is is in the lower left corner, buzzing over the water looking for fishies. 

They have a wing span of 180 cm (71"), and are so impressive floating on the wind.

I have lots of Osprey photos, in case you wonder what they actually look like! This one landed on a tree beside our driveway. We have no fish in our frog pond, although they eat snakes, as well. I think it was a young one, spreading its wings.

You can guess what he did here! I like seeing its feathered legs!

Ah, this is the life! 

Across the water, a pub. We've been there, as well. It's a little noisier, and primarily bar food. Joe needs food without dairy, yeast or eggs, as well as oily foods. It can be tricky. 

The food arrived. I had a salad for dinner, later. No cooking involved for me on Friday. Joe had the pickerel.

This pair were quite something. While they waited, the older man took out cards. He presented a pair of cards, and asked the youngster to pick one. Sometimes he won, sometimes he lost. There were match sticks involved, as well as money. The young man paid for their lunch. After their lunch I saw the older man put a $50 bill down under the container holding the matches. I realized it was a $100 bill. I have no idea what game they were gambling over. The young man had an Aussie accent. I hope he wasn't getting ripped off!

When we arrived I scanned for Great Blue Herons, one didn't arrive until just before we were leaving. Good thing I have a ton of heron photos!

This was in Bala, 2008 or so.

The Osprey is still flying overhead. Can you spot it?!