Saturday, May 30, 2020

Walks & Rondeau

Since Rondeau is open (not to camping, but walking and such), we have been occasionally going for walks there. We usually went for a Sunday walk, but lately we have been going for MonTuesWedThursFriSat walks, in English: whenever.

I will start with our few Sunday walks.

As you can see, a sunny day!

Cass, Dad, Mum, V & a bit of Ellia

I've always liked this house.

Conspirators in the background
Mum and Dad talking or something like that! 🤷🏻‍♀️

Joel, Ellia & Cassia walking

Now onto our MonTuesWedThursFriSat walks. I will say, I have no idea what day we took these pictures, so hence the name.


A random picture of the road

A fun endeavor!

Cass & I ran to the water (boat dock) to see the water

Joel & V

Taking pictures

Ellia "mmmm"-ing

One of my favorite pictures

I liked this one too.

The winding road


It is fun to take a picture of one's shadow.

Walks in Rondeau are usually fun!
On Sundays we go for about 5k walks on the Harrison Trail.
During the week, we usually just walk around the campground.
We are definitely enjoying the beautiful weather! Lots of walks and bike rides (more walks than bike rides, though).


Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Fishing in Rondeau

Since, until the end of May, Rondeau is free. My family has been going fishing, while Mum and I stay home and do nothing (sometimes we do something). Yesterday we all went fishing at the yacht club inside Rondeau.
I totally forgot our camera (something to do) and realized I should not have when there were many opportunities to take pictures! I used Dad's phone, and I took some photos. I like our camera better though.

Joel

A random picture of trees

Cassia & Joel fishing

There were many of these birds flying around,
I don't know what kind they are, but they were pretty.

Dad & V

Mum brought a book

I brought a book and a "list".

Moriah & Victoria fishing

Another random picture

There were many carpenter bees swarming around.
They were quite annoying, but apparently they don't sting, so that was good.

Victoria caught 8 fish.
I didn't fish.
Moriah caught 13 fish.
Cassia caught 14 fish.
Ellia caught 8 fish.
Joel caught 5 fish.
Dad was very busy taking off fish and putting on worms. We girls don't enjoy doing that part, Joel doesn't do it either.

When we got home, it was about 8:30. I joined my friends on Zoom for about half an hour and talked to them, and as far as I know they are all still alive 😊.
Thus ends an evening in the life of the Marentettes. We all woke up early this morning (summer does that to some of us), and we are enjoying the beautiful weather!

Friday, May 22, 2020

Fishing in Rondeau

Now that the provincial parks are open for walking, hiking, biking, etc., we decided to go fishing on both Tuesday and Thursday. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures on Tuesday, so you'll just see the ones from Thursday. The total number of fish caught was 16: Joel caught 6, Ellia 3, Cassia 4, Moriah 2 and myself 1. They ranged from good-sized largemouth bass all the way down to little guppies. I retired from fishing to take pictures early on, but the rest went on to catch some big ones.
Cassia fishing. She caught the first fish and then we all moved to her spot. She moved to the other side and then caught another fish, and so we all moved over there. She moved back to where she was and caught another, so we gave up.:)

Joel & Ellia
It was really shallow there and I think that we all got caught on the rocks at least once. Joel ended up getting stuck on a branch and so Cassia had to go break it since she was the only one in sandals. She came out with cold feet and a leech.

The best fishing is when you can just sit down!
Moriah's fishing pole in the Bay



This was after I stopped fishing.

Joel's first big fish. He looks funny because the sun was in his face. The fish was a good size, about 8 or 9 inches long.

Partial silhouette fishing.

Sunset just before we left. I did use a filter for this one to make the colours brighter.
The nice weather has been wonderful! So glad that it is the end of May and hopefully it will stay nice.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Tulips

We have a lot of tulips growing in our front yard, and when the sun shines on them just right they are beautiful. They are beautiful anyways, but I managed to catch some photos of them on a sunny day.

For this one, I used a special simulator to make it look like a painting.





Spring is finally here! I love the wonderful weather and the longer days too. 😍