Micro-Jamming

What to do with one lonely gooseberry bush?

Gooseberry bush

Harvest its berries, and make a jar of jam!

Gooseberries

Freshly picked berries

After being tidied up: 110 grams of gooseberries

Simmering with a splash of lemon juice and water

After some time, the berries break down and turn to mush

Measure an equal weight of sugar...

...and add to the berries

 

Keep cooking until the bubbles start looking sugary

Pour into a jar for safekeeping

Eat on toast!

Lac Poisson Blanc

Two night camping trip at Lac Poisson Blanc.

View from the campsite

Preparing breakfast over the campfire

Keeping warm by the fire

Deadheads in the lake

Driftwood along the lakeshore

More driftwood

Campfire flames

Garter Snake that we disturbed at the site

View from the summit of a lakeside hill

Enjoying a break at the top of the hill

Kayaking the lake

A pair of Loons

Strata

Island

The Laurentians

These are the highlights of a visit to the Papineau-Labelle park at the start of September, and Mont Tremblant three weeks later.

The view from the top of Mont Bondy (P.L.)

Setting off for a paddle up Lac des Sept Freres (P.L.)

Island in Lac des Sept Freres

Lac des Sept Freres

A Broad Winged Hawk that we saw on the way out of Papineau Labelle

Chute du Diable in Mont Tremblant Park

The trail to the falls (M.T.)

The river near to Chute Croches (M.T.)

Pine Squirrel

The view from the top of La Roche (M.T.)

Looking up at La Roche from Lac Monroe

Lac du Sommet; out of Mont Tremblant Village along Le P'tit Train du Nord path

RCMP Musical Ride

Here are some photos from the RCMP Musical Ride last month.

They started with some miscellaneous entertainment:

A sharp shooting demonstration

Show jumping

A mock armed arrest

Pipes and drums

The newest addition to the stables

Then the Musical Ride began:

Thanksgiving Bike Ride

A sunny Thanksgiving weekend was the perfect opportunity for a bike ride. We started down to the river:

Prince of Wales Bridge across the Ottawa River

Houses of Parliament

Nepean Point and the National Gallery

And then turned up the Rideau Canal

Bytown Museum and locks

Alexandra Bridge and locks on the canal

Rideau Canal

And finally into the Experimental Farm:

Hay ride in the farm