The first oil and change and blade sharpen

The Husqvarna lawnmower (Lawrence ..!!!) has now done five hours of running which coincidently is also five cuts. At this point Honda recommend on a new engine the oil be changed.

A nice feature on my 28 year old Crappy Tire lawnmower was the oil drained from the bottom of the engine via a drain plug, which always ensured complete drainage and no spills. The Honda engine does not have this, the oil iinstead is drained through the filler pipe as the lawnmower is carefully tilted, I am not too impressed by this. From the photos below you will see I had to be creative to avoid any spillage.

I also took the blade off and with my a diamond file dressed it good and very sharp.

All done now and ready for the rest of the cutting season ...

 

Oil pan in place.

 

Lawrence in place.

 

The filler pipe which today was the drain pipe.

 

Being creative.

 

It works.

 

Funnel in place for the SAE30.

 

Taking the blade off.

 

 

We have Fragaria Vesca ...

............. or for the uneducated that's Wild Strawberries.

Yesterday after a few days of alternate heavy rain and bright sunshine, I took a wander around the empire to discover the delightful sight hundreds or perhaps thousands of bright red Wild Strawberries. I reckon between the front, side and back grass the strawberries have taken hold of about 60% of the area.

Today about four cups were collected which provided a nice treat. The grass was also cut, fortunately the blade height is such that all the strawberries remained for another picking session.

 

 

 

 

 



Jelly Fish and things ...

With a fast approaching high tide and lovely wind coming in from the south another fantastic beach wander on Crescent Beach. Below are random photos of some things around us on todays beach.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

White Point

8th June 2017

White Point Beach is centrally located in South Shore, within the UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve. The 1km sandy beach with white soft sand and pounding surf is great for kite surfing, see the photos.

While there we got to see a pair of Piping Plovers and their four young chicks. The conservation status of this bird is "Near-Threatened", so having this breeding pair who come by White Point Beach every year is a huge deal. The chicks we saw only hatched the day before and incredibly they were running very happily around the beach and rocks, much to the watchful eye and concern of their parents.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Doing things with Lobsters ....

2nd June 2017

A trip down an unexplored area of the South Shore to Lockport, Shelburne, Barrington and Cape Sable Island. The main reason was to attend and find out what actually happens at the annual Lobster Festival.

From the photos below you will see that similarly dressed and enthusiastic fishermen, do things with ropes, lobster cages and finally with the lobsters themselves .....

  

Shellburne

 

Shellburne

 

Shelburne

 

 

 

Cape Sable Island



Similarly dressed fishermen ~

 

....... doing things with ropes ~

 

 ...... doing more things with ropes ~

 

 .... now doing things with lobster cages ~

 

...... and finally doing things with lobsters.



 

All done and ready for summer

It has been almost a month since my last Blog entry, not because nothing has been happening, I have just not had the time. It has been very busy around here doing spring yard work, moving and stacking winter fire wood (almost 7 cord), cutting grass, doing car maintenance and many other things.

One of the spring projects was the revive a garden seat (photos below). The seat was retrieved from street garbage in Oshawa, Ontario. The original wood was old and had mostly rotted, the cast metal frames were good and solid. So a spring task was to replace the wood which I hope will age nicely over the coming years.

 

We are now at the end of the busy spring months and ready to enjoy our first full summer on the South Shore ...

 

 

Winter 2017/18 firewood in the woodshed with winter 2018/19 firewood outside to dry

 

Winter 2018/19 firewood outside to dry

 

Winter 2018/19 firewood outside to dry

 

 

 

Tomatoes and Veggies