Saturday - Lake Tour Day

A flicker near the geranium

Saturday is trash day.  They have to take all their garbage and recycling to this place.  They pay for however many garbage bags they want for then next time.  Usually it is 1 bag at a time.  Currently the trash days are Wednesdays and Saturdays.  During the summer it is open 3 days a week.  They pay a flat rate for either the small bag or more for the large bag.  They are allowed more things in their recycling. That is free. The person who works there sits at the white building waiting for people to come buy trash bags. It looks like a very exciting job.   

I asked Jeanne if there was something scenic that we could do that would not entail her walking much.  So she decided to take me on a lake tour.  

This ls part of the White Iron Chain but it is Garden Lake.  It is a close and easy place to put the canoe into the water. 

Fall Lake is the first lake that Jay brought Jeanne to, when they were dating.  This started the tradition that people had to pass the Ely test before they could become part of the Tomlinson family.  The tradition has passed on down to the next generation.

Great fall colors

Moose Lake is the lake the boys scouts all used for all of their canoeing trips.

Note the white caps.  It was a little windy.  Not a lot of fall colors here.

These grouse just aren't shy at all.  It posed at the side of the road, while I tried to get a picture.  Luckily there was no traffic.

Lake 1 is a good fishing lake. Lake 1 is connected to Lakes 2, 3 and 4.  All the rest of the lakes have regular names.

After Lake 1 we decided that it was time to head home for lunch.  Jeanne took care of the beans.  I guess some of the plants did not make it.  But she was able to pick a few more.  

Today was a warmer day.

Bicycle Art

In fact it was warm enough to sit out on the front deck with our Smirnoff Ice.

I had fun trying to take a picture of a butterfly.  It just wouldn't sit still. I was surprised to see a live butterfly.  I would have thought that it was too cold.

It was time to head into town.  We had a few errands and then we were going to watch "The Personal History of David Copperfield" movie.  We did our errands and we were still early for the movie so we stopped in at the small art gallery/store.  

Note the sign.  You can pay to have a special note put up for a day.

Note the sign for Jay's birthday last week.

There were only 4 people in the theater this time.  I enjoyed it much more than Tesla but it still was a strange movie.  It is a remake of the 1935 David Copperfield movie.

Zup's Market.  

This is the local grocery store.  This is also where I get my annual supply of Zup's seasoning.  We stopped in for a few essentials after the movie.

We had a great dinner of chili and cornbread and margaritas.  Then we worked on the puzzle some more.

Night Furry sat beside me while I worked on my computer a short time to relax before turning out the light.  He slept with me for a while. I was surprised about that.