Old Photo - Monarch Butterfly

Older photo of Monarch

More fall colours

Red Squirrel eats Black Walnut

Black walnuts are hard to crack!

tapped sugar bush

Sugar bush, with lines to tap the sap permanently in place. The lines lead to a building with the evaporators that make maple syrup.

Burritts Rapids

A village on the Rideau Canal system, first settled in the 18th Century. A lot of log cabins still are in use in this area - this one has had a modern extension. The marmalade-coloured cat is a resident of the general store. Update - general store closed last time I went through around 2012

Fall Colours, with plane

Part of the Rideau Canal system near Ottawa

St. Paul University Fall(ing) Leaves

St. Paul University, Ottawa, falling leaves

Pumpkin patch scarecrow

Just before Hallowe'en - pumpkins for sale - good year for pumpkins.

Turtles in November

Catching the last rays of sun, the Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) will spend the winter hibernating in the mud at the bottom of the pond - their blood chemistry will change to let them survive freezing weather.