Brockville Tall Ships Festival and Fireworks

Brockville, Ontario, June 15 - Huge fireworks launched from raft in St. Lawrence!

 

She did not want to give up her cutlass!

 Heart-shaped fireworks!

Ottawa Canadian Tulip Festival

Thanks MEC and Grundig!

I have no connection other than being a customer with either company.
I bought  a reconditioned Grundig Field Radio S450DLX from the source for much less than list - it worked OK, except it wouldn't get the upper part of the FM band - the source gave me the option of getting a refund, since they didn't have any more at that price, but it was sold with Grundig's warranty, so I emailed them, and sent them proof of purchase. Grundig sent me labels to courier it back for repairs - I got it back in about two weeks - either it was a new one or the old one fixed, can't tell, but I got a very nice radio for very little. 
I got a P-Tec Impulse LED Light from mec.ca that arrived with flat batteries - I asked for a dollar refund since that's all it would cost to buy new batteries - they gave me a 5 dollar gift card and a nice personal message from Mountain Equipment Co-op!

Random Flowers

Transit of Venus across the sun, June 5, 2012

Little dot is Venus - I have a better image somewhere - this is off my Facebook.

 

Frogs singing on the first day of spring

Very odd - 28 C max and snow is still on the ground in patches. And frogs!

Beau's All Natural Brewing Company, Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Makes "Bog Water", a 'Gruit' out of Bog Myrtle grown locally - it can't be called "Beer" as it has no hops. It only makes the "Bog Water" in the fall, but they had some that was mixed with a lager that didn't really taste special - I think the hops would mask a lot. I tried taste some of the leaves but they had dessicated so I will try the fruit of the bog myrtle next time I find some.