Happy Father's Day!

Happy Fathers Day to all dads out there, including fathers to loving pets!  A special Father's Day wish to my dad and to Russell's dad who is watching us from up above.  Today, we had the pleasure of having George and Marietta over to our house for lunch.  They arrived from Geneva last night and made the long trip out to Huntsville just to see us.  It was truly nice to see them again.  It was a very nice afternoon.  We also lucked out at it was pouring rain when we woke up but the sun came out just before they arrived.  We wish both of them a great week in the GTA!

This past week was a great one, as always.  We had a good agility class with Cooper on Wednesday.  He continues to do well and I am getting the hang of it also.  During this coming week's class, Cooper and I will be timed as we run the agility course.  Pressure is on me! Cooper will do well only if I do well :-)

We went for a nice boat ride on Friday.  The weather was perfect and the water was relatively calm.  I attach a couple of pictures that I took of Russell and the Coop.  Cooper seems to really enjoy the boat. When we came back from the boat ride, we went to Cathy and Larry's Huntsville guesthouse for a late afternoon drink.  I used to work with Cathy and I ran into her at Home Depot a few weeks ago.  I knew she lived up North but didn't realize she lived so close to us.  It was nice to see her and Larry again, as well as meet their beautiful Newfounland dog Sola.  Cooper and Sola got along really well.  I attach the link to Cathy's guesthouse.  It is a beautiful house, which they renovated themselves. The perfect place to rent for anyone wanting to spend a few days in Huntsville.

Last week, I wrote about the various critters that we have been seeing.  Russell saw a martin the other day, going across our septic berm.  It is not as big and dangerous as a fisher.  Yesterday morning, we got treated to a deer and her newly born fawn.  They were both just outside our back deck and Russell managed to take a few pictures.  Later on in the afternoon, as Russell was walking around the back deck, he noticed that the fawn was actually laying down under our deck.  We can only assume that the mommy deer put her baby there so it would be protected while she roamed around during the day.  We patiently waited to see what would happen next.  Sure enough, the deer came back around 4 pm, and her baby came out of its hiding place to follow her. They left together and went into the forest.  We haven't seen them since. What a beautiful sight it was. That is truly nature at its best.

That's it for this week's blog.  I hope you enjoy the pictures. Have a great week everyone!

Doe and her fawn navigate the berm.

Mother and child dash off into the woods.

Russell and Cooper...enjoying the ride.

Cooper at the helm.

George and Marietta visiting from Geneva...nice!