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I like your style and it would seem you & I think alike.

Nope, 6:00 AM I'd be getting ready for lunch LOL

Great picture manitou, I spose you see plenty of bears up your way.

Nice tribute to a nice guy !! He was from the era when I used to be a hockey fan and what a great goalie he was. Used to be terrifying though to see him facing those 100 mph pucks coming at him without a mask.

Thanks Cliff, I'll call for sure if needed.

You've got a great memory LOL. Or it could be this one that was in the tree with her 3 cubs only 200' from my front door 2 years ago.

Unlike alot of folks, I'm an animal lover and the last thing I want is to see this critter killed, but if things get out of hand it may be necessary. We're at the end of a dirt road that runs 1 1/2 miles thru the woods and my wife and a couple of other ladies walk 3 miles every day and they all carry air horns. I was never really sure if they'd work or not but when this guy showed up earlier today, my wife blasted the horn and he took off like a scalded cat. I'm gonna keep and eye on him and hopefully he doesn't get out of control and end up signing his own death warrant. Thanks for the offer Cliff and if I decide to try the crackers I'll definitely call you.

BBQ's clean Brian but I hear ya.

He was here in the yard again about 20 minutes ago, so he's getting a bit too brave now. I don't mind them at night but broad daylight can be an issue.

He was big, and fast too, took off like a scared deer once he realized I was there.

I went out onto the back deck about 6 this morning just to look around and found a big ole black bear snoozing in the back yard. I keep the camera right by the door so I got a couple pics before he took off. It was overcast and still somewhat dark out and he was about 150 feet away so I really had to enhance the pics to make him visible so the pics aren't too clear. There's plenty of bears around here and I've had them in the yard several times but this is the 1st time I've ever had one sleep over

Any decent 16'er will do just fine on Quinte, but like any large body of water, pay attention to the weather and you'll be good. I fished Quinte for years in a 16 and my brother fished it for probably 20 years in a 12' tinnie.

Lemme know where you're gonna be Shane and I'll troll over & join you for breakfast LOL

When it's snow'n & blow'n and cold, windy, rainy & just plain miserable in October & November, you boys can have your tillers, but I'll be snug as a bunny behind my full windshield and totally enclosed stand-up top

Two years ago I started getting alot of bare patches in a section of the backyard and after digging around I found it was grubs causing the problem. I dug out all the grass and a ton of grubs then when it warmed up enough early last spring I gave it a heavy dose of nematoads then let it sit for a couple weeks. I levelled everything and layed down 1000 sq feet of new sod. Last fall I sprayed another treatment of nematoads and then again last week. The lawn came in really nice and this year is looking excellent and here you can see the new lawn adjacent to the older part of the lawn. Lotsa work but well worth the effort.

Covering the seed does a few things Steve, it keeps the birds away, protects the seed from the hot sun and also holds the moisture. I also like to put a shallow layer of top soil down 1st to give the seed something to hold onto.

Yeah, I've got quite a bit of grass here and it would cost a small fortune to keep putting new seed down. I had a few bare spots to over seed yesterday and went to the local garden supply place and it was $12 for a couple pounds.

Some really nice pictures Joey, specially the 2nd one. I had one in the front yard a few days back but they seem pretty rare around this area, infact I think it's the only one I've seen since moving here.

That solution is what I use for the weeds in my gravel driveway Matt and it works well, although it doesn't stop new weeds from growing. Don't use it on your lawn though as it will also kill your grass.

Here ya go Joey

Well said Joey and that was the point I was trying to make in my above post, you just said it a whole lot better than me.

I've voted in every election since the late 60's, municipal, provincial & federal and every time I've known exactly what party I wanted, but I can honestly say this time I may not even vote as there is not one I would give the time of day let alone my support. That's sad too as I've always said if you don't vote...don't complain.

Very sad news Albert and you have my condolances as it's one of the toughest things a man has to do. I had to put my little buddy down 2 1/2 months ago and it still hurts as much today as it did then.

Don't worry about being in the minority, go with whatever the heck feels good to YOU.