JEAN IN THE MUD with her Marsh Marigolds, successfully transplanted from the forest north of us to our very own bog. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CO6DEzRt0-4/…

FIRST KAYAK OF THE YEAR and the first test of what I hope is our two-jab summer. Sun is hot, water is cold, smile is big. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CO80OsVNsLO/…

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE with the sight of flowers. Specifically White Trilliums, Ontario’s official flower, blooming by the hundreds in our back 40. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPCCAwfNQMg/…

THE KIDS OF SUMMER. Okay, the grandkids in their first post-dinner swim of the year here. Water’s very cold; they don’t care. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPMY468N-CQ/…

YUM! Oh to be 5 and finding worms at the cottage. instagram.com/p/CPQfe2hNHWu/…

WAITING FOR THE FIREWORKS. Two sea creatures waiting on the rocks for the show to begin. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPRs7aAtINK/…

FIRE IN THE SKY. PRE-fireworks on the beach before it gets dark and the big dogs start barking. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPRvvCyNr1Q/…

A DAY OFF OUR DOCK. Me in the front in our navy’s smallest ship; Jean pacing on the shore; and our cottage behind. A gorgeous time on the water. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPgl5lMNzRq/…

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SUNSET SUNBIRD. One coloring the other tonight on Thunder Beach on June 1, the first unofficial day of summer. instagram.com/p/CPmTyQztdmt/…

SUNSET SNAPPER. Catching Jean catch the end of the day in a red-orange kind of way. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPqLURCNP6J/…

GIANT GYPSY MOTH hanging by a thread and dancing in the sun. It survived the spraying from on high at sunrise, but won’t survive Jean Marmoreo. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPt0RHENl1Y/…

TOP OF THE BAY. A long hike to a great outlook overlooking Thunder Beach and our cottage below. It’s all green, including the traffic lights. instagram.com/p/CPv6uW4tk8H/…

THE BIGGEST MARSHMALLOWS EVER. Shot taken by professional marshmallow chef Bob Ramsay. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPwd-qTtloR/…

24 BLUEBERRY PANCAKES COMING UP! And lightning fast too. Jean passes on generations of Marmoreo pancake-making expertise to her woke, or at least awakening grandson. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPx01joNNgf/…

WAR AND PEACE. Values-based water-bourne learning on a scorching day in a freezing bay. @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CPyPf7pNGCo/…

THE HOUSE OF ORANGE. Sunset on Thunder Beach. Not a ripple of water. Not a creature stirring. These are the summers we live for. instagram.com/p/CP13c4hNhqI/…

FINALLY, OUT ON OPEN WATER. The first afternoon kayak trip of 2021, on Thunder Beach with Beckwith Island behind, headed to Christian Island and home @ Thunder Beach, Ont instagram.com/p/CQEe5xdtxwu/…

LIFE IN THE BIG CITY is a tad more aggressive than in the country where we presume all dogs to be coyotes or wolves. @ Toronto, Ontario instagram.com/p/CQOttpdNvEr/…

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