A glorious day and a food review

 Saturday dawned sunny and bright but the humidity had left the scene!

After M finished repairing the S.B. We loaded the Princess Pup, water bottles, towels and sunscreen and headed south west. We stopped in Barrys Bay  for ice cream first. M enjoys fruity types so he had a peach something or other. I've been wanting to try Kawartha Dairy (our favorite brand) flavour called Tragically Chip. They finally had some! It's a mixture of maple, whiskey, cherry and chocolate. Any of these flavours individually I would love. The cherries seemed to be soaked in the whiskey flavouring. Too big of a chunk of that bit was almost bitter. I had it, it was interesting, but I wouldn't buy it again. There was just TO MUCH going on flavour wise.

Kawartha Dairy is located just a bit south in Bobcageon, Ontario. They are known for the unique flavour combinations in their ice creams. In the summer they roll out some interesting offerings for the season. We tried the butter tart a few weeks ago. Again it was interesting and tasty, but not for us. Our favorite so far has been the blueberry cheesecake.

Cones in hand we drove through town and headed up Paugh Lake Road. This lovely country lane meanders through the forest just south of Algonquin Park. There are a couple of side roads that run up either side of Paugh Lake. I forget the name of the road we took, but it's on the east side. There is a small natural beach next to the boat ramp. It's a nice sandy bottom. We can't deal with weeds! The water was really warm for the beginning of July. M and the pup enjoyed a swim while I just waded to my knees. (I'm a good swimmer but have a fear of open water after a near drowning as a youngster.)

We had a nice leisurely drive home. Yes, it was a grand day.

Terry

 Terry was my first cousin.

He died in 2010. That is 16 years ago. 

We've been looking for him about 20 years.

He was always at lad with wanderlust. As a young teen he disappeared and was found some weeks later in TEXAS!

He would show up at our place and take my sister and I on adventures. It was always great fun.

His son didn't know where he was. I don't know if he particularly cared because they were estranged.

We were a group of cousins who loved him dearly and wanted to know he was doing okay.

The last know contact was an art exhibit at Nathan Philips Square in Toronto. After that the family seemed to lose all contact with him.

We recently discovered he had died when a mutual cousin was photographing headstones in a cemetery in Toronto for the Find A Grave Website. This gentleman also looks a the registration books and saw Terry's name. His surname is very unique. There are only maybe a dozen people in all of Canada with that name, and they are all related. He immediately contacted me for Terry's full name and to verify his birthdate. It came as quite a shock. I had to contact his son to give him the news.

My daughter works with homeless people. I shared the information we had found and she is going to get more details next time she is at Beechwood Cemetery. The charitable organization she works with bury all of their indigent people there. With the given information she thinks Terry was indeed indigent himself. She is going to attempt to find out the details of his passing and hopefully shed some light on where he was the past years.

Rest In Peace Cousin. 

You were loved.

You were remembered.

Well doesn't that beat all

 Ruby passed her checkup with flying colors. The mechanic said she is a real gem and we did well buying her. 

We were ready to leave the garage, me driving Ruby and M driving the S..t Box as it is affectionately known....but it was not to be...the S.Box would not start!! The starter went belly up! The saga of our vehicles is to be continued. Ruby got us home again in air conditioned comfort.

I have several years of posts archived out of this computer. I don't think there was anything of great importance on the 37 posts I managed to delete.

The terrible thunder storms have continued to hit many of us.  The only damage here was to my poor peonies. They were so late blooming this year, then the rain beat them to death. 

We are laying pretty low in the extreme heat.

Happy Canada Day

 I managed to delete my blog posts!!!

Starting over

Our back thermometer was reading just shy of 40 C just before the sun dipped behind the pine trees!