We are in Kenora, Ontario, Canada on the Lake of the Woods in our humble cabin for another summer. I'm teaching History of Rock and Roll on-line and Greg has been paddling the canoe, swimming, life-guarding for two little blondies, and beating up fish.
For those of you who know Greg's love of cycling, you need to know that the top tube broke on his Kestrel road bike. He sheds a tear or two everytime he walks past it, and since our cabin is only about 400 square feet, he passes it quite a bit. He's having a mountain bike mailed up here so he'll be able to hit the trails soon.
Sam and Jonas are having a blast. It's amazing how much there is to do on the beach during the day. Sticks, rocks, sand and water; snakes, turtles, dogs and frogs. What else does a boy need?
The picture at the top is of the largest Northern Pike caught so far this year by a Heimbecker. (Click on the pictures for a larger view.)
Sam still loves his costumes, even on the beach. He's created a quiver from birch bark to hold his stick arrows.
Jonas also enjoys the occasional costume.
Unfortunately, we let him wear this to go color with some Tibetan monks who are in town for the week. They are creating a sand mandala and hosting workshops on Tibetan arts and culture. It's been really great to see them in town this past week. However, it was not PC to let Jonas dress up as a Chinese warrior. The monks either didn't notice or were very, very gracious.
The monks will spend many, many hours this week creating the sand mandala and at the end of the week they will let it blow into the lake to be spread around the world. The purpose is to remind us of the temporality and fragility of life, and frankly, North Americans could do a lot more thinking along these lines instead of living in our hotel, fast food, Wal-Mart culture. (We want to be comfortable, entertained, and we want someone else to clean up afterwards.)
We can't say we miss Greeley yet, but we miss our friends. More pictures later!
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