August 1, 2012

The "dog days" of August are upon us with temperatures in the mid to high 30's (that's pretty close to 100 degrees F - for our American friends).

Michel loves the water and it doesn't take very much to convince him to swim in the creek in these heats. The creek is much to cold for me; I'm a pansy when it comes to water.

He's been trying to re-direct the flow of the water. It's washing away our property; making tunnels underground. He's managed to clear away some debris and and old tree trunk, and the water doesn't swirl so much in front of our place now. That, and he's been throwing large rocks from the creek onto the creek bed as a barrier.

He does manage to keep busy - As we're still taking care of Jewel and Boundary Provincial Parks, he's responsible for chopping, splitting and selling firewood to the campers. Although it seems that the parks are slower than last year, he still keeps up his wood pile!