Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

Feeling a little peckish.

In honour of my upcoming Mess Dinner.

Page 3 on CANADA DAY! Better not let Jabez see this. Happy Canada Day.

And another; Just because.

Raining here in Ottawa. Looks like it may be one of "those" summers around here: Cool and wet. No matches until July 5, then off to Cornwall and Ruff's Regulators. Now get off the lawn!

Page 2 ? Shot yesterday, with the Ottawa Valley Marauders. Won the race to the bottom, but I had fun. First mild day in a while. Didn't even rain!! Crushed stone finally in place to receive the buildings we're having moved onto the site. Still need the roads to be a little drier and we have to clear some brush away from around the buildings. Gettin' there, slow but sure. Now, GET OFF MY LAWN !

Page two. How come? Grass is growing fast with all the rain. Getting ready for a match with the Ottawa Valley Marauders on Saturday. Hope the road in is OK and I can park close w/o too long a walk. My old knees can't take too much these days. Now, GET OFF THE LAWN!

I've upgraded my mower and I'm warning you for the last time. GET OFF MY LAWN!

No match here this Saturday; or next for that matter. Going to be busy anyway, hopefully getting some building moved onto our CAS dedicated range. As long as the roads are dry enough, the rain holds off and the black flies and mosquitoes don't carry us off into the bush to eat us. Around here, when you swat a mosquito, you hear a "CRUNCH" That's their ankles breaking.

Fired up the BBQ tonight for supper.

Cold and wet around here. Not like the weather you've been getting Jabez. Got to the Wild Turkey "I Remember When" match on Saturday and shot CLEAN! (No discussion about times OK?) Cool sleeping in the motor home, but a good sleeping bag to use between hot flashes and sweats dealt with that. Now get off the weeds lawn.

Good talking to you the other day, Jabez. I'm just sitting here, bloated with sea-food right now. Went to the Rideau-Carleton Casino for their buffet and to celebrate our 51st wedding anniversary. Had a big splash last year; this year SWMBO just wanted the R-C and a quiet celebration to mark the day, so a close friend an our son were the only ones with us. Geez! it doesn't seem like 51 years..

Pray. Pray a lot.

Something I came across, written by the relative of a friend. For your thoughts and to ponder: LEST WE REGRET Behold How rough the way From Runnymede of old And through the years until today That man has trod in search of Liberty To reach this state of freedom won for you and me And yet those rights for which our Fathers fought and died Can by some conquering tyrant be denied, If through our own disunity We let our ramparts fall With slavery For all And then we'll prize Each blessing of today Free spee

My order of .45-70 brass arrived today. 200 Starline. Sat in the family room with SWMBO, a case length trimmer and the de-burring tool to start cleaning them up and did about a quarter. Trying to figure out a good load for a lot of 405 and 500 Grain LRNFP bullets I obtained to try out. Weeds coming up in the lawn, so stay off it.

Don't worry, Mr. Dress-up will gougr collect it for you. Gotta pay for his costumes some how! (Doesn't this just make you so proud?)