Goodbye Andy

We lost our canine companion to cancer this summer. His name was Andy. He was half a year short of 15. It has been a couple of months now since he passed, and we are ready for another dog. So I found a wonderful pup at a local rescue that collects strays from nearby reservations. Unfortunately we weren't chosen, but here is the photo they wanted as part of the adoption application to prove we had a sufficient yard. Once again I made use of the panorama feature.  

 

Lake Waneka awaits winter

 The other day we headed over to our local open space park to capture the reduced water levels in Lake Waneka, but recent rains had partially refilled it. I decided to play with the panorama feature on my phone and was very happy with the result. 

Our local park suspended all water based activities this summer because of the ongoing water shortage resulting from the drought. This summer started very dry, but around August the monsoon pattern started up and we were getting significant dumps about every ten days. Now we have just enough water for our migrating Canada geese as they migrate through.