Sweet summertime

June to August, we Canadians frantically cram in a year's worth of outdoor pleasure into a few heated weeks. Because from city to country, the landscape explodes into a sensory feast. Sides of the highway blooms green with forestry. Suburban lawns grow lush before withering away to a wheat gold. And outdoor festivals anchor every weekend with the promise of smoky BBQ, and the palatable heartbeat of live music.

Which is my roundabout and grandiose way of saying: I'm outside right now, soaking up the hot and humid days of summer.

And completing the trifecta of Ontario classics: camping, cottaging and carnival-ing. The venerable (130+ yrs) Canadian National Exhibition kicked off this week in Toronto and I'm told there is a Krispy creme burger hybrid waiting with my name on it when I expedition down next weekend.

Anyways, enjoy some local Ontario snaps. Sometimes I head out with the dogs...

Temagami, ON

Temagami, ON

Temagami, ON

Temagami, ON

And sometimes not...

Sauble Provincial Park, ON

Sauble Provincial Park, ON

Sauble Beach, ON

Durham, ON

Open Road, ON

(Afterward comes four weeks of crisp, apple-and-smoke scented fall before we hunker down with a sigh for the remaining 9 months of winter.)