Layers of sound

Sitting on the balcony at the cottage above the Black River at Coopers Falls in Ontario is a treat. It is a therapy to the senses. No internet and no television adds to its charm.

The sights continually change as the water flows fast over the waterfall and rapids. There are layers of sound with the continual running river in the background and the birds busy feeding their babies in the trees.

The sky was full of insects. The dragonflies were attracted by the tablecloth. They are the most impressive piece of engineering and beauty with their lace-like double wings.

We might have been relaxed but all around us there was the hunter and the hunted.

When it was time to go back to Toronto the French bulldogs were only interested in their cow's horn. 

We left the heron sculpture looking after the river, and a real rat snake in the basement looking after the mice.