Oh, September! Some call it the true new year, with kids back at school and parents dealing with back-to-school schedules. With cottage season winding up, it’s not my favourite time of year, but I do know how many truly love the cooler temperatures, fall colours, and spiced-pumpkin everything.
A highlight of my month was seeing the launch of the Monarch Ultra Project, when organizers boarded their RV in Peterborough and headed off on a 4,200-kilometre journey all the way to Mexico, with ultra-marathon relay runners following the annual migratory path of the monarch butterfly. So I was very pleased to see our monarch butterfly tribute in our #2 place this month!
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We share photos from across our readership area, which is the five-county area surrounding Peterborough which includes Peterborough, Northumberland, City of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, and Hastings (we sneak in the occasional Algonquin Park picture as well, particularly if it’s by a Kawartha photographer).
To see our daily shares of photos, follow us on Instagram @kawarthanow and check out our feed’s highlight reels for recaps of every month in 2019.
#1. Sunrise at Lock 31 in Buckhorn by Nicole Michaelov @thewildinwe
Posted September 1, 2019. 10,219 impressions, 739 likes
#2. Local monarch butterflies by Barry Killen @theburleighridge_beareh, Eileen Kimmett @eileen_kimmett, Bruce Hoover @hoover_bruce, Steve Paul @thepollin8tor, Dwayne Hall @dwayne_hall, and dlb_photos @dlb_photos
Posted September 19, 2019. 8,342 impressions, 582 likes
Photos of monarchs by local photographers in honour of the launch of The Monarch Ultra Project, where ultra-marathon relay runners follow the 4,300-kilometre migratory path of the monarch from Peterborough to Mexico.
#3. Stoney Lake island by Scott Pearson @scottp.to
Posted September 27, 2019. 8,032 impressions, 662 likes
#4. Great Blue Heron on Little Lake by Barry Killen @theburleighridge_beareh
Posted September 25, 2019. 7,717 impressions, 979 likes
#5. Moose in North Kawartha by Woodview Golf @woodview_golf
Posted September 28, 2019. 7,404 impressions, 612 likes
#6. Paddling to Grubbe Island on Stoney Lake by Scott Pearson @scottp.to
Posted September 17, 2019. 7,355 impressions, 640 likes
#7. Misty morning in Buckhorn by Nicole Michaelov @thewildinwe
Posted September 8, 2019. 7,200 impressions, 573 likes
#8. Sunset at Lovesick Lake by SFC Photography (Shannon Connolly) @sfcphotography_
Posted September 18, 2019. 7,097 impressions, 569 likes
#9. Gilchrist Bay in Stoney Lake by rcamp14 @rcamp14
Posted September 14, 2019. 7,072 impressions, 559 likes
