Julia McKay - Photojournalist: July 2016

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!

Things to look forward to in July:

Working and celebrating Canada Day weekend
Taking in the fun at Kingston Buskers Rendezvous
Another month of playing fastball
Camping with friends
Taking in a movie in market square and the drive in
Spending time in the sun with family and friends
AND more . . .

July 01, 2016 - The 2016 Red and White People parade makes it way down the newly re-opened Princess Street, to City Hall for the Canada Day celebrations in Kingston

*EXTRA* July 01, 2016 - Virginia Weese, a Grade 11 student at Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School, is awarded the 2016 Mayor’s Award for Youth Volunteerism outside City Hall in Kingston, Ont. on Friday July 1, 2016. Weese was recognized for her work in helping fundraise $10,000 to help bring a Syrian refugee family to Kingston.

July 02, 2016 - Deborah Durbin, KingWolf Swim founder and director, watches the more than 40 swimmers take off for the 4.7 kilometre open water race from Kingston to Wolfe Island, from the boat launch beside 23 Ontario Street in Kingston. All 42 swimmers, ages 13-70, finished the race.

*EXTRA* July 02, 2016 - The DuVall family, Katrina DuVall holding four-month old Coen, and Lt. David Duvall, pose for photos after having a unique and traditional navy baptism for their son, that uses a ships bell, turned upside down, as the baptism font at HMCS Cataraqui in Kingston

July 03, 2016 - Bella stretching

*EXTRA* July 03, 2016 - Looks like Bella is walking on her peets

July 04, 2016 - Chatting with Mel/Sarah in Pittsburgh via Skype before they head out to celebrate July 4th

July 05, 2016 - I love catching patterns

July 06, 2016 - Lucy, an Italian water dog, beats the heat by spending more than 20 minutes in the water playing 'follow the leader' with a family of ducks in the Kingston Inner Harbour

July 06, 2016 - Abbie Anghelescu, of the Cataraqui Golf & Country, competing in the 2016 Ontario U19 Junior Girls' Championship at the Loyalist Country Club in Bath

*EXTRA* July 06, 2016 - Chloe Currie, from Mississauga, centre, defends her title with Ellie Szeryk, left, a public player, and Isabella Portokalis from West Haven Golf and Country Club, tying for second place at the 2016 Ontario U19 Junior Girls' Championship at the Loyalist Country Club in Bath

*EXTRA* July 06, 2016 - Diana McDonald, from the Loyalist Country Club, finishes in sixth place with a 76 for the day, finishing 9 over par for the tournament, and is the top local player to finish in the 2016 Ontario U19 Junior Girls' Championship at the Loyalist Country Club in Bath

July 08, 2016 - The Kingston Fire and Rescue suppression crew out of Station 10, along with fire inspector Richard Edworthy, second from back, show off some of the smoke alarms and educational information on Friday July 8, 2016, that is used in the annual Wake Up Kingston smoke alarm program running this summer

July 09, 2016 - Watching Milo the leopard be cute from BigCatDerek's YouTube video from CARE Texas

*EXTRA* July 09, 2016 - Bella (my housemeow) checking out what I'm watching - Milo the leopard from BigCatDerek's YouTube video from CARE Texas

July 10, 2016 - Freshly picked raspberries from a local farm

July 11, 2016 - Jamberry party in Newburgh

July 12, 2016 - Residents and visitors at the Kingsdale Chateau were treated to a little friendly and tasty competition with house chef, Jonathan Dionne, competing against guest chef, Bruce Elder, not shown, in the annual Watermelon Challenge in Kingston, Ont. on Tuesday July 12, 2016. Dionne made a savoury shrimp dish with watermelon, while Elder made a watermelon cake where the cake layers are replaced by slabs of watermelon.

July 13, 2016 - Elementary teachers learn about iPad and green screen apps, numeracy, kindergarten curriculum changes and inquiry based learning, during the ETFO Limestone Summer Academy held at Lancaster Drive Public School in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday July 13, 2016. The more than 80 teachers get the opportunity to network, share classroom tips and spend the time learning skills to help improve their students learning opportunities.

July 14, 2016 - The smallest $2 I ever saw from McDonald's

July 15, 2016 - What's it called when you see a person wearing a Pokemon, going to go PokemonGo? #ygk

*EXTRA* July 15, 2016 - Flowers in the front garden lit by solar lights at night

July 16, 2016 - Bella trying to decide if she wants to play, or not

July 17, 2016 - Treated my mom to a movie

July 18, 2016 - I broke down and downloaded the Pokemon Go app

*EXTRA* July 18, 2016 - Playing peek-a-boo on the stairs

July 19, 2016 - Mom helping me test some homemade bubbles

July 20, 2016 - Selena O'Hanlon and Foxwood High, seen here at Balsam Hall in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday July 20, 2016, have been named to the Canadian Equestrian Team heading to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio this August.

July 21, 2016 - Students attending the three week Grade 6-8 summer camp at St. Thomas More Catholic School in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday July 21, 2016 got the chance to put their robotic skills, which they've spend the last two weeks learning, to the test in a friendly game of robotic soccer.

*EXTRA* July 21, 2016 - Lynn Sadlowski, president of the Learning Disabilities Association Kingston, starts to unpack in the association's new office space at 817 Division Street in the Family and Children's Services building in Kingston, Ont. on Thursday July 21, 2016. The not-for-profit agency will officially opening its doors on September 6 as well as celebrating it's 35 anniversary.

July 22, 2016 - Swimming and camping at Charleston Lake

*EXTRA* July 22, 2016 - Cooling down while camping at Charleston Lake

July 23, 2016 - Quiet little bugger stole our marshmallows, right from underneath the chairs we were sitting on

*EXTRA* July 23, 2016 - hiking along the Hemlock Ridge Trail with caves

*EXTRA* July 23, 2016 - It's peaceful just looking up

*EXTRA* July 23, 2016 - Sunset rays on the beach

*EXTRA* July 23, 2016 - Eyeballs around the campfire

*EXTRA* July 23, 2016 - trying to scare away some nighttime visitors

July 24, 2016 - String art while camping

*EXTRA* July 24, 2016 - Playing with bubbles

*EXTRA* July 24, 2016 - Evidence of nighttime visitors - our site was very dusty/rocky

July 25, 2016 - Lookout Below - the chipmunks would know down the crab apples, from the tree on our site, and bite them apart to get at the seeds

*EXTRA* July 25, 2016 - Daytime visitor

July 26, 2016 - Sue Meech, director of Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre in Napanee, loads up two boxes holding a young peregrine falcon and great horned owl, into Cessna 177 Cardinal plane at the Kingston Flying Club in Kingston, Ont. on Tuesday July 26, 2016 to be flown by volunteers, Doug MacMillian and Cheryl Marek, with the Pilots N Paws Canada, to The Owl Foundation in the St. Catherines area for further rehabilitation.

July 27, 2016 - Robert Charest , centre, is the recipient of the first annual Mary Brown’s Citizen of the Year award for his work in helping to keep his community clean, outside the Hwy-15 franchise in Kingston, Ont. on Wednesday July 27, 2016. Charest was also awarded a voucher for free lunches for a year by franchise owner Caroline Dionne, right, and Kelly Masterson, local community marketing coordinator with Mary Brown’s Inc.

*EXRA* July 27, 2016 - The Collins Bay Institution farmland between the prison and Front Road

July 28, 2016 - My new fav ice cream

July 29, 2016 - Kingston Fire and Rescue quickly put out the flames when a truck caught fire behind the Habitat for Humanity Restore located on Bath Road, near Portsmouth Avenue, in Kingston, Ont. on Friday July 29, 2016. The driver of the truck was loading up a storage bin full of e-waste when the the cab caught fire, suspected to be caused by mechanical issues. No injuries were reported.