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Hi All We get a lot of confused looks when we tell people where we live.  In this area, most folks that live on the lake also have a city home.  Or their lake building is accessible 12 months of the year.  Frankly, at some point, I am sure we will get a city place too, but for now living here has its advantages. Our lake first thing in the morning Cottage life in Ontario is mostly associated with vacation time and weekend fun.  It creates a refuge from the rest of the week and the rest of your life.  A place to recharge.  The amazing natural environment is a major draw – it feels like there is more oxygen in the air here, and the beauty is soothing on such a primal level.  But for many cottagers boating, water skiing, wake-boarding, and drinks on the dock are a huge part of the enjoyment.  But our place is a bit different – it is quiet, very dark at night (no one has wired in power), the lake is not busy (few people and power restr...

This old girl wanted to fight This was written in 2019, and for some reason got lost in Blogger purgatory (?).  So here goes Back to the lake... The urge hits us long before the weather is warm and the landscape changes. We love the change in our surroundings as we go from this The lake is a tad solid to this Summer is the time of hobbies for us.   Whether it is tinkering with the road, or with a car, or in the garden, summer allows us to take our time and putter away at whatever seems to catch our fancy at the moment. Road work is always there, and the road can always be improved.   This year the rains in our area of the country in the spring seemed never ending and areas of the road flooded that had never previously been underwater.    This causeway is a project from a previous year (it was improved a lot) and now it sports wildflowers growing naturally on the road edges (the water is a beaver pond with many wate...