August feels like October!

The past few weeks have shot by and the end of summer is quickly approaching!

My Parents have come for a brief two night visit and gone. Matt and I packed for a week of camping at the Haliburton Scout Reserve - yikes the forecast says overnight lows of 6 degrees... sure glad we have our cozy MEC mummy style sleeping bags.... oh so cozy. Still swimming but the river is much cooler than it was in July. We spent the day yesterday at our friend Paul's cottage where we swam, Matt got to go tubing and we shared a fine dinner before driving home after dusk! 

Today we went and found two Geocaches in Gelert - one in the cemetery and the other by the Burnt River! 2 for 2 is pretty good for us!

I have also accomplished some work around the house adding trim to the inside of the front door and the living room! 

We have seen a few more of our wild neighbours.... two bucks at the side of the road near Apsley were very patient subjects! 

We have had some regular visits from the local Turkey family! And this Turkey sure knows how to strut its stuff!

 
I didn't mean to ruffle your feathers.... but I am glad I got to keep a shed tail feather!

Some very fine local mushrooms from the Farmers Market in Kinmount made a few great stir fries!

July Turns into August

The summer is moving quickly and along with daily swimming and a few ongoing projects to improve the cottage, we find time for some adventure!

Getting set to head down the Irondale to Kinmount with our cottage neighbours Sharron and Lynne! It was a glorious day of paddling with lunch by the Falls and a swim at Black Rock.

Matt returned from Montreal where he had a great time with grandparents. We picked him and our weeklong guest WynneAnne up in Cobourg.

Matt and I headed out by canoe one afternoon from Howland Junction - to go fishing for Muskie at Three Brothers Falls just a short paddle upstream from this beautiful trestle bridge. It was a fun spot to fish but two lost Muskie lures and a few hours later... still no bites. The scenery and company make the trip well worthwhile, but a bite or two would of been nice!

Matt gets his new Tomahawk throwing axe from Robyn Simpson of http://www.songofthewoods.com/. We met Robyn at the Kinmount Farmers Market where he sells his handcrafted knives and aboriginal ceremonial tools and leathercrafts. Over the past five summers Matt and Robyn have become buddies as Robyn is always ready with a tip on knife care and a story about his wares. Matt got this throwing axe as a grade 6 graduation present from his Aunt Linda and Uncle Bill and Grandparents - Shirley and Marvin! 

Upon returning with his new axe we go and visit our neighbours Ekk and Doris who are avid axe throwers and they offer Matt a stump of wood to use as a target! 

The Harvest is starting - some fantastic beans! There are lots of tomatoes on the way and some very nice cukes!

With some advice and help from Ekk, I manage to get some electrical bugs worked out. I really never thought things were right as the spare bedroom lights and plugs kept tripping the ground fault plug in the bathroom! Fixed! Now everything should stay on and bathroom plug is separate from bedroom! And all accomplished without running any new wires or lines to the breaker panel. It is amazing how simple things can be when you know what you are doing. Thanks Ekk!!