….thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting the A Photo a Week Challenge –https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2020/09/10/a-photo-a-week-challenge-action-in-series/
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Category Archives: At the cottage
It’s Beginning to Change
….not just the temperature and the amount of daylight hours
Last week I spent four days at the cottage. It was only my third visit of the season and next week I’ll do one more visit and close up for the winter. It’s been a strange cottage season for the lessees on Christian Island but I’ve enjoyed it non the less.
Even walking through the woods was prohibited but we were allowed to venture to the beach and up and down our lanes. I’m beginning to notice the signs that autumn and winter are on their way. When the winds start up the acorns land hard on our metal roof and make a loud bang. There’s not a lot of change in colour yet but there are signs everywhere that it won’t be long now.
This Little Guy Looks Lost
….when the waves are high you know that the conditions aren’t ideal for frogs
Even though Georgian Bay is a fresh water body of water it’s not home to many creatures that you would find on smaller lakes. The beach is sandy and there are no weedy areas for frogs to spawn or find food. So how did he get here?
Here’s what the water looked like the day we discovered this little guy.
Wordless Wednesday – Sept. 9, 2020
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New Flower (Sept. 9, 2020) – Golden Rod
…some people might consider this a weed but I’ve seen people growing them in their gardens…the bees love them
New Flower (Sept. 8, 2020) – Red Portulaca
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My Morning Coffee
….mornings at the cottage
The first thing I do when I wake up at the cottage is fill the kettle and boil water for my morning coffee. I have no electricity so there is no coffee maker, Tassimo machine or Nespresso machine. When I grew up my parents always made filter coffee. People now call is pour over coffee and they pay a premium price for it at the coffee shop.
For more than 30 years I’ve made my coffee at the cottage this way. I put the kettle on the side burner of the BBQ and place the filter cone over our Coffee Butler. It’s a thermos that keeps the coffee hot for hours but when there’s more than two of us we often have to make a couple of pots if we want more than one cup.
This past weekend I went to the cottage with my daughter and daughter-in-law and this is how we started each morning. The night before we left for the cottage I made a large loaf of banana bread which I wrapped in foil and brought along. Heaven!
New Flower (September 7, 2020) – Yellow Portulaca
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Macro Monday – September 7, 2020
….I love taking macro shots and being at the cottage affords me all kinds of opportunities to find interesting subjects
Busy Bees
….very focused on the job at hand
Mama Cormier 