Which Way Photo Challenge – August 18, 2023

thanks to Alive and Trekking for hosting the Which Way Photo Challenge https://aliveandtrekking.com/2023/08/18/which-way-photo-challenge-august-18/

The Sand Dunes at Big Sand Bay overlooking Georgian Bay and beyond.

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Pull Up a Seat – From Banff to Christian Island

thanks to Xingfu Mama for hosting Pull Up a Seat https://xingfumama.blog/2023/08/11/pull-up-a-seat-photo-challenge-2023-week-32/

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Rustic log bench at the Banff Centre
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Comfy sitting in my sister’s backyard
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Seating in an old airplane hanger in Calgary
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Muskoka chair overlooking the Beach at Big Sand Bay

A Perfect Weekend to Lay a New Floor at the Cottage

it pretty much rained the entire weekend

For years I’ve wanted to put down a nice light coloured vinyl floor in the cottage. When the flooring went on sale I quickly snatched it up and started to put it down by myself a couple of weeks ago. I bought a very small amount to see how easily it would come together and decided that with a little bit of help it was a doable project. So, last week after coming back from the cottage I returned to the store and bought 10 more boxes.

After two solid days of work we managed to lay down all the flooring we had. It was hard work but very rewarding. I’m still recuperating two days later.

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Our daughter who lives out east calls these Storm Chips…perfect snack on a rainy day
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The other good thing that happened this weekend is that we purged a lot of items that were on an old handmade open cupboard that was meant to be temporary (kept it for over 30 years) and we cleaned out the old storage bins under the counters. We made room in the antique oak cupboard and filled it with some of the dishes from the old cupboard. The remaining items went into the new storage boxes for now. We took the old shelf outside. It looks so much better.

An Evening Walk on the Beach

this past weekend I went to the cottage

After an afternoon of sharing a meal with the neighbours and playing a long game of Crib Wars I went for a walk along the beach. It was a somewhat cloudy evening so there was no sunset to speak of but I enjoyed myself nonetheless.

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