….waves, waves and more waves
I love how the water changes on our bay. It can be calm and clear as glass one day and then the next day or three days we experience huge powerful waves. Sometimes this change is referred to as a ‘three day blow’.
….how quickly the weather changes on Christian Island
Being on an island in a large body of water, like Georgian Bay, the weather can change very quickly. A couple of weekends ago the water was dead calm and it was great for swimming. I swam for a solid half an hour. The water had warmed up nicely over the summer but the evenings were getting cooler. The breezes coming off the lake, however, were a welcome change from the stifling heat we had experienced in August.
As the afternoon wore on we could hear the rumblings of thunder in the distance and the big fluffy cumulous clouds were starting to darken.
We managed to get back to the cottage before the skies opened up.
….thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Treeshttps://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2020/09/13/sunday-trees-461/
Looking up through the trees at the cottage on Christian Island.
….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!
….very focused on the job at hand
…not really
I’ll be at the cottage for a few days so you won’t see any new posts after tomorrow until Saturday or Sunday. As many of you know I have no internet or electricity. Hopefully we’ll have some nice days but regardless it always nice to get away.
Here is a recent photo of our granddaughter catching her first fish. The photo was taken by her Mom. Boy do I miss these guys.
….discovered this unusual caterpillar climbing the deck chair at the cottage on the weekend
Anyone know the name of this interesting critter?
…. a couple of hungry caterpillars
The caterpillar in this second image is probably 1/100 the size of the monarch caterpillar in the first image. Do you see his little friend peaking over the edge of the leaf?
,,,thanks to Sandy for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday Photo Challenge
Summer traditions may be on hold this year as we’re still not allowed to go to the cottage. Hopefully we’ll hear in the next few days when Christian Island opens up to lessee holders. When it does there will be quite a few restrictions, like no friends and only immediate family will be allowed on the ferry.
Having said that we’re still able to barbeque in the backyard and go for walks through the parks. Some of these photos are from years past.
Community Corn Roasts (cancelled this year)
Driving Through the Country
Ice-Cream with Winnie
Swimming at the Lake
Summer Fun Runs (cancelled this year)
Sunsets on Big Sand Bay
Walks Along the Beach
Sharing a Meal at the Cottage
The CNE (cancelled this year)
Relaxing on the Deck at Friend’s Cottage
BBQ in the Backyard
…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting the Photo a Week Challenge
Interesting challenge this week with so much being ‘up in the air’ so to speak. I took the phrase literally and posted photos of things in the air.
Mama Cormier 