New Year's Eve

New Year’s Eve

All worn out

It has been a lovely, somewhat lazy few days at the cottage.  We had a chance to reconnect with family and friends.  Anne and Kate spent time with their camp friends, Jenny and Anna.  John and I were also invited to dinner with Jenny’s family which was so nice.  The conversation was interesting, at times hilarious, and we feel that we have a lot in common.  Also I must say that it was an absolute treat to have a break from cooking and doing dishes in this environment of no running water.  Anne and Kate ended up sleeping over at Jenny’s and I’ll include a photo of Anne after her return.  I gather they didn’t get to sleep very early.  

We all spent time unwinding:  reading novels; playing crib; watching Top Gear DVDs and napping.  To me that’s just what a cottage break should be.  Naturally John got a few jobs done, like taking down some trees at the shoreline.  Obviously that job can’t be done in the summer as he needs to stand on the lake ice in order to access the trees.  Hauling the logs up to the woodshed for future use kept us all warm even on a sunny but -15*C day.  John also painted a wall in the kitchen and it looks great!  

Dermot and Pippa, loved their stay, as usual.  They found some interesting holes to dig, chased the brave squirrels who ventured by and just generally ran around.  On the cold days they wouldn’t stay out too long, but did go out often.  In the evening they’d collapse on the couch in front of the fire.  They too love to unwind at the cottage.

Can you just sense the joy in this photo?

John is still searching for a name for our cottage.  The sunsets are magnificent so he is thinking about something that honours that.  Everything we’ve come up with so far is goofy, so we’d gratefully receive any non-goofy suggestions.  Either that or so goofy that it is truly funny.  

We will head to Cobourg in few hours.  We’ll spend Hogmanay with John’s parents and then head home to Guelph on New Year’s Day.  A nice way to finish another wonderful stay at the cottage.  Happy New Year everyone!

Dermot takes a break from running on the ice