THE WEEKEND AT THE LAKE

Reader, The Lake was beautiful...

and I was quickly won over to the Canadian concept of the cottage-by-the-lake weekender...

Our cottage was sweetly furnished - note the re-purposed blanket cushions on the couch..

Loved this rag rug: bits of crotchet, socks, tee shirts, all kinds of textures, dyed to woodland colours...

In the Nature Department of the blog, saw My First Hummingbird.

Here it is, no bigger than my thumb.

They visited the honey feeder all weekend, to our delight!

I thought this bird was a fake, hung up there with the birdhouses.

Then it started its rapid pecking at the tree.

My First Woodpecker...

My First Beaver:

On Day 2, I watched a beaver swim across the lake, just beyond the pontoon -
here's a visual...

Yes, that is a beaver, the little black dot above the pontoon.
(The dot to the right is a decoy duck).
I was so excited!!  You could actually see its body just under the water.
  Only had my phone camera, so that's the best I could do, but

later, had the satisfaction of the sighting being confirmed by the owner of the cottage..

Spot the little honey feeder for the hummingbirds..

Chipmonks dashed about us all weekend - see him there on the top step..

Our little grandsons had the best time..

Methinks they'll go back..

We drove into Kingston, and took a paddle boat cruise of the Thousand Islands..

Kingston lies at the confluence of Lake Ontario and the St Lawrence Seaway..

Many of the Islands became the location of Holiday Homes for the rich and famous..

I liked the tiny islands with just one house..

but some of them, such as Wolfe Island, are very big, with towns, roads and farms.

and on the way home:

the rustic barns of Country Ontario...

Off on more adventures tomorrow...

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