Sorry about the post drought! My computer went on holidays for a bit.
Last weekend I went on a lovely cottage trip with some friends. The first and only cottage trip of the summer (even though it was more like fall). Don’t ask me where it was. I don’t know. Somewhere near Peterborough. On a lake. It was gorgeous. Awesome weather- a bit chilly but in a nice crisp autumn way where we snuggled up in blankets and built fires and stuff.
It was super fun and we played made-up sports and jumped in the lake (sooo cold) and roasted marshmallows and played board games and had an all around superfun time. It was very reminiscent of The Great Outdoors. The cottages had that 70s feel about them. Some day I want an entire room of my house to be decorated entirely with bird motifs. It’s very calming. And a little creepy.
I’m really getting pumped about fall now and I love doing all the stereotypical things you’re supposed to do in fall time like take walks in the woods and pick up red leaves and buy sweaters and scarves and squashes to decorate your house. I’m also getting very soup oriented. That’s how you know it’s fall- I feel the need to make soup all the time.
Hopefully I’ll post a bit more in the upcoming days as I loooove taking pictures of fall stuff. Prepare yourself for orange overload!!!!!
Ugly:
Although 99% of the cottage trip was amazing we did have some bad luck in that Will was battling some feverish illness and Kari lost her purse on the way home! That wasn’t cool. I felt very bad for them both. Hopefully this means they will not have bad luck for several weeks. Trust in Karma. Also: never play Pictionary with loved ones. Ever.
Awesome:
Pretty much everything else about the trip. I used to live in a house with a woodstove and when I was young my dad taught me how to build a fire. I hadn’t made one in years so I gave myself the ole pat on the back after I made a fire in one of the cottages fireplaces. Be proud of me Dad! It was a good one!
Chris is ready for the Journey!
Chris packs the trunk- thanks for buying all the food!
Monica second guessing her shorts decision
Jump picture!! Yeeesssss
My jump picture was timed badly….
How many smart phones does it take to get to a cottage?
View of the lake from our deck
The food cottage- where all the magic happened.
Pretty fall flowers!!! So welcoming- Thanks Barb!
Wall o’ birds!
So homey!
I want a whole basement just to decorate with these things.
Starting the first meal…beer.
How come I’m never this cute while doing the dishes?
Swingset!
Childhood memories abound.
The main building where you borrow board games and life jackets and such.
The food deck.
Jamie deals the first of many card games
Jamie and Chris
Chris
Who doesn’t love swings?
In the tire swing!
Spinning!
too fast!
Does she look like she’s about to barf?
Too much spinning….
Jamie and Monica show us how it’s done
The challenge- Chris M. spins Jamie around then Jamie has to run and tag Chris S. Challenge accepted.
Cute!
Trying to get in sync.
Chris shows off his gymnast skills.
10.0 A perfect dismount.
Chris gazing into his fire.
How romantic.
Me and my fire. Very proud.
Monica and her perfectly golden marshmallow.
Kari appears! She and Will arrived in the evening.
Will trying not to succumb to hallucinations due to fever.
Early morning cottage shadow. Somehow I was the first one up every day- WHAT!?
PURTY!
My morning routine. Sneak into food cottage- make coffee-read book by lake until others wake up.
On the edge of the dock.
My shadow on all the lake foliage.
If pictures had sound you would hear the annoying neighbour children screaming profanities at eachother. Serene.
Reflection nerd.
I thought this one was more high fashion.
Chris and Monica play dominos.
But first Chris looks up how to play dominos.
Secret lovers caught!!
Monica made homemade guacamole!! So delicious.
We played balderdash. There weren’t enough pieces so Jamie’s the lime.
Will reads out fictional word definitions.
Kari tries to determine the true definition thereby winning.
The boys are amused. Good thing we played poker after this.
Day 3- enjoying the outdoor firepit.
I love the smell of campfire. Jamie hates it. He is wrong.
Looks like a wonderful weekend! Brings memories of when we used to go to Kennebec Lake every fall. We did more or less the exact same things! I love the smell of a campfire too. 🙂
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Looks like a wonderful weekend! Brings memories of when we used to go to Kennebec Lake every fall. We did more or less the exact same things! I love the smell of a campfire too. 🙂
[…] my posts on this blog have been sporadic, you can always count on me to blog about fall. I could write a novel about fall. In fact if you took every piece of text I’ve ever written about fall, I […]