With a cottage this beautiful how could we resist stopping by for a summer visit? (Thank you Karen.)
This summer has been full of rain so mushrooms were out in full force. Katrine was thrilled to be able to share her interest with Elspeth. Last year Elspeth could take them or leave them but this year she began to get into it – the colours, the hunt, the spore prints. It was quite fun to go out walking with them. We had tried to go out geocaching with them earlier in the day and were met by a wall of bugs so this was a welcome change.
Even though it was a cloudy few days, we took advantage of the lake. Swimming, fishing, wading and riding in the paddle boat. The first time down to the lake the girls went prepared with their willies. Well, Elspeth is not so good on depth perception with water and she flooded her boots. Had a wonderful time nonetheless. Both girls actually managed to catch a fish so they were quite happy. On our final day a neighbour invited us down to his beach, much to the girls’ delight, and they dug and waded to their hearts content.
Then we topped it off with an ice cream stop. Loving cottage days.