I Love How Beautiful Fall is at the Lake

We load up the boat at the dock we rent on the mainland and head out through the bay into the lake.

It only takes a few minutes before we have turned the corner and are approaching our little island. Most of the year it is hard to spot our cottage but once the trees start to lose their leaves the white cottage starts to pop out. The large rock out from really shows up too.

Here we are approaching the dock and cottage and if you look carefully you can spot

our big white dog, Jasper, waiting for us. The line of white along the dock is a series of bumpers to protect both the side of our new dock and our boat.

The Tiny Tree

Persistence:

Continuing firmly or obstinately in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

When my oldest was just tiny she became attached to a tiny little sprig of a spruce tree that was growing in a small crack in the big rock that is at the front of our cottage. We never thought the tree would make it but bit by bit the tree has grown. It has forced the crack in the giant rock to get bigger and bigger. The crack gathers bits of moss, the lake washes over the crack and bits of material collect in the depression feeding and watering the tree.
It is exposed to the snow ice and winds  and sometimes in storms the lake washes completely over the rock with great force but that tree, still grows taller every year.

Sunset on the prairie

I am always sad to leave the cottage but sunset views on our way home make it all a little easier.

Little Yellow Wildflowers

I was going to figure out what the real name of these flowers is before writing this post but it is summer and I have iced tea.  There is a breeze and there are paperback novels to read.

 It is enough that the fields and edge of the woodlands have 1000s of such lovely yellow jewels,

no matter what they are called.

 

 

This summer my pictures are all being taken with my phone's camera. The quality of image is poorer but my phone is always handy in my pocket and I can upload the pictures so easily!

Ukulele at Winnipeg Beach

 This past weekend we left our cottage to go to a different lake about 2 hours away.

Bob had a Ukulele Group gathering in Winnipeg Beach under the bandstand.  They had a nice little turn out and absolutely beautiful weather. The group played songs for over two hours and even had some people start to dance.

 

Bob and I went for a nice dinner at a little Italian restaurant that was located in view of the park and the lake. We then strolled along the boardwalk and looked at the water and saw all the people playing on the beach and sharing picnic dinner on the grassy park area.

We will be at another beach in that area in a couple of weeks so I look forward to another day exploring lake country.