Seven Days on the Island

We traveled a week ago to Manitoulin Island to Mark's families summer cottage, for our much delayed summer vacation, in October. It was nice to be there with my mom and Marks mom, together. Here is a brief photo journal of our week away!

sunrise over strawberry channel

the start of a twig chair

jay

ruth

jordie & carl

strawberry channel

mark & megan

my megan

megan, jordie and carl traveled to the island for the weekend,

long journey

mcleans mountain

i love mcleans mountain,

it's a favourite spot to visit

mcleans mountain lookout

view from the mountain

view from the mountain, you can see mark's uncles farm down below

megan & her holga

jordie, carl & mark

low island

old ruins

old mill

megan

low island

dock at camp looking out at strawberry island

strawberry channel

camp

mark thinking he could swim in october

garden at the farm

old well cover, 1946, initialed by marks dad and uncle

wood to keep jay warm for the winter

maple on the farm

honora

the three bears house, sugar shack

kinoje was obsessed with coming into camp, he didn't make it in

but he watched us constantly

dog walk on goat island, coal dock side

little current

cows in the field

queens of the castle

rumour is they are mean girls..

another sunrise at camp

looking out at the coal dock

downtown looking at the swing bridge

dock, downtown little current

mark cut down at dead tree at camp

firewood

camp saw was too small for the job but it got done

gorgeous leaves on our way home

maple leaves...

Emmsgems Comes to Town...

I take part in a Canadian buy n sell thread on Etsy. It is a wonderful meeting place for artisans from not only across our own country but from various other countries around the world. The artisans on this thread have become family, we are all there to support each other not only in our work, but in our lives.

It was here on the thread that I met Emily of Emmsgems. Emily and her husband Jason came from Winnipeg, to stay with us this past weekend. I will admit, I was a little apprehensive meeting strangers. Strangers in real life, but not strangers really. We have chatted in the thread and by convo many many many times. I told her as we were planning their visit, that if I rented them a motel room, she would know we were not well matched, in personality. I was kidding, well kind of. She didn't have to worry, they are wonderful people, comfy, felt like we had know them both for ages. I hope they felt, feel the same way.

Emily realized Terrace Bay is not Winnipeg, she needed to dress warmer.

sight seeing.. Aguasabon Gorge at its finest!

Emily and the falls

Mark, Emily and Jason

not a warm beach day

Terrace Bay Main Beach

pumphouse beach

proof.. that they actually came!

look! Emily is helping me prepare dinner!

yum, stuffed shells!

emms and five

Simply Pearls

I am very fond of pearls. They can be dressed up or down, they are simply beautiful!

Two new listings in my Etsy shop today. Love them both, one with oxidized sterling and the other with oxidized copper.

white frost

milky copper

Four Long Months... of Outside House Chores

The summer in reverse.. back to front.

We almost didn't make it, the cold weather has arrived. We just finished putting the second coat of paint on the outside of this big old house. All we have left are the two doors, but hopefully we can sneak them in before the snow flies. The walls, paint covered cedar shakes were in terrible shape, they needed so much scraping, it took two months to do. A long two months of constant work.

Mark working on the last wall!

luckily a friend lent us scaffolding

the end of the big dig, walls waterproofed and all set for wet weather

blue seal coated foundation

Mark hard at it

scrubbing the old tar off the foundation

hand dug, ready to go

people could not figure out what Mark was doing

I told some that I am a princess and he was digging me a moat..

back patio taken apart for the big dig

digging

front entrance

chimney rebuild

chimney construction in the fog

Quick Trip

Mark's Aunt Jean passed away two weeks ago, seven weeks after his dad passed away. She fought a long hard battle with lung cancer, but after her brother passed away she gave up her fight. We made a quick trip to the Island for her funeral.

These are the images from that trip.

a hint of colour, indicating the change of season

it has been a hard year. a huge loss of family and friends.

life keeps changing.

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