As the sky's refection into the mirror water shows palisades of color, demarcating yellows, oranges, blues, grays and a plethora of colors in between, so to, upon reflection, our summer season comes to an end, our abbreviated fall season begins next week, and our cottage morphs into its 50th year.
A look down from the front deck to the front yard will remain mostly the same, clearing away the birch trees in front which are showing their age and the strain of eeking a living off the moss and peat covering the bedrock. Kathy of course wants me to do more, ie, clearing of trees in the front. What is the purpose of having lake front property without having an unobstructed view of the lake? My argument has been that the trees serve as a buffer against storm winds, particularly of the winter variety which has necessitated the placing of plywood shutters over the one pane thick glass front windows. 
With the redo of the cottage, board and batten siding and a replacement of the front glass with thermopane double glass windows, and a sliding glass door, shutters may no longer be needed, and the barrier trees may not be needed also. Since all work on the siding and windows will be done this fall, then we shall see how the glass front windows stand the winter storms, not protected by 1/2 inch thick plywood shutters. If there is no leakage of water into the cottage over the winter through the cracks and crannies of the front glass, then maybe, maybe I'll consider removing a cedar tree. Always one step at a time.Kathy emailed Connie Collins regarding when the
work on the cottage was to begin, we have not heard from her yet, so, Kathy and I may or may not have a partially done project when we come up next week. We shall see what we shall see. I have included pictures of the cottage as it was at the beginning of September 2008. We hope to have pictures of its evolution; preparing for the Saturday August 1st 2009 50th anniversary celebration party. (Bec is the coordinator of the invitations, the first week is my preference.)
work on the cottage was to begin, we have not heard from her yet, so, Kathy and I may or may not have a partially done project when we come up next week. We shall see what we shall see. I have included pictures of the cottage as it was at the beginning of September 2008. We hope to have pictures of its evolution; preparing for the Saturday August 1st 2009 50th anniversary celebration party. (Bec is the coordinator of the invitations, the first week is my preference.)We are in the throes of planning our Southwestern swing to California for our Christmas family rendezvous. We shall keep you posted.
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