This afternoon, while spending our last weekend at our rustic retreat for the season, we went for a walk. We’d spent the better part of the day, and most of the previous day, working on our websites, Rustic-Lodge-Lifestyle.com and Smart-Heart-Living.com, so we were feeling in desperate need of fresh air and exercise. The previous day [...]
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A near perfect walk in the country!
Posted in Special times at the lodge, tagged bales, Beautiful scenery, exercise, explore, extremely windy, farm field, fresh air, heart healthy, outdoors, rolling hills, rustic retreat, Rustic-Lodge-Lifestyle, self-timer, Smart-Heart-Living, straw bales, trail, walk in the country, websites on November 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Coming soon…
Posted in New projects, Special times at the lodge, tagged Adventures with Fitzgerald the Dump Truck, background music, dump, Dump Truck, Free Music, Partners In Rhyme, Sound Effects, YouTube on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Coming soon to a YouTube near you: Adventures with Fitzgerald the Dump Truck!
This is Fitzgerald:
And although our trusty, old, beat-up, rusty Nissan pick-up will feature prominently in the clips, these will not be about the truck… it’s just an interesting angle (and amazing that he still runs!).
More to the point will be the wide [...]
Lodge Food and Finishing Work
Posted in Special times at the lodge, tagged bakery, blueberries, cedar, eggs, farm fresh, farm fresh eggs, French toast, fresh fruit, fresh fruit medley, Healthful, lodge, maple syrup, molding, raspberries, Saskatoon berries, strawberries, wainscoting, wild blueberries, workout on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One thing is for certain: when we head to the lodge I know we will eat well! Healthful and abundant!
One of the surprise treats we found at the lodge soon after we purchased it was the bounty of wild blueberries.
Much time has been spent these past several weeks picking buckets of these wonderfully healthy berries. [...]
Special moments: Moose on Road
Posted in Special times at the lodge, tagged agitated, calf, grandchildren, Moose, Moose on Road on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On our way back from our “Canoe Trip from Hell!!” (see posting below) I saw something on the road ahead that I thought might be a moose. But it was pretty far in the distance so I was sure it would be long gone before we got close.
However, it crossed the road back and forth [...]
Canoe trip from Hell??!!
Posted in Special times at the lodge, tagged anxiety, beaver houses, Boxador, Canoe, canoe ride, Canoe trip, grandchildren, granddaughter, hilarious, Hot and sunny, lab/boxer, Labrador, lakes, Lessons learned, life jackets, lodge, loons, secluded lake, tranquility, unstable, wildlife on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it wasn’t really THAT bad… but it wasn’t what we anticipated.
This weekend we had two of our grandchildren with us at the lodge. It was glorious, weather-wise! Hot and sunny… perfect for a canoe ride!
As posted earlier, we got a dog a couple of months ago. He’s a 2 1/2 year old lab/boxer cross [...]
Fireflies
Posted in Special times at the lodge, tagged amazing sight, anti-climactic, bedtime, country air, cranky, Fireflies, grandchildren, habitat, lodge, midnight, Ottawa, spectacle, Toronto, weather on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last night, before retiring for the night, I stepped onto the porch to breath in some fresh country air, and get a sense of what the weather was doing. It was an incredibly calm night… this was about midnight.
As my eyes adjusted to the dark (and it was very dark given the overcast skies) a [...]
This is why we have the lodge!!!
Posted in Special times at the lodge, tagged abandoned, appreciative, big sister, bird feeder, child care, exploring, grandchildren, hugging, laughter, little brother, lodge, log farm shed, loving, memorable, mom and dad, moose antlers, moose rack, perspective, photographer, Planting tree, retreat, squirrel, weekend on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have experienced many “special” times at our lodge retreat. And every once in a while, a weekend stands out as being extra special. We’ve just returned from one of those very memorable times.
We are blessed with five wonderful grandchildren. And we spend as much time with them as we can. Leading up to this [...]
