Cottage Fall Photos - *New Pics in Post #10 *

[Russian Blue]

Hi Everyone,

Once again, I've been neglecting my PT time. So busy - still renovating, I'm at a new job and we've been enjoying the cottage property. For those who remember, we'll start to build our cottage next year and we're trying to do most of it off-grid. Lots of research and planning ahead for us!

I went up to the cottage for the Thanksgiving weekend and wanted to share some pics....

Driving up to the cottage....lots of colour.
http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Highway-Drive2010-005ALT/1043594182_q68uL-M.jpg
http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Highway-Drive-Thanksgiving/1043594143_4fmMJ-M.jpg

Many falling leaves, even on the windshield of our car.
http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Windshield-Leaf-Thanksgiving/1043595392_JBjjg-L.jpg

Down by the shoreline....
http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Shoreline-Thanksgiving-2010/1043594951_F3JMp-M.jpg

http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Trees-Thanksgiving-2010-023ALT/1043595109_9fMvE-M.jpg

We took a walk through the woods.....
http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Mini-Pinecone-Thanksgiving/1043594458_GQJXK-L.jpg

http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Fungi-Thanksgiving-2010-095ALT/1043594000_7VxD7-M.jpg

http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Fungi-Thanksgiving-2010-084ALT/1043593877_AJ8Ws-M.jpg

http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Fungi-Thanksgiving-2010-093ALT/1043593962_W94mG-M.jpg

Another fall season has almost ended.....
http://www.bluespirit.ca/Other/New-Cottage/Trees-Thanksgiving-2010-075ALT/1043595346_97y5m-M.jpg

[Karen]

Lovely pictures. Colors are just starting down here, so of course we've had rain and wind - more leaves on the ground than in the trees. Sigh.

[Freedom]

Just beautiful, best part of Autumn is the colors. You have captured this beautifully!

[phesina]

Beautiful! Thank you.

Good to see you back, Russian Blue.. Welcome back home!

[dukedogsmom]

Just beautiful! I love the fall. I miss it so much. We don't get that in hot Florida. My favorite pic is the one of the pinecone. Will the cottage just be a vacation place or will you move there? Its such a pretty area, would be nice to live there.

[Medusa]

Very nice indeed. We've had a lot of rain followed by days of sunshine which I'm told should really bring out the colors in the leaves. Gorgeous day yesterday and today. Thank you for sharing the pix. I love autumn, too, except it brings cold weather w/it.

[Cataholic]

Beautiful pics. I can tell how much farther north you are, as we are WAY more leaved still, and the colours are just really changing here.

[Barbara]

Aaaw- this makes me want to travel. I loved Algonquin area so much- how beautiful it must be right now!

[Randi]

Wow, such beautiful pictures! What a scenery you have there - you must be wanting to drive that route all through autumn. :)

[Russian Blue]

Thanks everyone! We just came back from the cottage again and I've added some lake pics. :) This time, we saw bear claw marks on a tree (:eek:), two deer ran right in front of our car and we also saw a family of ducks. :) Quite the 'wild' property we have.


Beautiful! Thank you.

Good to see you back, Russian Blue.. Welcome back home!

Thanks!


....I miss it so much. We don't get that in hot Florida. My favorite pic is the one of the pinecone. Will the cottage just be a vacation place or will you move there? Its such a pretty area, would be nice to live there.

For now, it will be a vacation retreat. We purchased in July and have been clearing the land. We hope to begin to build next spring. After 10 years, we'll see if we still want to stay there and if we do, we'll do the next renovation and eventually retire there.


Aaaw- this makes me want to travel. I loved Algonquin area so much- how beautiful it must be right now!

Where did you stay in Algonquin, Barbara? The colours this year were the best.

Just wanted to update with some lake pics. We purchased a property on a very small lake (only 3 neighbours) and it is a motorless lake all kept very natural.

This is our shoreline - we own everything on the left over to the tallest tree in the middle of the pic.
http://bluespirit.smugmug.com/Other/New-Cottage/Lake3/1051997945_L9AdZ-L.jpg

The people who had the land before us never used it. So, close to 15 years of fallen trees and dead wood we will need to clean up along the shoreline.
http://bluespirit.smugmug.com/Other/New-Cottage/Lake9/1051997999_5geMB-L.jpg

Looking back at our shoreline from down the lake.
http://bluespirit.smugmug.com/Other/New-Cottage/LakeFullViewRob35/1051998142_mUfs3-L.jpg

Here is the other end of the lake, going in towards a marsh.
http://bluespirit.smugmug.com/Other/New-Cottage/LakeGrass31/1051998225_C7HRm-L.jpg

Full lake view.
http://bluespirit.smugmug.com/Other/New-Cottage/LakeView14/1051998417_8aEc2-L.jpg

[krazyaboutkatz]

Gorgeous pictures.:) Fall has always been my favorite season.:)

[cassiesmom]

Beautiful!!

[Barbara]

I have been staying in Arowhon Pines- and kayaking on lakes just like the ones you have there- I have been in early summer as you will remember.
I can usually never mange to go in autumn- but one day I will :D