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 (), two deer ran right in front of our car and we also saw a family of ducks. Quite the 'wild' property we have.

Quote Originally Posted by phesina View Post
Beautiful! Thank you.

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

Quote Originally Posted by dukedogsmom View Post
....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.

Quote Originally Posted by Barbara View Post
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.


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.


Looking back at our shoreline from down the lake.


Here is the other end of the lake, going in towards a marsh.


Full lake view.