EPISODE 6 SHARING COTTAGE LIFE WITH GEORGE AND PENNY AUGUST 23-25 2022 GEORGIAN BAY
alan skeoch
august 23-25, 2022
COTTAGE LIFE ON GEORGIAN BAY
Some regular;ar readers may wonder why the episodes stopped so abruptly,.
Marjorie and I took a three day holiday with George and Penny and sampled cottage life
in Ontario.
why should you be interested? There is a chance that some readers do not have cottages…or do not
have old style cottages that were once common. So here are a few pictures
of cottage life on Georgian Bay, Ontario. We are so lucky to have the Great Lakes
nearby so just pretend you came along with us. It will be a short trip….time enough
for a wilderness walk and a lingering swim before the leaves turn red gold and the water
cools.
SURPRISE
“What day is it , Marjorie?”
“August 24, 2022, I think! Holy Cot, this is our 59th wedding anniversary…we forgot”
“59 years have passed by ..full years. Do you think the boys will remember?”
“I doubt it since we did not remember either”
Penny and George took over…dinner preceded by gin and tonic. And followed by
outlandish stories of all our married lives.,,all four of us….hooting and laughing at
the foibles of married life. A wonderful time.
“Remember when you insisted that our honeymoon hotel have one double bed….no
other beds, Alan? You did not want marriage to start with separate beds.””
“Yes, and the hotel creeps just shoved two single beds together with a big sheet disguise.”
“Remember what caused the two beds to split apart as we consummated the marriage.?”
Stories like that rolled from our lips….four voices trying to top each other…good time friends..
Nothing quite like a cottage road weaving through an oak and white pine forest.
One upon a time cottages were small cabins tucked in the forest like this one.
And footpaths led to the open water.
Sand wind blown in places but held in place in others….held by wild grasses.
Penny and Marjorie all set for two hours swimming and wading and talking and laughing.
Carefree time.
Penny and George