An even dozen

On Saturday morning as I walked up the hill to the outhouse there was a great beating of wings as a very large bird shot up from the underbrush and flew off into the sky. When i went to investigate I found a dozen duck eggs in this beautifully feather-lined hole in the ground. Mom was soon back on her nest and we spent the rest of the weekend making sure to give the her and her eggs a wide berth. I briefly considered pinching just one to see what scrambled duck eggs might taste like but Carolyn succeeded in changing my mind!

Many meese

The blackflies were absolutely wicked this weekend, and so the moose were literally hanging out on the road. Caitlin Glynn-Morris had emailed me last weekend with pictures she shot of a moose right outside our parking lot. On our way out, I shot this picture of Dad next to the Cache lake sign and his calf trailing along behind. We then spotted this cow a little further down the road closer to Mew Lake.

Roosters is no more!

The little store that always had everything you ever needed is now empty and up for sale. According to my cousin Richard the owner has moved all the stock and retired, moving to be with his daughter in Orangeville. Where will I find new foot valves???

The First Long Weekend

Our first long weekend (and opening weekend) at the cottage was marked by "variable weather". Saturday was windy and wet, Sunday was cold and SNOWY and Monday was beautiful and sunny. Jamie, Shawn, Carolyn and I spent our first weekend mostly by the fireplace. Despite the weather it was great to be back for another year!

Let the New Year Begin

Richard reveals a plate of delectable lamb sirloins as we all sit down at the Rigby table to start another year of good friends, good food and good times!

Together Again

Jamie and girlfriends - Janice and Patty - the party is on!

Chilly Cook

Since the kitchen is not heated and the temperature in the morning was round the 0 mark, Carolyn had to dress warmly while she made pancakes in the morning!

Snow on Sunday

So here we are in the middle of May and it snowed. The flakes were fine so you can't see them in the picture, but it snowed pretty steadily on and off for a good chunk of the day on Sunday! Meanwhile we were told the weather was beautiful in Toronto! Oh well, a good excuse to sit by the fire and do nothing!

Finally - the Sun!

After two days of cold and damp we were very happy to see blue sky on Monday morning!

Cache Lake Hat

Because we finally got some good weather, we all piled into the boat and went for a cruise around the lake. Carolyn models the new Cache Lake hat. Richard Rigby had a bunch made and is selling them for a very reasonable $25 which goes towards getting our leases renewed.

Skymount

You can't see them in this picture, but there were lots of people up at the lookout at the top of Skymount. The leaves really haven't started to come out on the trees on Cache, but there should be some nice soft green in a week or two