Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Calm

"Today is the day," my husband said as we woke up. Today the dock comes out of the water. I know there is still going to be warm days, but harvest is coming and we do not want to be in the water when its freezing. So here we are, my husband and the tractor. I would prefer more help but alas the girls are busy and the neighbors have not come out of there houses. So he puts on the waiters and I giggle as I tell him he looks like a frog. It does look as if he has frog legs! He takes out bolts and posts. Then he reminds me not to step on it as it may collapse. Remember where the new board is. I look and touch my leg,still bruised, yes I remember. Now he is ready for the boat. We put the boat under the last section of the dock and float it to shore. Then he can pick it up with the tractor. Sounds easy enough, not... As I'm out in the boat floating it under the dock. I am trying very hard not to get wet. Well I was pushing to fast and the boat went under the dock and I did not fit of course so PLUNK I went down in the boat. The bottom of the boat was green and slimy and now I was wet and green and slimy. My husband in his frog pants was laughing his head off as he put it. I of course did not think this was funny but did when his eyes even got bigger as he sprung a leak in his froggy pants and now he was filling up with water. By the time we both got on shore we were both wet and laughing. Of course that's when help arrived and we all got the dock up on shore so it can rest during the winter months under a blanket of snow. Both dry we returned to the waters edge and enjoyed the sunset and the calm of the water with the lone swan swimming by. Boy... we love this place!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Dock

When we bought our lot it came with a dock that was rusty and had laid in the dirt for 30 years. Needless to say that dock crumbled as we picked up the rotten old boards to see if it could be salvaged, it could not. Then after becoming friends with our neighbor, she to had an old dock in better shape that had not been in the water for years. We decided that if we put sealer on it and put it in the water we would all enjoy it. So, for the past two years we have put that dock down the middle of the property line and...
we have enjoyed fishing off it.
We have sat on it and chatted about our day.
We have tied up our paddle boat and fishing boat on it sturdy steel posts.
We have lit fireworks off it on Fourth of July.
We have jumped off it and swam to the floaty.
We have walked over those boards over and over again.
Then yesterday I was walking out on the dock to see the sunset when creak, crack, clunk. I fell through. I sat there as my husband who saw it all unfold came to my side. Nope I didn't break anything. I just skinned up my leg and was bruised. Actually I felt lucky as I didn't fall in the water.
The next day we went and bought a new board so we can all continue to walk down that dock and enjoy all the fun it brings us at the cottage... at the lake!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Burgers

We were going to the cottage today to work. Yes it is a holiday but it seems every weekend we are free we are working on the cottage. My husband loves it for the therapy and the inner joy he gets from seeing the progress he has made happen. My daughters like it to lay in the sun and chat with each other. Me, well I like my family just being together. I love seeing my girls giggle and laugh. I love working beside my husband building something that will last way beyond my lifetime. Back to the burgers...I always bring more than we can eat as I never know who will be coming to supper. My hunch was right as our daughters brought a car load with them and the neighbors on both sides came to eat when they smelled that the grill was lit. You just can't resit the aroma of grilling burgers. And me...well I had a great evening with family and friends. Sitting in a circle each of us telling stories and laughing together... priceless