Saturday November 8 at 6 pm EST
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the_siobhanI just finished my... forth beer, I think. I have Darrell making me a rye & ginger.
There is a tradition in Canadian cottages of using them as a place to drop off all the old furniture and stuff you don't want in your house any more. Any gaps are filled in by local yard sales. This cottage is no exception so it's full of vintage 70's furniture and appliances. There is a pic here of Axel making breakfast and you can check out the electric mixer he's using.
Axel and Saabs are curled up on the couch watching a movie (on VHS!), so Darrell and I got bored and decided to do a bit more exploring around the property. The wind was getting really powerful and I could see black clouds on the horizon across the water so I think a storm is rolling in. I'm hoping will get lightening - it would be incredible to watch an electrical storm through those enormous windows.
When we were walking back to the house a fierce gust of wind nearly knocked us down the stairs. It sent a small door in the base of the cottage flying open - a door none of us had noticed before. So of course we stuck our heads in to see what was in there. Mostly rusted deck chairs and old pillows with the stuffing frothing out. There were also some really ancient looking apothecary bottles and some pottery that was really beautiful once we had it cleaned up. We also found an old tape recorder and a book bound is some kind of suede that smelled horrendously of mold. The book in particular was kind of neat, it's written in red ink in some kind of script and full of fascinating line drawings of devils and demons.
By the time we got back inside Axel and Saabs were passed out cold. Too much wine last night I guess. I spent some time clearing the dirt and leaf mold off the bottles until they were nice and shiny and set them up on one of the shelves where I figured our host would appreciate them. When I got back from setting them up Saabs was awake and playing with the tape recorder.
There is a tradition in Canadian cottages of using them as a place to drop off all the old furniture and stuff you don't want in your house any more. Any gaps are filled in by local yard sales. This cottage is no exception so it's full of vintage 70's furniture and appliances. There is a pic here of Axel making breakfast and you can check out the electric mixer he's using.
Axel and Saabs are curled up on the couch watching a movie (on VHS!), so Darrell and I got bored and decided to do a bit more exploring around the property. The wind was getting really powerful and I could see black clouds on the horizon across the water so I think a storm is rolling in. I'm hoping will get lightening - it would be incredible to watch an electrical storm through those enormous windows.
When we were walking back to the house a fierce gust of wind nearly knocked us down the stairs. It sent a small door in the base of the cottage flying open - a door none of us had noticed before. So of course we stuck our heads in to see what was in there. Mostly rusted deck chairs and old pillows with the stuffing frothing out. There were also some really ancient looking apothecary bottles and some pottery that was really beautiful once we had it cleaned up. We also found an old tape recorder and a book bound is some kind of suede that smelled horrendously of mold. The book in particular was kind of neat, it's written in red ink in some kind of script and full of fascinating line drawings of devils and demons.
By the time we got back inside Axel and Saabs were passed out cold. Too much wine last night I guess. I spent some time clearing the dirt and leaf mold off the bottles until they were nice and shiny and set them up on one of the shelves where I figured our host would appreciate them. When I got back from setting them up Saabs was awake and playing with the tape recorder.