Cottage Life 2012


The cottage grass after more than 30 days without rain :(
BBQ for one :(
Davis Fish Fry
Sisters!!
A happy golfer!!
Indoor fireworks?
Learning about Daddy's car engine
Fishing in the boat house
Driving the boat
Still not too sure of the boat?
Slowly learning to enjoy the water
This boy loves to swim!!
Enjoying a popsicle!!
I love pink!!
Relaxing on Splash Island
Relaxing by the junior pool!!
Now that's entertainment!!
But I think cartoons on YouTube on the cottage Internet is the new hit :)
Captain of the ship!!
Another cottage sunset with super swimmer still going hard!!
The Montreal condominium
Park time!!
What is this?
Wow, someone really likes to spin :)
Pizza dinner!!
Ice cream treat :)
The perfect canoeing day!!
Stretching out the canoe muscles :)
Sunscreen time!!
Some cousin tubing time!!
The infamous racing app!!
Relaxing before a special chicken soulvaki dinner
No more empty BBQ!!
Even some vegetables!!
Family dinner!!
After dinner ping pong!!
Never to early to learn how to play ping pong

It's an epic match!!

Time for bed!!
Bed time reading?
Time to wake up cousin Alex!!
Family picture!!
That's one piece of cheese!!
Drawing in Stewart Park
Siesta time in front of Big Ben!!
Enjoying an Italian Soda at Coutts Coffee
Finding some shade at the Stewart Park Music Festival in Perth, Ontario
Somebody has the beat!!
Afternoon bird talk :)
Ping pong is a tiring game
The olde cottage wagon
Croquet time!!
Wrestling time for cousins!!
The daily cousin workout!!
Cooling down with our water guns :)
Bedtime drawing time!!
Before dinner nachos!!
Giving our Angry Bird a "hug"
Another cottage dinner!!
The Poonamalie Locks, Rideau Canal
Closing the lock doors
Watching the boats rise in the locks
Getting ready to head back up river to the cottage
A tired boy?
The skipper at the wheel :)
Family swim time before bed
Some guitar time before bed
High school friends
Tubing action!!
More tubing action!!
Conference call with another high school friend!!
The cottage swing!!
The cottage wagon on the cottage hill!!
Blast off!!
Never to early to start learning how to play football!!
When can I climb up into the cottage tree fort?
Riding the cottage horse!!
Family photo!!
The Smiths Falls Train Museum
The snow plow that clears the track in winter
The caboose!!
Lunch on the patio in Smiths Falls
Some more tubing time!!
Wow, ride that tube!!
Isn't he backwards on the tube?
Look no hands!!
Learning to walk on the water mat!!
Mastering the water mat!!
Mac the Super Hero!!
Some mother-son paddle board time :)
Drying off from a tubing session
The triple "A" tubing team (Aaron, Andrew, Alex)
Yum, smell that cedar, maple, salmon smoke :)
Maple marinated, cedar smoked salmon
Saturday night dining on the Rideau
Cottage breakfast with Timmy's coffee
Botchi Ball
Team yellow
Team blue
Team green
Team red
Chicken soulvaki encore dinner!!
Yet another cottage dinner
Sunset cruise
Enjoying life!!
Sunset reading
Murphy Point Provincial Park - Boating Expedition
Hiking on Murphy's Point
   
   
   
   
University friends
One last visit to the Poonamalie Locks
Mother and son tubing
Mother and son canoeing
Saying goodbye to the tubes
Loading up for the airport
Sunset over the Rideau
Looks like someone grew this year :)
Sunset over Splash Island
Summer of sunsets

Last Update: Norm Vaughan 2012-08-12