Muskoka in the Fall

If there is one place to be this weekend, it's Muskoka.  The colours are impeccable.  Indescribable.  Awesome.  Jaw-dropping.  Photos never do it justice.  You have to experience climbing the Dorset tower, bumping into a celebrity or two along the way, getting a wasp in your ice cream down by the water, all for yourself.  It's the only way.


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While there, be sure to enjoy a few coolies:


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Enjoy the art:

source:  emeraldcraft


source:  impressions of nature (terry gill)



source:  capricious art (mandy higgs)



Making sure you get in some music while there too....

Like ivan blackbird (ruth cassie) or find her here



So, what will you take in this Canadian Thanksgiving weekend?  Will Muskoka be on your list?


signed, the willow

Summer, You Finally Arrived!

Yesssss. It is finally the steamy, bug-filled summer that we desired. Sunburns. Yipee! Jumping in the pool. Wahoo! Ice cream from Kawartha Dairy. Yay!

tree climbing

hand stand competitions

 car rides with the dog

visits to the AGO

fireworks to celebrate the end of school

wandering at Nuit Blanche North

playing mime with performing friend

pretty girls of summer

ask a stranger to take your photo

chew a stick

build a lake house for the fairies

hitch your wagon to a star

signed, the willow

Season's End

signed, the willow

Red Leaves and Magenta Owls

Muskoka gets absolutely incredibly beautiful in the fall (in all four season, but especially in the fall).

The boat houses on Lake Rousseau can haunt or procure visitors.  I have to say that the day we visited Windermere, the dead silence haunted me.  I have strong memories of my grandfather's boathouse that were haunting.  Mind you, it contained a boat and not a dwelling.

What went on in Windermere decades ago?  It was decadent I bet.

Now it's visited by a 3 person family with a mutt of a dog eating Mr. Sub sandwiches and picking up the odd oak leaf.

When little *Mila* asks to paint beside me, it's the most exhilarating feeling in the world.  This is the companion I've longed for, within her.  She's so special and willing to experiment.  No preformed ideas of what she'll paint.  Just playtime.

Those pink earrings!

and my magenta drippiness...will transform over and over again.

a green owl will emerge on a blue tree.

and what will tomorrow hold?

signed, the willow