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Our dear and wonderful neighbors, Dave and Maxine dropped by the cottage this weekend, which was a cool but lovely September day. They had their grandson with them. Dave had an amused look asking why I was wanting to turn our boat over for winter.  Meanwhile, Maxine remarked that just maybe herself and my wife could fill the old craft with soil and make a flower garden. Ya right. And that was the last straw. Laugh you naysayers but I was more determined than ever to get the old boat on the water. So I invited our boating friends
Tom and Delsie out to the acreage. Tom being a man of boats brought along a trailer so we could transport the boat into his shop and work on it over winter. Yep, This boat shall see water. Forget the flower garden.

September is always a month of change for as long as I can remember. An early frost has put the end of the growing season for the pumpkin, so we saved what we could.Dear wife Vicky picked the last of the broadbeans and potatoes.
Back inside the cottage the fire burned quietly in the fireplace, a few remnants of the night before. Doggie companion Sandy rested quietly near the fireplace. Our faithful pooch looked old as I myself knew I was closing in on my 65th year. But the happy/sad eyes of our dog
simply reminded me that time was moving on.
The towering aspens quivered gently in the autumn breeze midst a light rain.

A friend in business passed on at the young age of 47, simply falling on his own steps, in his own home. Sad.

My wifes sister Lucy(an aspiring songwriter)
and Orest (now 80) shall visit soon. Orest travels the world looking at birds. For a man of 80, Orest is tall, handsome and polite. Also we hope to have young Joey (Lucy's son) visit, all the way from Winnipeg. The cottage is getting busy.

Still, with the falling leaves and potential of a first snow fall, I find myself feeling a little sad.
Life is indeed moving fast forward. But God willing, we shall return many times to our little cottage in the woods. On the last visit, Vicky noticed an owl and a large falcon circling the cabin. Is this an omen of change?

But - at last, the boat leaves the acreage under the good care of Tom and Delsie, the boat people and neighbors of ours in the city.

Time to get out the fishing catalogue and start
dreaming...yes, the old boat will see water....
And how lucky we are to have beautiful neighbors in the country (Dave and Maxine) and Tom and Delsie (from the city).  Something special about a cabin in the woods...