August 9, 2008. Western Head, N.S. The Cottage.

Our little cottage at Ponhook Lake is very simple. It consists of a very small one bedroon cabin, a change house with a toilet, sink and shower, and a large boat house and work shop. The dock facility and decking was installed last winter, as was the new ramp. So now we can function very well . It is cosy and warm. Today, it was stressed, but it stood the test and came up smiling. As part of our 50th Celebration, at noon, we held a wiener roast at the cottage. We expected the children and their parents would come, along with our relatives, but it turned out that almost 80 people came. They swam and boated and roasted wieners over the open fire. We ate hot dogs and potato chips, and nothing else. No salads and no dessert. We ran out of chips. We ran out of buns but no one seemed to mind. In fact, everyone had a wonderful time. The young adults and the children spent the bulk of the time at the raft, jumping in the water, singing and laughing. Eric, my nephew from Vancouver, who is 19, looked like the pied piper out at the raft, leading a follow the leader in the water. At least, it looked like that was what he was doing watching from shore. The little girls had a wonderful time.

Once again, we are grateful that we planned ahead. All our friends and relatives who spent time at the cottage today were grateful that we were able to buy and improve the cottage facilities, so we could all enjoy such a lovely day . The weather was lovely, which of course makes everything easier, but everyone loved the day by the lake. And the facilities proved up to the task. Once again, Ken and I are grateful that we had the fore-sight to to think through what we needed and wanted in a cottage facility, then had the resources to make the up-grades to make it comfortable. The truth is, the whole place did not cost a lot of money, but it certainly has payed us dividends in pleasure, both for us and for our friends and relatives. Today was for us a reward for our efforts, to see our friends, relatives and grand-children spend such a lovely day by the lake.