I just made a fresh cup of coffee and taking a few minutes to send Easter greetings. Hope you all have a pleasant and peaceful weekend as we celebrate Easter. The sun shines brightly this morning so hoping it will take away some of the snow that still covers much of the ground. The CBC news these past two days speaks of nothing but great concern for the flooding in Manitoba right now and I can't help but thinking about it. I checked out the Wpg Free Press web site but not much there to see. Last night I walked the dog down to the lake - there is still some ice covering the centre but the shores are flowing - it is interesting to see how the lake ice gets blown to the shore in great giant heaps - yesterday morning there was nothing at the government dock and yet last night it was piled high and pushed well onto the dock area. I felt the frozen crystals and chunks and quite amazed at how natures changes - it is dynamic - a month ago cars and snow mobiles and people covered the lake, and now it becomes an open space for boatcraft, and soon tourists! While walking past a house located close to the dock, two men were fixing a boat - an inboard motor chugged away, spewing water out the outlets at the back. On closer examination, it was a very large wooden craft from the 30 /40's era that once were sported about the lakes in the Muskokas (read $$$$) It was being refurbished with coats and coats of varnish to bring backs his character and charm. The men welcomed me to come closer and stated the engine hadn't been started for 26 years and both were thrilled that they had it going. Then they opened up the double garage to show me a smaller but equally as charming wooden boat that they wer restoring as well. Apparently they have 6 or 7 boats of the same genre, and have won awards at the annual Gravenhurst Boat Show ( a specialty show for restored older wooden boats.) We have been to the Gravenhurst Museum and have seen some of thes spectacular boats. So I headed home in a happy mood glad to have run into this scene and been part of the history lesson I was given. Goes to show you that you never know who lives in your neighbourhood and what they are doing, and one needs to keep an open mind and open eyes in order to appreciate everything around them. These are the little pleasures of my life.
Now I shall start to organize everything we shall need for the weekend. Pots, pans, utencils, serving dishes, food etc.
Heres hoping you have a nice Easter, and I shall likely check for messages again in a few days! Take care
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