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Take a Walk on the Dark Side!

June 5, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 8 Views“make acquaintance with another side of nature.”, abundance, afterglow, animals, blossom, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Canada, Carol Moffatt, CCC Publications, chickens, colour, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cone, cone-shaped, cones, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, curfew, dark, darkness, diamond, dilate, driving, dusted, eyes, Fenelon Falls, flashlight, fly, glare, Haliburton, headlamp, heavy hitter, Henry David Thoreau, home, hunt, imagination, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, light, Lindsay, membrane, minute, mirror, naturally, nature, nocturnal, nudges, Ontario, Peterborough, photoreceptors, photosensors, pupil, reflecting, reflective, retina, Rick Whitteker, roadside, rod, rod-shaped, route, sensors, slow, snow crystals, soft ice cream, species, star player, sun, sunset, surroundings, Take a Walk on the Dark Side, tapetrm lucidum, team, Things to do, twilight, vision, walk, walking, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Henry David Thoreau once resolved to go on night walks to “make acquaintance with another side of nature.” Darkness naturally

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Cottage Memories: Chronicles of A City Boy’s Life In The Country

June 4, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 9 ViewsAir, anti-bugging, ballcap, bathing, bird, black flies, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, bug, Canada, canoeing, CCC Publications, CIA, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Life, Cottage Memories, cottager, Craig Nicholson, deck, decoy, decoys, deer flies, dogs, dollars, drink, drown, electric, Fenelon Falls, flies, garlic, genius, ghost, gypsies, Haliburton, hat, home, house flies, inhale, insect, intrepidcottager.com, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, lost, materials, mats, military, mosquito, moths, Ontario, peace, Peterborough, pony, psychological warfare, psychology, Purple Martins, PWC riders, repellant, screen, season, spring, squish, stinging, summer, swallow, swatters, Take No Prisoners, Things to do, Your Lifestyle Magazine, zappers

TAKE NO PRISONERS Spring’s here along with the onset of bug season. Insects are the bane of my cottage existence.

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Ready to Ride with KATVA

June 3, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 13 Views705.328.0931, ATV, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Burnt River, Cameron Lake, Canada, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, cycle, day, dirt bike, east, Fenelon Falls, Garnet Graham Park, greenspace, Haliburton, hike, home, horse, hub, Kawartha ATV Association, Kawartha Dairy, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, Kinmount Fair, Kinmount Theatre, lakefield, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, Lock 34, lunch, motorized vehicles, Ontario, park, Peterborough, playground, PO BOX 21, Ready to Ride with KATVA, recreational vehicle, restaurants, ride, river, Somerville Forest, spring, summer, Things to do, trails, travels, Trent Severn Waterways, village, Your Lifestyle Magazine

It’s that time of year, the trails are officially opening May 1st for motorized vehicles. Whether you hike, cycle, ride

Helping Turtles Grassroots Style

June 2, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 17 Views200 million years, adult, animal, April, aquatic, ATV, biodiversity, Blanding's Turtles, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Canada, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, debate, declining, driveway, ecosystems, eggs, extinction, Fenelon Falls, Found A Hatchling, grassroots, habitat loss, Haliburton, hatchling, Helping Turtles Grassroots Style, home, Injured Turtles, interconnections, interdependence, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, lakefield, lawn, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, Nest Protection, Nesting Season, October, Ontario, Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre, OTCC, Paleontologists, Peterborough, poaching, populations, resilience, road, road mortality, rural communities, Snapping Turtles, species, species at risk, Spread The Word, summer, thank you, Think Turtle Conservation Initiative, trails, turtle, Turtle Taxi Volunteers, turtles, water, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Paleontologists still debate about how long Turtles have had an earthly presence. Fossil evidence puts it at 200 million years,

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A Step Back in Time

June 1, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 18 Views200 years ago, Aabnaabin Camp, Antique & Classic Car Show, antique cars, Applefest, baking, biscuits, blacksmith, bucket, buildings, Canada, cars, CCC Publications, Christmas by Candlelight, communicate, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cookies, Corn Roast, costumed interpreters, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, dyed, educational, electricity, entertaining, events, experience, fall, family, Father's Day, Father's Day Smoke & Steam Show and Transportation Day, friends, hand spun, hand-written letters, handmade, historic, Historic All Hallow's Eve, history, home, homes, imagine, in person, journey, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Keene, Kids, Labour Day, land, Lang Pioneer Village Museum, Lifestyle Magazine, Memories, Michi Saagig Anishnaabeg, Ontario, people, Peterborough, relatives, settlement, shop local, site, spinning wheel, spun, summer, Things to do, tinsmith, tractors, trades, village, Village by Lantern Light, woodstove, wool, work, www.langpioneervillage.ca, yoke, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Lang Pioneer Village Museum Can you imagine a time when there were no cars or electricity? Clothing was all handmade,

Slender-Tailed Meerkat

May 31, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 25 ViewsAfrica, Africaans, burrows, Canada, care, CCC Publications, chambers, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, cuddle, Dawn Pond, deep, dry plains, family, Fenelon Falls, Fun Run & Walk, funds, Haliburton, hellol, home, insects, June 3, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lakefield, languages, Lifestyle Magazine, mammals, meerkats, mierkatte, mob, mongoose, mounds, only free-admission accredited zoo, Ontario, outdoor enclosure, personal space, Peterborough, Program Supervisor, puddle, raise, Riverview Park & Zoo, Riverview Park and Zoo, Saturday, slender-tailed, South Africa, southern Africa, summer, termite, Things to do, yellow, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Riverview Park & Zoo Say hello to the Riverview Park and Zoo mob of Slender-tailed Meerkats! Yes, a group of

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Weekend at the Cottage Recipes: STRAWBERRY TURNOVERS WITH PUFF PASTRY

May 30, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 26 Viewsadd, assemble, Bobcaygeon, bubbling, Buckhorn, CCC Publications, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cook, cool, cornstarch, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, dough, drizzle, egg, Fenelon Falls, filling, glaze, Haliburton, home, icing sugar, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, kosher salt, lakefield, lemon juice, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, melt, milk filling, Ontario, oven, Peterborough, press, puff pastry, recipe, recipes, roll, shopping, sieve, strawberry, sugar, tablespoons, Things to do, turnovers, vanilla extract, water, weekend at the cottage, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Flaky, fruity and fabulous, these STRAWBERRY TURNOVERS are sensational! www.weekendatthecottage.com/strawberry-turnovers-with-puff-pastry Ingredients For the filling: •2 cups fresh strawberries, diced •1 tablespoon butter

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Summer Vibes

May 29, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 32 Viewsall-inclusive, award-winning interior design team, backyard, basil, Beautifully Blended, Birchview Design, Birchview Design Inc, blues, Bobcaygeon, browns, building, Canada, CCC Publications, children, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, cotton, creepy crawlers, dampness, design, designing, dream, elevated design expertise, experience, fabric, family, Fenelon Falls, full service studio, greens, GTA, guests, Haliburton, home, humidity, invite only, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, lakefield, Lavender, layout, lifestyle, Lifestyle Magazine, Lindsay, linen, materials, Materials That Meet the Mark, mint, neutral, Oasis, Ontario, outdoor, party-goers, permits, Peterborough, pets, plan, plant, relax, screens, season, simplified, space, stone, studio, summer, summertime, sun, The Perfect Plan, views, whites, wood, www.birchviewdesign.com, yo-yo, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Birchview Design There is nothing quite like summertime in Ontario; especially in cottage country! The long hard winter is quickly

Calling All Fire Flies

May 28, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 31 Viewsabdomen, Author & Executive Director of Camp Kawartha, award-winning outdoor education centre and summer camp, bedroom, beetle, blue, Bobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Calling All Fire Flies, Canada, catch, CCC Publications, chemicals, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, create, dark, dashes, descends, dive bombing, dots, enzyme, evenings, family, females, Fenelon Falls, fireflies, firefly, flash, flashes, flashlight, flies, flying, garden, gentle, grass, Haliburton, herbicides, home, hot, humid, insect, Jacob Rodenburg, jar, July, June, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lakefield, lawn, Lifestyle Magazine, light, lightening bugs, Lindsay, luciferase, luciferin, magic, males, morning, Morse code, nature, night light, Ontario, organ, pesticides, Peterborough, plastic ice cream, pulses, shrubbery, shrubs, signal, starlight, summer, tall grass, Things to do, tiny bursts, tissue paper, tone, unique, vegetation, water, wristwatch, yard, Your Lifestyle Magazine

Ah, the gentle flash of a firefly. Tiny bursts of starlight punctuate the dark like the dots and dashes from

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Hello Summer

May 27, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 33 Views3300 country road 36, 5245 County Rd 21, Air, barbecue, Bobcaygeon, boughs, breathe, bright, bucket, buzz, campfire, Canada, car, CCC Publications, chipmunks, cicadas, cobwebs, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Country Magazine, Cottage Life, cracking, creek, crisp, dancing leaves, Danielle McNelly, dark, decks, dense, dock, Doors & Sunrooms, duck, ducklings, exhale, family, Forest, Hello Summer, home, hues, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas and Haliburton, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lake, lake shore, leaves, legs, Lifestyle Magazine, Memories, Minden, mother, Nortech, Nortech windows, Ontario, orange, painted, paradise, pine needles, pink, porch enclosure, quack, rags, river, scent, soak, squirrels, stones, summer, sunlight, sunroom, sunset, surroundings, Things to do, tool, tree, trickle, trickling water, water, winding road, windows, winter, Your Lifestyle Magazine

As someone who has spent many summer days in the Kawarthas and Haliburton, I can’t help but feel a sense

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