Take a Walk on the Dark Side!

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

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

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

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Helping Turtles Grassroots Style

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

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

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Slender-Tailed Meerkat

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

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

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

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Calling All Fire Flies

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

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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