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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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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 19 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

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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

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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

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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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Cottage Planning Virtual Webinar

May 26, 2023May 20, 2023 Cottage Country 40 ViewsBobcaygeon, Buckhorn, Canada, Captial Gains and Estate Tax, CCC Publications, children, Communities in Cottage Country, Community, cost-effective solution, cottage, Cottage Country, Cottage Country Connection, cottage country lifestyle, Cottage Country Lifestyle Magazine, Cottage Life, Cottage Planning Virtual Webinar, estate, estate planning, factors, family, family cottage, Fenelon Falls, guide, Haliburton, home, investor seminar, Kawartha Lakes, kawartha magazine, Kawarthas, Kawarthas Magazine, Kids, lakefield, Lindsay, Mackenzie Investments, Ontario, ownership, Peterborough, recreational property, Scotia Wealth Insurance Services, ScotiaMcLeod, seminar, Senior Insurance Consultant, Senior Wealth Advisor, sentimental value, short-term rentals, Steve Urso, strategies, succession planning, summer, summers, swim, tax, Tax and Estate Planning, That's better together, Tom Fernandez, topics, trusts, virtual, Vivek Bansal Director, Your Lifestyle Magazine

You spend most summers at the family cottage – it’s even where your children learnt how to swim. It holds

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