summer at the cottage.

I've done a pretty poor job of capturing life on film since being home from Portugal. I regret to say, that the only time I took out my camera was at the cottage - not a bad place at all to take pictures. So, in the last month, here is what life has looked like at the cottage over the last month.

a drive out to the cottage always requires a coffee stop at either Mountain Bean or Starbucks. 

some people are just incapable of making a normal face...right Derek....

summer sunsets

hard work. the sound of a chainsaw has unfortunately become an all too familiar noise at the cottage these days.

dreary reading days.

have I mentioned that I LOVE the prairies??

evening game playing...double twelve.

For those of you who know my parents, know that they have difficulty doing things in small quantities (or as I call them, "normal quantities). Things like pots are bought in the largest size possible. Tomatoes are grown in extreme quantities. And food is produced in enormous amounts. This past weekend at the cottage was no exception. It was salsa making weekend. 

these were the left over tomatoes.

This is 72 cups of tomatoes - missing still from the pot were the green peppers and the onions. 

even things like wooden spoons are purchased in crazy sizes. I was unable to stir the salsa with my feet on the ground - the pot and the spoon were too big, so on a chair I went.

the actual canning process.

 As I drove home yesterday evening, I was completely captivated by creation around me. 

a rainbow after a grey day.