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link to The Real Difference Between a Cottage and a House (Updated)

The Real Difference Between a Cottage and a House (Updated)

When I wrote my first post describing the difference between a cottage and a house, we had our old, quirky cottage in the woods - a place full of charm, creaks, and character... Now, we’re in...

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link to Summer Reading Recommendations – Light & Breezy Reads to While Away The Day

Summer Reading Recommendations – Light & Breezy Reads to While Away The Day

Summer is a perfect season to relax and enjoy doing nothing in particular for hours. It's so much easier to just sit when you have a good book in your hand - or in your ear (in audiobook format)...

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Top 5 Unique Gifts for Father’s Day

Even though my dad is no longer around, I still have lots of dads and dad-like guys in my life to honour this Father's Day.Here are my Top 5 Father's Day Gift Ideas

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link to Beer Olympics: A Grown-up Beer Tasting Game

Beer Olympics: A Grown-up Beer Tasting Game

What do you do on rainy days or in cooler weather at the cottage? You bring your games inside of course! That’s exactly what we did last fall when we had the sister & brother-in-law up one evening...

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link to What to do at The Cottage in Winter

What to do at The Cottage in Winter

Did you think I’ve gone missing? Dragged off into the forest by a coyote maybe? Nah … it’s just winter at the cottage! This is the time of year when the snow blankets the ground and hushes the...

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New Firewood Frame from Old Fence Frame

One of the many things we like to do at the cottage is re-purposing building materials. While we don’t go around salvaging items willy nilly, for the one day we might use them, we do sometimes...

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Hi! I'm Carol - The Cottage Wife. My husband Brian and I had a cottage on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada for over 10 years. It turns out that we love the area so much we've built our forever (retirement) home here. I thought it would be fun to share some of our adventures with you. One of the things we really want to focus on is making as light an impact on the land as we can, while still living a modern life. We'll see how that goes!

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