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5 Things We Love About Autumn at the Cottage

By this time of year most people have closed their cottages and migrated back to their lives in the city. Not us! Autumn at the cottage is one of our favorite seasons (I have 4 of them haha) and...

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Host a Cottage Fishing Tournament

There's nothing like a little competition to keep things interesting at the cottage! So, for the last 4 years, we've hosted the "Cedarwood Bass Classic," a cottage fishing tournament. The...

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What is the Difference Between a Cottage and a House?

Earlier this month we thought we found our forever home up north. That deal didn’t work out but we’ve learned a lot from the experience. As with most real estate deals, either buying or selling,...

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Entertaining: My Quest for Simplicity

“Bed & Breakfast, you make both” sums up my capacity with entertaining. Last week I was sitting at a café in the city with a fellow blogger. We had a great time talking about all things...

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The Catamarak ~ DIY Watercraft

Last night as I was trying to fall asleep, I started running through some happy memories of the cottage (always a sweet way to fall asleep). My mind stumbled across our adventures with...

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Battling Bugs at The Cottage

We’re in year #8 with the cottage, and I’m pretty sure we’ve had the same conversation every spring: BUGS! How do we control the bugs? How do we get away from them? We...

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Who is The Cottage Wife?

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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