This year at the cottage was pretty special for a number of reasons. One of them was that we had a family reunion at Nature’s Nest – all five of us. (That does not count the next generation. Including them would add five more people.) This huge family of mine consists of a Danish cousin and her husband plus our two American second cousins. Since we have been separated by thousands of miles all our lives, we do not see each other too often, so there was a lot of catching up to do.
Fortunately, we all enjoy nature. One morning my American cousin and I went for a peaceful paddle in the canoe.
The weather was miserably hot and humid, so we did a lot of swimming, including at this spot a mere 1.6 km from my house (the swimming in “my” lake is not too great because it is rather shallow and you get entangled in lily pad stalks):
We visited Ross Farm, that re-enacts farm life from a couple of centuries ago, and where I found a beautiful Large purple-fringed orchid.
We also wandered around in the picturesque little fishing village Blue Rocks:
We paid a visit to Peggy’s Cove, which has probably the most photographed lighthouse in North America. The rock formations and quaint houses are the big draw.
