Back to Shabo-Mekaw

We hadn't been to our beautiful get-away out in the country for some weeks, mostly because we were busy with this:


....scraping and painting the house (which isn't finished yet),

and this:




 ...planting and tending the gardens (which is ongoing in summer months).



 We also got a new roof, and all new windows on the house.


But despite the fact that many things still need to be done, and will for some time, we decided to go out to Shabo-Mekaw the last two weekends.


Luckily, everything there is fine, and looks as beautiful as ever.





 We spent some time cutting and fitting oak boards, cut from our own downed trees, for the log cabin floor and upstairs walls.



 One day, the dogs and I took quite a long hike, from one end of the island...


 ...to the other. The far end of the island was very overgrown, so I thought I'd come back up the other side of the creek, which proved to be probably just as difficult.

Some stuff we saw:

















If you want to find out more about Shabo-Mekaw, click here, here, here, here and here.


Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!