December 31, 2008 by Gail
I’m doing six weeks of laundry, all today. Tonight, even, while the eight people crashing at my place are at a party a few blocks away. They all tried to drag me out, but you know what? I’m tired. I’m happy at home right now. The cats have been hiding all evening, and now that it’s quiet they’ve emerged from their nests on the piles of fresh laundry, which serve as a cat magnet.
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December 31, 2008 by Gail
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December 31, 2008 by Gail
Sometime during the four-day trip at the rented cottage in Haliburton, it occurred to me that the group of eight of us were like the United Nations on a mini-break. Armed with slippers, bins of food, a recently-purchased shovel, and dog treats, our two cars (only one with winter tires; hint: not mine) set off across snow-covered hills to a place we only knew existed from an online brochure and a rental agreement. We weren’t seeking adventure, exactly, we just wanted to get out of the city for a few days. It just so happened that we were a diverse and delightful mix of Bosnian, Israeli, Italian, Indian, Australian, French, Canadian-raised Filipino, and Canadian-raised Irish-Canadian, which made playing board games all the more hysterical and the discussions even more lively. Add an Arab and an Aboriginal and watch the discussions heat up even more!
“Cottaging” — and I cringe just saying the word — is really an Ontarian thing to do, what with the zillion lakes around here, some of them large enough to be called Great Lakes. We invaded this abundance of freshwater like the cliche of filthy Torontonians with our urban pollution. In our case the owner lived in another small town to the west, so we sort of dodged the cliche, especially since we were visiting in the winter rather than the summer, when everyone in the GTA clogs the 400 highways to reach a cottage. We left on Christmas Day in somewhat inclement weather, avoided traffic, we saw hardly anyone while we were there, and enjoyed the pristine silence of the winter broken only twice by snowmobiles.
We also ate very well, as you can see: pancetta-covered chicken! I made salmon marinated in homemade Saskatoon berry syrup (made in someone else’s home, not mine, in case I misled you to believe that I pick and process Saskatoon berries and not boast about this particular culinary skill on my blog). If you look through the photos, you’d think we were eating six meals a day…
Of course, what would a trip be without at least one mishap, right?
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