After a long stint in Barbados working on several projects, I finally found some time from work to take a much anticipated trip to Port Mouton. While there, we made the most of our four weeks by inviting people down, visiting people, cutting down trees, and building a lovely new path from the bunkie to the fire pit.

We were very busy around the cottage and the bunkie dong a range of activities. Our neighbour took the time to cut some trees on our property. I must admit I was not pleased with the neighbourly gesture, although I was happy to have the firewood.

We also spent lots of time burning our old outdoor firewood – that is the whole point of of outdoor firewood – to stand around and burn it.

The beauty of standing around outside burning firewood is that you are wll prepared for sunsets. You may have seen a few sunset photos from Barbados on my Facebook page, but I can assure you that sunsets in Port Mouton are no less spectacular. You just have to be ready for them.

One of my regular stops is the ‘Boyz’ cabin in Chezzetcook – with the boyz in tow.

The Chezzetcook cabin has stood the test of time since the early 1980s. It may be a bit shakey and the decks may be rotting off, one board at a time, but the beauty of the location and the memories burned into the floorboards abide.

Here is a post from 2006. You will find a few other pictures of the boyz in Chezzetcook scattered throughout this blog.

Another trip out of Port Mouton took us to my sister Patti’s place in Brookfield. They live on a horse farm out in the beautiful countryside.

The farm buildings provide some excellent photo opportunities.

Nikki also works with the horses.

On the morning of our departure, we were greeted with a fantastic sunrise.

We also have new ‘neighbours’, Janice and Chantal. They only live about a 15 minute drive away, and so in rural terms, that is just around the corner.

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We were home for Thanksgiving as well. My brother invited a number of family members down to his cottage where we had a lovely time enjoying the fall colours…

… playing horseshoes, going for walks…

.. and hanging around in the cottage eating turkey cooked in his wood stove oven.

In the last year, the local community cleared out an old graveyard in Port Mouton. We were excited to see so many ancestors bearing the name “Leslie”.

In between visits and exploring, we spent some time upgrading and maintaining the bunkie.

Much of our time is always spent at the bunkie on the waterfront.

There is always a bustle of activity on the water.

We also spent time checking out the cottage and taking photos of items for future reference…

One big job we had completed at the cottage was a new roof. The old shingles were 14 years old and while they still may have had a couple more years, they were nearing their end of service date. We opted for a shiny copper coloured metal roof.