Dear all,
We are back up at the cottage; Summer is officially here!!! The water line on lake is higher than I have ever seen it after copious rain and a treacherously long winter. We had been up several trips over the last couple of weeks (boat delivery, boat launch, reconnaissance trip)and we were now ready for action and the initiation of the *Phase 1* of dump runs and I was ecstatic to start work on the renovations.
We came equipped with bin bags gloves and as always when crossing the lake over the the island, I was the happiest I could be driving over on that boat to the cottage, Lake Nora is so beautiful.
We arrived at the dock and as Darren was chugging slowly up to the landing pier, I suddenly yelped as my eyes caught sight of a something the size of a small bird scurrying across the damp wood. On closer ( but still far away) inspection, I realised what we were staring at was a MASSIVE SPIDER.
My fear of snakes has been well documented but I am fairly rational when it comes to confrontations with the family Arachnid. This little blighter was rather bigger than I had expected finding in the Muskokas; Australia for sure, but not Canada! The spider was as big as my hand and moved around with unnerving speed. Darren was extremely calm and explained that it was 'only a dock spider' and 'totally harmless'. When I suggested picking it up to try and cure me of my mild phobia, he stopped me in my tracks saying that 'oooo ummm, not sure....'. I took this as my cue to not pick up the spider and watched it scuttle over the rocks and into obscurity, disguised brilliantly in the brush.
So, we carried on without out eight legged friend... (they eat mosquitoes.. they are therefore friends despite looking positively terrifying)
And in other news:
1. Bob and Mary Lou have found the biggest strawberry known to man! Check out this beauty! (Darren was saying that our recent combination of rain and hot days has meant a bumper strawberry season.. yum!)
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