Lake Muskoka Cottagers: Add Name to Have Watershed Management Plan Fixed!
As I mentioned in the evening news brief last night everyone needs to CHANNEL their disbelief and anger of the Lake Muskoka 2019 flood collectively and quickly. The PC Government of Ontario MUST UPDATE the current watershed management plan they are working from so its in sync with climate change and the new normal. Mega […]
Muskoka Flood Facts 2019
If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook our predictions about flooding on Lake Muskoka for Spring 2019 are now a reality. Here are the facts as at April 23, 2019 (11 am) Coles Notes: Water in Muskoka = connected. For months we’ve been talking about the insane amount of snow and ice in […]
Permitting Snapshot for Southern Muskoka
The Ontario Building Code bible is thick, real thick. Why So? Three short words: for your safety. No matter whether you are renovating or building in Muskoka or not, it serves a very good purpose. Yet, there seems to be this notion out there to skip the hassle of permits in general. Yes it will […]
20 Things Gravenhurst Needs
There is SO much available locally that i can honestly say I haven’t been back to the Toronto area to eat or shop since we moved almost 2 years ago. That being said after a day of hustling driving an extra 30 minutes each way for dinner or to get something is killing me slowly […]
Lake Muskoka Flooding 2017: It’s Going to be Close!
It was a weird weather winter in Muskoka indeed. What was a winter wonderland promptly exited in advance of Family Day Wknd (mid February) and it’s been mixed bagged ever since. Now sitting on the ‘will it flood fence’ with mere hours until we find out we have to highlight their efforts this season, but first recall the […]
A Must Do Muskoka Winter Day Trip
Bizarre is the only word thats top of mind with this winter’s weather patterns in Muskoka. In late November I was still boating, top down, in a t-shirt. December we got walloped in a 48 hour period and it was as picturesque as a snow globe. January started on a chillier edge but between a totally unexpected overabundance […]
WOW Muskoka – We Did It: 653+ Shoeboxes for Christmas
I could NOT be more proud of the Muskoka community this holiday season. Remember my plea to make a shoebox for a special lady in a Muskoka shelter this holiday season? That’s right: that’s Joanne Buie, Penny Burns and Barb Baldwin and a sea of shoeboxes. We did it; with a target of 500 and requests from shelters […]
3 Quick Muskoka Holiday Makeovers
Recall my love for Annie Sloan’s chalk paint and all my furniture projects, then get a load of this brilliance. Painted Tree Sometimes you just don’t have room for a tree that eats 75 feet of ribbon (!!) like mine did this season. Odds are you’ve got twigs or branches outside the door, and some rope […]
Repainting Furniture? The One Ingredient You’ll Actually Need
Muskoka – the land of DIY projects, and many of them not intentional! It’s probably one of few places in the world where the hand-me-down capita, in both properties and contents, exceeds any other place in the country. Why? I can’t answer that but every single person who has spent time here has some personal […]
When Do You See Who Is Actually Behind a Website?
In the online world faces always help. So who am I? I am a life long Lake Muskoka cottager who has been extending what’s known as ‘cottage season’ since I had my drivers license! Always the business lady, even when I had a job where I had to go to an office downtown, one could find me […]
What Would You Do If You Walked Into This Home For Sale?
RUN right?! It constantly amazes me how some people live, but even more so it amazes me how one would think that it would be ok to list this home FOR SALE like this! My rose-coloured glasses they may be, but where you may see where others see grime, dirt, garbage, grossness all I see is […]
Tis the Season! Let the Lake Muskoka Water Level Games Commence
That’s right cottage season 2016 is upon us and the ice-out date pools are taking shape. Facts: Top of our dock level sits at 384″ In April 2013 the water peaked at 402″ (ie major flood) In April 2014 the water peaked at 389″ (still flooded) “Water levels generally begin to rise on their own through […]