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 following: We told you how they decide to draw down [...]
Until today I had no idea that U-Haul produced useful data, but when I think about it what a goldmine! Allegedly the most sought after in the industry because its the most comprehensive I do buy in, simply because moving companies are expensive and DIY is all the rage. The more equipment and locations customers go to, the better any dataset is (yeah I'm [...]
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 of sunshine followed by drizzle - on repeat - I [...]
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 for 775, the tally rang a whooping 653 (and a [...]
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 kicking about. Voila.... Dry the wood and trim the branches [...]
With the holidays quickly upon us lets forego the consumer cash cow frenzy and take this opportunity to slow down and reflect on what we're thankful for, and more importantly do kind things for others. At the center of that all is simply one thing: happiness. This will, of course, mean different things to different people and is the farthest thing from a constant in anyone's daily [...]
I had intended to tell you which Muskoka town I decided to call home the day after I told you who I was and suddenly we're midway through November (though it's hard to tell based on the weather we've been having!) That was my view Wednesday afternoon; so heavenly compared to the sea of boxes I sat in a week earlier when I went back to Toronto to [...]
2 crappy weather summers seem like a distant memory after the sun, heat and drought of summer 2016. It seems the boat sales market isn't the only thing booming around the Muskoka area however. For the first time in over a decade there are bidding wars on cottages going down! In taking a gigantic overview of the Muskoka real estate market here's whats up: Sales up 23% [...]
We've been so crazy busy lately that I forgot that we had tickets to the Gravenhurst theatre, thankfully remembering a few hours shy of the curtain call! Pretty happy that I did because we spent two hours in a suprisingly non-packed theatre watching four extremely talented actors/tresses execute a brilliantly clever and witty theatre production called THUMBS. Having never stepped foot inside the Gravenhurst Opera [...]
We've been saying for years wouldn't it be great if Porter came to Muskoka, and according to the news from the Muskoka To-Daily we're one step closer than we were before! If you've been to the Muskoka airport (YQA) lately you know that their is a new 6000 ft runway to accommodate the ever-expanding line up of private jets (if you want to dream it's seriously worth [...]
