The Cottage Preseason Opener
The Cottage Preseason Opener We purchased an A-frame cottage on Lake Winnipeg to get closer to nature. Nature deficit disorder appears to be a real thing and spending time at the cottage provides a great fix. The nicely forested property provides a tremendous view of the lake, which with the waves can look more like the ocean. The two story cottage and the open design allows everyone in the family their own personal space. The metal roof and cedar siding keeps out the elements, but not the rodents, which need their own personal space. Opening the cottage after a long winter has become a joyous occasion for the family. The main reason for this joy includes my travelling to the cottage by myself beforehand and conducting a cottage preseason opener. Like baseball spring training, I do some preliminary things to work out the bugs. And of course by bugs, I do mean insects and other things that would drive away family members till the incident was forgotten. In the ...