Ken's Cottage Party

One of our friends, a retired judge, invited a group of us to an afternoon gathering at his cottage on Star Lake, one of 200 lakes in Whiteshell Provincial Park. The event was on Saturday July 14, 2007 from 1:00-6.00 pm. Ken gave us excellent directions so we did not have any difficulty reaching his cottage. We had been there once before probably about 20 years ago.

When we arrived, Ken gave us a tour of his summer retreat. The modern new kitchen had an island counter excellent for buffet entertaining, which was later demonstrated at mealtime. He incorporated the flagstones from the old entrance into new fireplace in the living room. What I found interesting were the ceiling flood lights which were incorporated into a beam. In fact the whole house was a masterpiece of varnished logwood beams.

Off the kitchen was another room which opened directly on the large deck measuring almost the entire width of the cottage. From the deck one could get glimpses of the lake. There was a path which one could take to the lake and the dock where Ken had a shed large enough to accommodate his 2 canoes which were on shore near the permanent deck. I took some movie on my canon Sony HDV.

Ken announced mealtime with an old school bell. His younger son and his wife (www.sueanddwight.com) were celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. We sang them "Mnohaya Lita" (God grant you many years") a traditional Ukrainian song in Ukrainian and Polish. I have the Ukrainian version on video.

After a wonderful day spent with old friends, we departed for Winnipeg around 6.30 pm.