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Dog Sitting on the Richelieu

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Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Staying at Marie and Sylvaine's cottage for the week to look after their dog Sam

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Sam hasn't quite worked out that he is a little too big to be a lap dog

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The view over the lake from inside the house

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Watching the sun rise in the morning

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

(along with Stuarts first ever loaf of bread!!)

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Letting Sam out for his morning run in the garden

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The neighbors

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Stuart on the frozen lake

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

I wasn't brave enough to test the strength of the ice

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Its funny to think that our boat was out there not so long ago, this is the customs point where we signed in to Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The red Cardinals that hang around the bird feeder on the porch

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

along with the Blue Jays

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The next day the temperature had risen and the ice began to melt, its surprising how quickly it melts and freezes

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The commute to work in the morning on the icy roads.

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Past the other farms

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

and houses

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

turn left at the local church

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

and we here ready for work. First things first to clear the snow from the path, being careful that an avalanche from the roof doesn't land on your head!

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Now we Ski-Doo off up to the woods

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

where Stuart gets carried away with the chainsaw

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The beginnings of our fire stack

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

On now deeper into the woods to find some good dry, dead trees to chop down and bring back to the house for fire wood.

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The only problem being that we seem to spend most of our time digging the very heavy Ski-Doo out of deep snow where it has got stuck!

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Back to the farm for a warm up by the fire with the animals

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Mano being the dirty farm cat that he is, curled up in the fire box, It was quite funny as the box declared that its contents were produced in Guatemala! Mano must have been feeling home sick.

Ice Skating on the Canal

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Off for an afternoons skating on a frozen part of the canal in St John

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Its funny to think that we could be sailing past this marker buoy some time later this year!

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Me and Stu test out our skates

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Yey!! 'Dancing on Ice' here we come!

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Andre and the others have a quick game of hockey

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Ok then lets give that a go

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

The Ice Hockey team

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Well you have to fight at a hockey game its the law!

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

That's enough fun for one day

Lake Champlain, Lacolle, Quebec, Canada

Off far a quick beer at a friends where we met Mr Evil's cat!

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