DRINK TO BONES THAT TURN TO DUST: nature &whatnot || Remembering Fishers Glen

Every summer, I go to Oakville (near Toronto) to visit friends, including my bestie, Jennie. Last year, we spent a weekend at a friend's cottage in Fishers Glen, a little village on Lake Erie. Wiki officially refers to it as a "fishing community" on the page for the county in which it resides, so you know it must be pretty small, hahah.

It was absolutely gorgeous there, and I'm crossing my fingers that we spend some time there when I visit next month! Since I've been looking through the photos from the trip a lot lately, I thought I'd share them here. Some of these are on my Instagram already, but they're a year old so it's okay, right? ;) This was before I bought my camera, so some of these are cellphone pics, and some were taken by friends with phones/cameras. I'll try to keep up with the credits!

The view from the cottage backyard. Are you not instantly jealous?

There were tons of ladybugs on the beach! Since then, I've read articles that say large amounts of ladybugs washing up on beaches is somewhat common.

Orange ladybug.

Dead cicada. Not really sure why I didn't turn it over for a better look.

Not the cottage we stayed in, I just liked the framing of this shot.

The sand was purple in a few spots! I wonder why...

Dead fish that I definitely almost stepped on before I noticed it, hahah (note the footprints lol).
I did a bit of beachcombing, mainly looking for beach glass. At one point, a dog ran up and wanted to play, hahah. The dog's owner was a few hundred feet downshore (upshore?).

Photo by Andy.

Honestly not sure what I was so happily perplexed about here lol.
Photo by Andy.

Lookin' at rocks, no bigs.
Photo by Andy.

Ian helped me look for beachglass- I think he found more than I did!
Photo by Heather.

We found a fair amount! I didn't relish the idea of transporting it all in my carry-on, though, so I left a lot of it in a decorative glass at the cottage.

L-R: Dan, Heather, Victoria, Andy, me. Accidentally overextended my elbow; I try not to do that in photos because it looks weird, hahah. We were all "Ian, climb the rock with us!" and he was all "Nah, that's cool."
Photo by Jennie.

Me, Andy, Jennie.
Photo by Heather.

Thought the effect was kinda neat ^^ That's a pretty tall cliff we're standing at the top of.
Photo by Andy.

We played Sopio, which was new to me, and super fun! Wish I had some orange Aero bubbles right about now...

Me and Ian chilling on the porch with everyone else.
Photo by Heather.

This little guy was spotted on the porch several different times.
We went into Port Dover for a bit, which was a bigger beach town nearby.

Digging through records with Heather.
Not sure who took this, but I found it on Heather's Facebook page.

Jennie and me. The beach was nice, if crowded.
Photo by Andy.

Victoria, Heather, me.
Photo by Andy.

Me and Andy.
Not sure who took this, but it was with Andy's camera.

Here I am, discretely making out with a jawbreaker the size of my fist.
Photo by Andy.

And here I am, reading smut on my Kindle! What an attractive face ;)
Photo by Andy.
We stopped in a shop because I wanted to buy a hat (I had found the pink one at the cottage and borrowed it). There were a number of sun hats, but I was informed that a certain one suited me best, and I was inclined to agree as it reminded me a bit of a cowboy hat, hahah.

Heather, Dan, me, Ian, Jennie (that's Victoria hiding behind Jennie).
Photo by Andy.
Fishers Glen was awesome, but I always have an amazing time on my trips up north. Jennie and I also ended up going to the zoo with a few other friends.

Me, Karlee, Jennie, and Kiyara in the front.
Photo by Kiyara.
Seriously, look at these girls! I'm glad I'm finally at a point in my life where I'm comfortable with my own face/body, but damn if these three don't outshine the hell out of me in every picture, hahah.

I'll leave you with a (blurry) picture of me making a~~nother~~ weird face, this time because we saw a moose.