We had a week away

Even in the COVID times, it is possible to get away from things for a while. Stephen and I decided to take a break a while ago and had a hard time finding a place to rent, but we managed to get a wee cottage for this past week in the town of Picton, Ontario, in the heart of Prince Edward County, or as Torontonian middle-aged hipsters say, The County. 

The town is open for business, but restaurants have patios, lots of take-out available, stores have limits on how many people can be in at once and everyone is masked indoors. We did most of our own cooking and only went out a few times to eat. We did get more ice cream than usual, the most exciting being Campfire flavour at Slickers! It really does taste like slightly burnt marshmallows. 

We went looking at antiques. 

Up the street from our little house was this buddha/gnome combo, and I happened by when a Giant Swallowtail butterfly was checking it out. 

We went to a few wineries. Most interesting fact: Waupoos cider is not made at the Waupoos winery but at the County Cider Co, although the winery does also have cider. Too complicated!

We went to the beach! I had been following Sandbanks park on twitter because they often were so crowded they closed the park by noon. It was so busy we just decided not to bother at all, but to try our luck at the smaller North Beach. It was lovely, very slowly sloping sand and the water was perfect. I did find it a bit odd that a place with such a curvy, inlet-ish coastline didn't seem to have many beaches. 

In our quest for ice cream, we went to the Sunflower Fields ice cream place. The ice cream was fine, but we were a few weeks late to see the flowers in all their glory. 

And of course there was knitting. I made four dishcloths, trying my best to use up the whites in my collection. 

All different sizes!

Now we are back home, doing whatever one does. Hard to believe it is the middle of August!