Happy Birthday Mother Mary and our week at Butternut Bay

Happy Birthday,
mama Mary!

LIke Mary, the moon reflects the greater light!

Happy birthday mama Mary! We love you! Thanks for being such a wonderful mother to us!

Mike and I and my baby sister Barbara will be going home tomorrow and I will post some pictures and videos. It was a glorious week, the weather was good but today it was absolutely perfect. Barb and I went to Mass at Saint Francis Xavier at 12:10 and after mass, we did a little bit of a tour of Brockville. Actually, we were looking for a beer store but it became a tour because we got lost 😂

What a beautiful town on the beautiful Saint Lawrence. Butternut Bay is a few miles West of the town and is probably one of the most beautiful cottage areas in Ontario. Beautiful Victorian-style homes immaculately maintained line the hillsides along the road leading down to the dock of Butternut Bay. 

This evening after Barb’s yummy spaghetti dinner Mike noticed the bright full moon over the water so Barb and I went down to the dock and Barb took a few really beautiful photos. Thank you Mama Mary for this dainty 

Barb and Maureen looking for a beer store in Brockville

Walking tour of the grounds at the cottage

Brief history of Butternut Bay and the green cottage

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Saturday, September 10, 2022

I'm back. We arrived home Friday afternoon between 4 and 5 PM and I finally got around to organizing my photos etc and videos and it wasn't easy. It was probably me but I'll blame it on my computer.  

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Photos inside beautiful historic Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church Brockville ON below

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After mass at noon at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Brockville

we wished our Lady a Happy Birthday!

Photos taken by Barb. 

Thanks, little sister. 

left to right

Mike Ward, Tom Donnelly, Maureen Ward

Tom Donnelly is the brother of Pat Donnelly. 

In fact, the Donnelly cottage is right across the road 

from the cottage, we rented from Denise Stanfield. 

As the story goes young Pat and Gordie met one summer 

while at their cottages and the rest is history

The photo above was taken on the verandah of the Law Cottage.

 Mike remembers in remarkable detail much of his time spent at the cottage 

with his mom and dad, Evelyn and Cid Ward, and his younger Tom. I will elaborate later.