Wednesday, August 01, 2001
The Sublime Joy of Sitting in a New Muskoka ChairErika's father visited her briefly at our home yesterday, while traveling on his way down from his place in Georgian Bay, stopping off in Toronto in order to catch a plane back to his home in France. He brought back some beer, pop and food that otherwise would have languished for months in his fridge up north (we dined on some delicious stake he had brought down with him). But the piece de resistance was a pair of 2" thick cedar Muskoka chairs from the Muskoka Chair Company. There is nothing like slipping back into a Muskoka chair in the shade on a hot summer day.
Man, this brings back memories for me. When my parents bought their place up in Keswick back in 1969, the place came with a couple of Muskoka chairs. But after several years they fell apart as rot and various wood-boring critters took their toll on them. I also remember sitting in such chairs as a kid, my feet sticking straight up in the air (as if it were a lounger for an adult) while vacationing at a lodge on Lake Kashagawigamog in the early- to mid-1970s.
I remember commenting to Erika that we may not have our hammocks set up yet, but these chairs are a damn good substitute! Love those chairs! ;-)
# posted by Keith : 8:26 AM
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