August 2007 Issue
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What's Inside August 2007
Features
One Hot Party
Celebrate Cottage Life’s 20 years with 20 ideas for a great campfire fest: s’more tips, smoke charmers, music makers, flame facts, and our anniversary cocktail. Plus…
Pick The Perfect Spot
And finesse the perfect fire.
Play By Smokie's Rule
No point in burning down the neighbourhood.
Tell A Really Scary Story
It was a dark and stormy night…
Honour The Fire
Why are campfires so captivating?
Take A Shot In The Dark
Make memorable fireside photos.
A Diamond In The Rough
How a dedicated cottager, fresh paint, and lots of elbow grease brought this little Lake Joseph gem back to life.
Theory of Relativity
These families stayed together by moving apart, into cottages on the same lake.
Your Waterfront's Secret Service
Build a dock seat double agent. It also hauls your canoe up out of the water.
First Principles
Great new recipes for the campfire, where cooking began.
Departments
On The Waterfront
Muskoka running mates; A boat reno surprise Tiny cottages; Canoes from the House of Windsor; Potato gun initiation; Beach mystery; S.O.S. for Clean Marine; Cedar waxwing babies; What you didn't know about beer; A decoy for wasps; Post Cards from Lake of Bays book review; Zimmer rants on the apocalypse and family feuds
Puttering
Outdoor ground-fault circuit breakers; Professional-grade wire strippers; One-time exterior wood finish and preservative; A compact, timber-frame tower; Are dollar-store tools worth the savings?; A substitute for pilot-hole drill bits; Backwoods AC; bungee-cord plant hangers
Cottage Q&A
Telephone party lines; tax breaks for forests; how to fix slippery steps; rules for road rights; sheeko or chicot?
Cottage Finds
All bases covered: By the dock or on a deck, choose from a variety of umbrellas to fit your cottage needs.
Nature Scrapbook
Peel me a grape: Fruit is the food of love for courting cedar waxwings.
Cottage Classic
Michelle Kelly: Want some corn on the cob with your butter?
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