Ottawa continued

As fortune would have it, we had met another lovely couple also from Ottawa when we were in South Carolina who also invited us to come and visit.  Jacob (Jake) and Mary are originally from The Netherlands, like Andrew.  They came to Canada as a young couple.

They live on a beautiful 8 acre property 20 kms south of the city near Carsonby.  It is a wonderful tranquil setting.  Mary emailed me a photo of the garden in winter.  Here it is.

I know it is cheating as we did not experience it but I wanted to see it covered in snow.

Enjoying morning tea on the terrace.

Planning the route from here on.

Mary and Andrew on the terrace.  Jake Maarse is a landscape gardener and a very keen speed skater from way back in his youth in Holland.  After a 20 year break he took it up again and you can look him up on the internet.







Here is the terrace in winter.  Lovely though it looks, I think a summer visit is more to my liking.

This is a grist and flour mill established in 1875 at the nearby charming town of Manotick.  The mill of course needed the water power provided by the river.  The sheer force of water power always impresses us.