LINDA, CONTENTED, HEADING HOME! TO CANADA

Linda...is heading home and looked down over the wing of the plane to see the winding Mississippi and the bluffs...a never-to-be-forgotten weekend with a wonderful son...Matt...thankyou Matt..I love you..Your MUM

DOWN FOR THE COUNT

Heather Meinert is in there for the count...looks like Matt is down..."GO BLOODLIVE!" ... stay tuned for more

THE "PIANIST"???????????????

Is this Rackmaninoff??? You'll have to guess!!

MATT AND BLOODLIVE IN THEIR DORM LIVING ROOM

Matt is showing us the fine points of the Lowrey dorm living room...with his pal Bloodlive

SHARED IDEALS AND LIVES

Matt and Bloodlive Bemba, last quarter's room mates join hands for Canada and Africa in the "godlike" friendship of Lowrey's brotherhood of all its men

COLLEGE FUN?!?!**

Bloodlive, Heather, Ben and Matt spend a typical relaxed time in Lowrey living room

MATT'S CANADIAN ROOM WITH MATT PLESSNER

Matt's Canadian establishment in Lowrey House...the great house with the history from Rackham West...unbeatable in all ways!!

LINDA AND MATT...(HER GREAT COLLEGE HOSTING SON)

MOTHER AND SON ... "I had the most remarkably, wonderful time"...says Linda...due to a truly loving son and all of the Principia good feelings and friendly students et all!!! He liked the new shirt I bought him...great!!

"THE KICK LINE".."am I having fun??? (guess)

Dinner out for Chinese in Alton with Linda (Mom), Ben, Matt, Heather and Kate Rathband...good food and good fun...as you can see...the laughs never stop

CO-ORDINATION IS THE NAME OF THE GAME

Matt and Kristen and others "reach for the stars"...hey they are the STARS!!!

"SHALL WE DANCE???" OF COURSE!!!

MORE DANCE..so upbeat...and fun

WEST SIDE STORY DANCE REHEARSAL

(The most touching moments for me were during the metaphysical sharing before the class...deep, spiritual thoughts shared by the students and faculty, followed by 5 part harmony as all sang the "doxology", then hummed it...tears of soul flooded down my cheeks...I loved it all...for me and for them!) Dancers rehearse for the BIG SHOW which is only one month away. They are all AWESOME. (My son..."in the pink"...me the proud Mom)

PATRICK McCREARY...THE "VILLAIN" DIRECTOR

Matt and Patrick McCreary establishing territory for the gangs in "West Side Story"...the one with the gun WINS!!! (I guess)

THE CAKE-EATING COMPETITION!!

Ben Willsea and Matt Wilson vying for the excellent cake from the "Prin Scramble Room"...mmm...so good!! We all laughed so hard that Matt and Ben ended up on the dining room floor

LINDA HAS A "SOLO" ADVENTURE

Linda is flying over Lake Ontario on her trip from Toronto to St. Louis to visit her son Matt on his Principia College campus for the weekend...with great anticipation of fun and friendship and adventure!!!

Two Curious Lovely Visitors

Here are two visitors just in front of our bedroom window...very amazing and there were 3 others who ran away from my camera too quickly.

The room with chimney and corners

More days pass and now in April we are ready to decide about the electrical outlets and some insulation both for staying cool and staying warm...Brant and Matt plan to do the finishing work in June when Matt has about 8 days at home

THE EAGLE'S NEST PORCH

This will be our Eagle's Nest lookout rooftop porch with a view straight out and over to the far shore of the lake...amazing!!!

THE NEW EXTERIOR

Three new dormer window allow wonderful light to fill the attic

The start of the work in early January

This is the beginning of opening the attic which has been a dark recess since construction of the cottage in 1912

APRIL SHOWERS AND RENOVATIONS

We are excited to be in the process of enlarging the space in our cottage on Lake Muskoka so that we will be able to fit our eleven family members plus friends to play and sleep over in the coming summer as the children grow and need their own spots to sleep.