One of my favourite places this side of heaven is Rock Sands Lake near Bancroft, Ontario.  As I write this I’m on my way to this place, which my cousins and I refer to as simply “the cottage”.

From the minute I arrive till Wednesday morning I’ll be playing volleyball, canoeing, swimming, playing “king of the raft”, and most importantly: talking and dreaming with some of my best friends.  And they know how to dream.

Most often, we spend at least a couple nights laying in canoes as we float around the lake staring at the stars, and talking about life.  It’s usually one of the most inspiring few days of my year, and I can’t wait to get there.

Here is a song written during one of our weeks at Rock Sands Lake:

The Cottage, by JASK

My brother and sister (currently residing in B.C.) were down last week.  Great time relaxing, playing music, sports, swimming… all that.  Managed to squeeze some time in while all the kids were awake to get some pictures of us all together.

Speaking of family, I’m not the only one with a blog: my sister Cheryl (who writes much better, and with much more purpose than myself) also has one, along with my sister in law Shannon who writes ”In Metaphors” and my cousin Chris (a.k.a. “Kryptech“).

Joel Kidd and my cousin Christine Vogel gave me the privilege of doing photography for their wedding on May 29th.  My first!  Fortunately we had plenty of time for the official photo shoot, so it was a fairly relaxed day overall and the pictures turned out great.