16 03, 2022

MarketWATCH Muskoka: March edition

By |2022-03-15T17:11:13+00:00March 16th, 2022|Market Watch|0 Comments

March Break. For Cottage Country, this week is often quiet. It’s an opportunity to prepare and think about the coming season. Usually realtors are working to get listings together for the Cottage Life Show and the unofficial beginning of The Season. This year seems to be running on two tracks. Mother Nature gave us a [...]

1 12, 2021

MarketWATCH Muskoka: December 2021 edition

By |2021-12-09T05:54:17+00:00December 1st, 2021|Market Watch|0 Comments

MarketWATCH Muskoka: December 2021 edition The Holidays.🎁 The Holidays are upon us. Whether you mark their coming, as our American cousins do, with Thanksgiving🦃, begin being in a festive mood with 🏴Black Friday or Cyber Monday🛍️ (now celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic) or consider the more ancient traditions of Chanukkah🕎 or Advent🕯️, and [...]

15 09, 2021

MarketWATCH Muskoka: 15 September 2021

By |2021-09-14T16:21:30+00:00September 15th, 2021|Market Watch|0 Comments

It’s started. Tips are turning.🍁 In some places whole branches are 🔥flaming red. Down our road there’s one 🌳tree which decided to strut its stuff early. Never thought of 🌳trees as being exhibitionists before. But this one will have done it’s full act🤸‍♀️ and be standing there in the altogether before any of its neighbours👨‍👩‍👦‍👦have [...]

1 09, 2021

MarketWATCH Muskoka: Labour Day Edition

By |2021-08-31T23:19:20+00:00September 1st, 2021|Market Watch|0 Comments

Water's warm! Come on in... With nights beginning to cool, lake temps are dropping. Another couple of weeks and those of us who have become fans of 80+ degree lakewater may find the cooling effects of starry nights on our water of choice to be a bit brisker than we're accustomed to. This summer's heat [...]

26 10, 2020

MarketWATCH Muskoka: 27 October 2020

By |2020-10-26T20:57:14+00:00October 26th, 2020|Market Watch|0 Comments

In usual years the waterfront recreational marketplace enters hibernation about now. Cold, winds and driving rain are enough to dampen interest and drive, with potential buyers shelving cottage dreams until spring. Unusual years, by definition, don't come around very often. This year is one of those. Fuelled by Coronavirus and the realization 'working from home' [...]

2 09, 2020

MarketWATCH Muskoka: 2 September 2020

By |2020-09-02T01:14:44+00:00September 2nd, 2020|Market Watch|0 Comments

Warm days, cool nights, bonfires, walks in the woods, calm waters and no bugs. What's that called? September! One of the nicest months of the year (this writer's favourite), September brings golden hues, great boating and a relaxed vibe not found in high season. This year might be a little different with more people working [...]

22 04, 2020

MarketWATCH Muskoka: 22 April 2020

By |2020-04-22T02:11:15+00:00April 22nd, 2020|Market Watch|0 Comments

  Although we've been quiet for a while, Muskoka, Haliburton and Parry Sound are still here! Trees are budding, spring flowers have been blooming in gardens and yesterday we saw dogtooth violets in the bush. It won't be long before was see a carpet of trilliums! This year ice went out early, by about a [...]

4 09, 2019

By |2019-09-03T12:16:36+00:00September 4th, 2019|Market Watch|0 Comments

MarketWATCH Muskoka: 4 September 2019 September, to our way of thinking, is one of the nicest months in Muskoka. The days are warm, nights cool (very nice for an evening by the fire pit) and the lakes are quiet. Along the shore, the number of lights twinkling across the lake has diminished. An evening cruise [...]

15 08, 2018

MarketWATCH Muskoka: 15 August 2018

By |2018-08-14T19:22:57+00:00August 15th, 2018|Market Watch|0 Comments

Last Saturday the boys and their boats put on their show in Port Carling with the Muskoka Lakes Association biennial Antique Boat Show. The sight was one to behold. Ditchburn, Duke, Minett Shields, SeaBird, Greavette were all there as well as many others. Fine craftsmanship, beautiful lines, wonderful finishes with sounds to match. The burble [...]

25 07, 2018

MarketWATCH Muskoka: 25 July 2018

By |2018-07-25T00:16:54+00:00July 25th, 2018|Market Watch|0 Comments

The race is on! If you've got a favourite blueberry spot, now's the time to be picking. The berries this year are really intense. With not a lot of rain, these little guys haven't fleshed out much. They're small, but boy! Do they pack a punch. Flavour! The real challenge, though, is when to pick. [...]