Summer Memories - From Our Summer Retreat
Staying in touch with my inner self,
spending quality time with my grandchildren
and looking after my clients.
Summers End
Grandchildren Hand Feeding The Deer Off The Back Deck
You really can have it all it's a matter of balance.
You have to love today's technology. This past weekend we were visiting with some friends at our summer hideaway when they commented on the different sounds emanating from my cell phone. Some of those sounds announced an incoming email or a text message, some were pages from the office, a direct phone call or a call forwarded from our home phone. Here I was enjoying some personal time relaxing in Muskoka and I was still able to keep in touch if it was important.
On our last vacation up in the Collingwood area a new client reached me by texting me from my website. After finishing our dinner I responded and the lovely young couple will be moving into their new home next month. They are still amazed that a person of my vintage can and does keep up on all the modern technology as most of our business was conducted using email and texting.
With today's tecnologhy you can operate from almost anywhere. With call forwarding, paging, cell phones, texting and high speed Internet it no longer matters if you are in your office, in your car, at the beach, or out of the country you are still reachable and can still look after your clients.
The main reason I keep my PDA on and with me is that I may just relax a bit too much on the beach or hiking with the grand kids and forget to check, I really need the little beep to keep me in line. It usually only takes a few minutes to respond immediately, then I can get back to whatever captures my attention at the moment.
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Kathy Clulow Sales Representative RE/MAX All-Stars Realty Inc.. Brokerage 905.852.6143
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What great pictures, Kathy--beautiful sunset...and deer without fear!!
Yes, the modern technology is wonderful. Real estate made easy, right??
Kathy, that is certainly a beautiful sunset! I can see why you have a summer retreat there!
Sonja - Deer without fear is right ... our neighbour commented that it was not right that he was feeding these lovely creatures while commenting that he would be hunting them in 28 days.
Real estate has always been hard work with little or no time for self and family ... modern technology has tipped the scales so that now it is possible to have it all.
Tony and Darcy - They are gorgeous ... It's not much but it is a great base for our day trips around the Muskokas
Hey Kathy...you are still a puppy, wait until you are my Age, I get the Deer in the Head Light look from Most when I talk about Blogging, Facebook, Twitter and oh Course Active Rain always gets a ...Active What:
All in the day of being on Top, in Real Estate :O)
Fred - Looks are deceiving- I've been in real estate industry for over thirty five years and it certainly is not my first career . ditto to the deer in the headlight looks as well even from most of the younger set around here.
Beautiful photos, Kathy. I can't believe how fearless that deer is. :)
And Summer's End is right ... it came wayyyyy too soon.
Hopefully I'll get to see some colors, before the snow comes.
Sylvie - perhaps in the next couple of weeks.
Wow those are great photos. I can't believe the deer came so close. Can you believe I photographed these same two things last night. I dropped my daughter off at school in Hamilton and went down to Cootes Bay. I ended up going down a dead end street near McMaster and looked over and saw two deer on the front lawn of a house. At first I thought I was seeing things. It was getting dark so I couldn't get a good shot of them. These aren't as good as yours but will share with you anyway.
I wish it had been lighter out to get better shots. You are so lucky. It must be wonderful to have the deer come so close. Your grand kids must enjoy visiting you. I'm sure there is lots for them to do and enjoy.
This isn't cottage country sunset but even over Hamilton Bay the sunset was quite nice.
Hi Kathy - This looks like a great place to get away from the business world and just relax. Beautiful sunset!
Jenny - Great sunset shot
John - with all the modern technology the business world comes with but it is still a great place to relax and work at a slower pace.