The above photo was taken on Lake Couchiching (off Lake Simcoe) with a DJI Mavic Mini.

Here is the before straight from the drone.

And here is the after with my Lightroom edits. I then cropped it to a 4x5 aspect ratio because wide landscape photos don't show well on Instagram.

For me, this scene is a reminder to remain bullish on cities. Take people out of the city. Put them on boats in the middle of a large lake. And they'll still find a way to cluster together.

Why? Because humans are social creatures.

Phaidon has a new architectural book out that surveys 55 homes, all of which have some sort of connection to water, whether that be an ocean, lake, river, or pool. It’s called Living on Water. I don’t (yet) have a copy, but it looks like the perfect coffee table book for a cottage, summer home, or studio apartment with zero connection to water. Monocle on Design recently interviewed the editor of the book (podcast episode here). So if beautiful homes on the water are your thing, maybe check it, and the book, out.

I’m in Muskoka right now, with very little time to write. 

I had about an hour before dinner, but I decided that a far more responsible thing to do would be to jump in the lake for what will likely be the last lake swim of the year. It might be the end of September, but it still feels like summer.

Here’s what that looked like:

If you’re searching for something more city related, check out these high resolution maps of Canada according to our trails, roads, streets, and highways. My good friend Peter just sent them over to me. Thanks Peter.

Regular scheduled programming will resume tomorrow.