Gone Gone Gone

We love this little cottage. It is/was just down the lake from us. It is/was always a point of viewing interest for us whether by boat in the summer or walking on the lake in the winter. Well, it's gone now. On a walk yesterday afternoon we were quite surprised to see an excavator had cleared an excavator sized path straight down to the lake from the road, and at the bottom - no cottage. We're feeling a bit sad over its disappearance, and we're wondering what's the next move.