#bobcaygeon

[weirdboyfriends]

I am trying so hard not to get my hopes up for episode six but I cannot stop thinking hoping wishing praying that a particular song is included in like a cottage bonfire kissing cuddling montage or something.

fist of all “the cottage” is such a canadian concept. we all spend our summers at The Cottage - the lake vacation spot our families go to for generations. sometimes it’s a literal cottage you own (my fam had one) and sometimes it’s just a rented cabin or even just a camping spot but it’s all “the cottage” and every single canadian will know what you mean if you say “we’re going to the cottage”.

okay secondly:

The Tragically Hip are a canadian band with really really extremely really very significant rich meaning to canada and canadian cultural identity. it’s really hard to put into words how all canadians just feel this deep yearning for the Hip. the lead singer Gord Downie died of brain cancer a few years ago and it legitimately united the entire country it’s just so hard to express what that band means to us.

but they have a stunningly beautiful song called Bobcaygeon which is about:

finding true love and clarity at the cottage where its peaceful and safe, whilst the outside world is chaos and shitty.

I cannot stop thinking hoping praying wishing for it to be in episode six. it would take me out at the knees. I would be a mess.

[moonshot5]

Bobcaygeon, Ontario

[hipquotesdaily]

Drove back to town this mornin’ / With workin’ on my mind

[julieverne]

Went back to bed this morning

And as I'm pulling down the blind

Yeah the sky was dull and hypothetical

And falling one star at a time

That night in Toronto...

[afewproblems]

Just listening to The Tragically Hip this morning and thinking about Steve and Eddie being sweet to one another, Eddie always manages to say the loveliest things -he's always been good with words when it matters. Eddie also has no self control and lets his words leap from his mouth as soon as they pop into his head, sometimes this gets him into trouble, but more often than not it makes Steve simply melt with how sweet Eddie is.

It's a normal Tuesday night. They're at the Munson trailer, sitting on Eddie's bed; Steve is reading a borrowed copy of The Hobbit while Eddie writes in his notebook --planning out a new campaign for Hellfire.

Eddie looks up every now and then, sending a soft smile his boyfriends way as he takes in the relaxed pose and concentration in Steve's eyes as he reads. There's a grin forming on his lips and his eyes crease at the corners and Eddie has never loved anyone more.

"You're like a constellation," Eddie hums as he puts his pen down into the crease of the notebook, apropos of nothing.

Steve looks up, his small grin blooms into a bright smile that takes over his freckled face, "What? What makes you say that?"

Eddie thinks for a moment, before crawling over and taking the book from Steve's hands, he dog ears the page and puts it onto the side table.

"You, Steve Harrington, are a constellation, every part of you is beautiful and amazing on its own, and you revealed yourself one star at a time".

Steve blinks once, twice, "Eds, you can't just say shit like that," he says, his voice slightly wet.

"Watch me," Eddie whispers before leaning in to press a soft kiss to the apple of Steve's cheek.

[opheliashes]

On Stars and the Night Sky

Cosmic Love, Florence + the Machine // Excerpt from Vincent Van Gogh’s 1888 letter to brother Theo Van Gogh // The Great Conjunction (2020),  Sajal Chakraborty // Excerpt from George Mallory’s 1921 letter to wife Ruth Mallory // Bobcaygeon, The Tragically Hip // Observation of the Pleiades (1610), Galileo Galilei // Starry Night over the Rhône (1888), Vincent Van Gogh // Constellations, The Oh Hellos

[greyhairedcanuck2]

Nothing says summer like a Hip Song especially Bobcaygeon.

[therestlesswitch]

✨ Shroud me in moss and let me dwell in caves  -- We explored some magical caves, forests and rivers last weekend. The Warsaw Caves and a riverbed in Bobcaygeon with friends old and new. 🌱