A January Snowshoe Excursion
Preparing for an upcoming snow camp, Andy and I set out today to see how we'd do on snowshoes and check out potential campsites within our walking distance. Andy borrowed snowshoes from our brother, Dave, I had a new roll-up deer drag I had never used. When we...
Firestarter
I experimented with making firestarter today. First, I filled the cups of a cardboard egg carton with dryer lint, scraps of paper, and wood debris from the bottom of my firewood box. Then I...
The Last Pole
I peeled the last pole in a set of forty today. I cut them for the longhouse next spring. It should be a party. ...
Winter Picnic
OK, technically December 3rd is still fall, but the day was short and it was cold. ...
Seasonal Features
March 2016 ...
Good Morning
2/21/26 5:30 32F (0C) Cloudy with a light breeze spitting snow. No accumulation. It is a dark and quiet morning so far. Walter is laying silently on the back deck, positioned so he can observe everything with the least expenditure of energy. Lights are glowing...
Good Morning
2/20/26 5:30 28F (-2C) Dark, frozen, and windless, with broken clouds overhead. The sky was quite dramatic early this morning. Starry patches of dark blue separated by opaque tufts as soft and fuzzy as lint. As I finish my tea the clouds have...
Good Morning
2/19/26 7:00 33F (0.5C) Cloudy and wet. Currently no wind and no precipitation. My weather app sez it is below freezing and snowing but I am not seeing that. ...
Good Morning
2/18/26 6:30 26F (-3.3C) It is a windless morning covered in lumps of ice, clear but for a few wisps of clouds. A brief squall of freezing rain passed through last night, followed by clearing and plunging temperature. The apparent tranquility of a...
Good Morning
2/17/26 6:00 27F (-2.7C) Cold, still, and dull gray. A dim, frosty morning. Not actually snowing but ice crystals brush my face. The cat's water is freezing. I break through the thin crust so she can drink. By 6:30 Amy is up making the bed. Birds...
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