Oh my goodness! It's been sooooo long since we've posted. A quick explanation...first of the all the weather, UGH! Dan and I went up Valentine's Day week-end thinking, great there had been a thaw earlier that week...at home all was melted and relatively dry however we drove into a whiteout as we got nearer to the cabin and the lane had melted just enough to uncover the thick layer of ice under the snow but we forged ahead anyway only to become lodged sideways in the lower lane...okay no panic even though I was looking over the hill ahead of us and thinking the trees are not going to catch us (family joke) but Dan being the genius he is managed to inch us out of danger and point us downward in the lane again....so we made the twelve mile trip back to town and bought the last two bags of rock salt left in the world! Okay twelve mile drive back to the precarious position we had earlier gotten ourselves out of armed with salt and unbelievably we were able to get ourselves into our little lane and park in front of the cabin! Next project...we brought along the propane fireplace that was intended to relieve all our heating issues, hooked it up, made sure all was safely connected to the small propane tank that we borrowed from our barbecue grill just to make sure it was going to work and viola! FIRE! Yea! did some tiding up from our last destruction project, settled down in front of the cozy fire and watched the thermometer rise to 44 degrees just before the gas ran out after just three short hours! So we realize that untill we get the place completely insulated nothing is going to warm us. Does any of this tell you how much we love this cabin! I swore I would not go back until we had spring temps of 70 degrees...guess what...it's going up to 50 something this week-end and yes we are going...can't wait. Hope to have some pics to add to the next post and hopefully they will show some improvements.

Snow Days

We have been in the deep freeze for about two weeks now with knee deep snow lots of ice and at least one school snow day (yea!) Remember snow days? A gift from heaven! The phone rings or you get the word from the local radio station, you peek out the window to verify and yes! there it is a snowy quilt, blanketing everything familiar and still the snow comes down so soft, so quiet, the hush is deafening and the smallest light is reflected and magnified a million times like diamonds on the snowy quilt. It's a feeling so complete and so sweet it's hard to drink in, so you tip toe back to your bed and slip your cold feet between the flannel sheets and thank the Creator for the gift of snow! Later the hunt begins for the boots, the mittens, the snow saucers, snow pants, scarves, shovels, brooms, scrapers, hot chocolate, toll house cookie recipe, crock pot for soup, is that all the bird seed we have left? and don't let that dog in after she's rolled in the snow for an hour! Ahh, light a fire and snuggle. God Bless January! The other side of the picture is we haven't been able to get to the cabin, don't know how much snow is on the roof or if we still have a roof but trust that all is well and imagine the beautiful scene it must be among the hemlocks and I'm sure the squirrels are enjoying the fact that we can't invade "their" space until the thaw! grrr, hurry March!

The beautiful sign that now heads the top of this page will soon adorn our front door at the lodge and was designed and carved by our two wonderful children for a delightful Christmas gift. My hubby also painted a wonderful sign which we will post a pic of soon. The kids were out at my brother-in-laws Christmas Tree Farm working away while their Dad was in the basement painting, each intent on surprising the other with their gift of art for the cabin! Great minds truly do think alike!

The work has begun...

Our lovely outhouse whom we will refer to as "Aunt Mary."