The weekend is starting early for me this week. I'm going to be taking it slow for the next few days in the woods with C3 and the pups. Most likely the last trip of the "winter" requiring snowshoes and a 3 mile hike into the sticks. Packing light, but some cards and something to read made it onto the short list. Looking forward to the silence and space and visiting with Dobrze again for a bit.
For those staying in closer proximity to the rat race, maybe meditate on this for a while. Peaceful, that.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Spring Cleaning
Spring is definitely here. Finally, definitely here.
I haven't really spent much time trying to ignore the cabin fever, as it's really just been one day at a time and those days have been pretty busy. Working from home and not commuting through winter every day has a way of minimizing the impact as well.
What I am feeling, now that it's warm outside and I'm starting to organize summer gear for trips north and time in the woods, is the call to reduce the amount of stuff I have packed into the basement, storage room, and shelves. This feeling being in conflict with the preparedness mindset to a certain extent, and the desire to have backups for critical items I'll need to see me through the next 40-50 years.
At any rate, the snow pack around the cabin is down to 12 inches and judging by the charts, it's pretty much a thick water. Snow temp in that 12 inches is a relatively even 32+/- degrees. We might make it into the cabin with the truck this weekend, after all. We have a huge brush pile to burn and a lot of firewood to make for the next cold season, so being able to drive in with tools would be a real benefit to the 3 days of silence.
I think the dogs suspect.
Best get started.
I haven't really spent much time trying to ignore the cabin fever, as it's really just been one day at a time and those days have been pretty busy. Working from home and not commuting through winter every day has a way of minimizing the impact as well.
What I am feeling, now that it's warm outside and I'm starting to organize summer gear for trips north and time in the woods, is the call to reduce the amount of stuff I have packed into the basement, storage room, and shelves. This feeling being in conflict with the preparedness mindset to a certain extent, and the desire to have backups for critical items I'll need to see me through the next 40-50 years.
At any rate, the snow pack around the cabin is down to 12 inches and judging by the charts, it's pretty much a thick water. Snow temp in that 12 inches is a relatively even 32+/- degrees. We might make it into the cabin with the truck this weekend, after all. We have a huge brush pile to burn and a lot of firewood to make for the next cold season, so being able to drive in with tools would be a real benefit to the 3 days of silence.
I think the dogs suspect.
Best get started.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Life is Amazing
Standing out in the woods this past weekend, I was surrounded by the last of the season's snow pack. Windless, cloudless, and silent like only the woods in winter can be, I could look up and see again for a little while.
This was twinkling back at me, even if I couldn't see it.
Life really is amazing.
This was twinkling back at me, even if I couldn't see it.
Life really is amazing.
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