Our November 10-11 visit was a good one for wreath
making, rock collecting and walks on a quiet country road. Mary and I took a
wreath-making class last year in Eagle River. So, we made two, one for the
cabin and one for the house in Madison.
These rocks were the last collected in
2012 and they are still in the trailer. I’ll unload them and place them in the
rock wall in the spring.
In December, we went to the cabin around the 8th
and stayed for 3-4 days. We hung the paintings that Mary and Dano completed.
They look great on the green wall in the great room.
I hauled some brush down to the beach and had a big fire. It
was a good time of year for this, with a light covering of snow on the ground
the fire had little chance of getting out of control.
There was evidence here and there of beaver activity, as
seen in this photo. These were maple trees of about 2” diameter. I’ve wrapped
most trees in chicken wire to protect them, but it is hard to wrap them all.
I got a good start on completing the finish work in the
stairwell as seen here. The big thing was cutting a section out of a joist to
allow more head room when going up or down the stairs.
Mary and I went to the cabin for New Years which is our
tradition. There was not a lot of snow yet, but we did get out for snowshoeing on our property. We also cross-country skied at Anvil Lake State Forest. That lady in the blue coat shows up in a lot of my pictures.
We had a great visit in late January, staying at the cabin
from 25th-28th. We did a lot of cross-country skiing with
Connie and Gary Greene. Gary and I covered more than 20 miles in 4 days of
skiing. The picture here shows a skate skier’s dream….the fresh corduroy of a newly-groomed skating deck. As of the end of January I have skied just under 90 miles, so I think my wobbly right knee is fine.
The following pictures were taken the morning of 28
January following 4” of snow throughout the night. The images include the deck
looking toward the lake, the woodshed, and the driveway as it approaches the
cabin.
