Waiting for Winter

Hi Everyone!


I've not posted any news because we are 'off the grind' and our battery power was getting low - so we were conserving energy.  We had no wind to turn our windmill or sun to collect in our solar panels - so I was waiting for wind or sun.


Below - are photo's we took. The snow has melted and was replaced with new snow - which is also melting. We did manage to capture a stray frozen puddle on the beach - surrounded by rocks.  Other than that, the lake has not frozen - it's been kinda warm I'd say.  Today, it was 36* with a light wind blowing.


We also had an eagle come to visit - perhaps you can see a brown speck in the photo - Also, today Maggie finally came to the cabin to find food.  I'd not seen her for awhile and was wondering if she swam off the island. So, it looks like she was only hanging out at the other side of the island. 


This weekend - we go to daylight savings time - which means we will 'get' one more hour of darkness - as some of you know - we are loosing approximately nine minutes of daylight everyday - until we will only have about three hours of daylight a day.  This 'time decrease march' will continue until December 21st -- then, we will slowly begin to regain daylight. Since we will not get much sun - thus, vitamin D - we are taking a supplement per our doctor's suggestion.


Ernie has been working on the workshop extension - he seems to enjoy working on the inside - laying a second floor - which he will paint then, build shelves and a work bench.  


We took a sauna the other day - the sauna is in one of the photo's below - it's the light pine colored one.  Our sauna serves as our bath house and clothes dryer.  While in the sauna, we could hear the Trumpeter Swans flying - I learned the swans winter across the lake from us - in a cove - appropriately named "Swan Cove" - the birds are very large and must have a six or seven foot wing span - they are amazing to see flying.  When I see one - I always think of the "Ugly Ducking" story - because the swans' look like the ugly ducking when young.


Well - take care everyone - and I'll keep you posted on our happenings.  Love to All.