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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Lake Freezing Again ...

Hi Everyone!

Yesterday we took a walk around the island during a light snow fall.  We wanted to see how the lake is doing since the big wind blew the ice out.  It appears the lake is freezing again and 'locking' in the ice that had formed prior to the wind storm.  Its rather interesting to see how some parts of the lake seem to freeze more quickly than other parts. In front of our cabin we have water and no ice at this time. That is also true with  the shore / beach facing Frying Pan Island.  

The weather forecast this week is for temperatures to remain in the 20's with no winds. Ideal conditions for the lake to freeze - but we will see.




New lake ice forming with 'old' chunks of ice being locked into the new formation.  

Open water still flows in some parts of the lake but, soon the ice will form .

Looking towards Swan Cove.  Open bodies of water are slowly freezing again.

Fueling up the 100 gallon tank that 'runs'  fuel into our heating stove inside the cabin.  It takes about 20 minutes to fill the tank and we fill the tank when its three quarters empty. This is our second fill.

Ernie stowing the pump that is inserted into a 300 gallon fuel tank which contains our stored heating fuel.  From these tanks - there are three of them -  we pump heating fuel into the 100 gallon tank  to heat our cabin.  The three storage tanks hold a total of  900 gallons of fuel to supply us with heat through the winter.
We also have a wood stove but have not had to use it yet.




Ernie is continuing with his project - putting pine planking inside of the cabin's main living area and bedroom - the pine planks cover the Styrofoam insulation he put in..  I'm making insulated curtains for the windows.  Both  projects are making a difference in retaining heat inside the cabin.  

To answer one follower's question:  What do we do for fresh veggies?  Well, we are not able to have fresh veggies.  The closest we come to fresh veggies are frozen vegetables that we have stored in our freezer.  We also have burlap bags - hung from the attic rafters- that hold sweet potatoes, white potatoes, red potatoes and green apples. So far those items are keeping well.  We also have three garden boxes of carrots (given to us by a friend on the island before she left for the winter) and last but not least, we have a mixture of seeds - salad sprouts - that I grow to provide us with some fresh greens.  So far the sprouts are able to sprout and turn green in the little sunlight that we get each day.  

Since we are loosing daylight each day - our march to Winter Solstice - we'll see how the sprouts do.  Yesterday the sun rose at 9:51 AM and set at 3:56 PM.  If you think that's strange - well, the moon rose at 10:29 AM and set at 3:55 PM - so we get to see the sunrise and sunset at the same time - almost.
Take care everyone and thanks for checking-in!

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