oh deer

He's back, and he has a family. The guy in the middle is the same one I thought was a female a couple of weeks ago, it's pretty obvious now that he's not, sorry dude. We decided to keep feeding them until some of this snow melts and food is easier to find.

Last weekend the temps got up to 30 degrees so Jason and I took advantage and shoveled snow and chipped ice off the upper and lower roofs. Hopefully that's it for this winter. Keep your fingers crossed for us.

Today's the day

Well...today was the day when we finally got a glimpse of spring. Each spring, one of the first changes we notice is the song of the Tufted Titmouse. This small bird visits our bird feeder during the winter months once in awhile, but is strangely mute. Each spring and summer we have a single pair hanging around our woods. This morning we heard its song for the first time in a long time. I know this seems like a small token, but after such a long and hard winter it was encouraging to notice something new indicating that winter won't last forever! -Jason

hard workin' man

This is the reason Jason and I don't belong to a gym. We get all the workout, or maybe it's wearout, we need. This is Jason scraping ice and snow off the roof on Sunday night. Those pine branches are usually above our heads, not laying on the ground.

The doe was back this afternoon for a snack. I brought Jake to the window to see what he thought. I had to keep reminding him not to bark at her. I think he's indimidated by her because tonight while I was outside shoveling he stayed close to my side.

Snow and Ice and Wind...oh my!!

This is Jason, not be confused with the Abominable Snowman, as he took a brake from plowing the driveway. We had a storm last night that covered everything in a glaze of ice. I took a walk to see if we had any downed trees, only branches so far. The ice stopped around 11am and turned into large flakes of snow, I think we've gotten around 5 or 6 inches so far and they are predicting up to 13". The poor trees are just dragging their limbs with all the weight.

Doe at the Window

This girl has been coming to our bird feeder multiple times a day for the last week. Our feeder is located 10 feet from the front of the house. She seems just smitten to have us look at her through the window while she enjoys the corn Jason put out for her. We've had a lot of deer close to the house lately, we figure with all the snow on the ground they're looking for food. We'll probably kick ourselves this summer when they're in the garden helping themselve to the buffet but...oh well...she's cute.

7 to 10 more inches of snow coming on Sunday, wonder where we're going to put it?

Most Snow Ever

Today Wisconsin broke it's record for the most snowfall ever, I think we're somewhere around 80+ inches since December! Jason, Jake and I celebrated by working from home, plowing the driveway and going on a couple snowshoe walks.

Needless to say it's been a long winter I remember thinking when we first moved out here that we would never make it, probably because the people we bought the house from were taking bets that we wouldn't (thanks Sean and Vicki). Well, this is our 3rd winter and we're still here, and we still love it.