Good Earth Day Here!

We're back in business. The daffodils are blooming in the flowerbeds! Power came back 5pm Friday. Yard guy came to pick up yard debris and clean limb off of roof. Delivery of my new ride. Created a fun picture on computer.

Here are photos of the limb on the roof before he removed it and all other debris around the property. Photos courtesy of JK.

I was contemplating about calling the golf car facility to return my 2013 model from winter storage. Then I got looking at the new ones listed on the site. Oh! I then called and negotiated a deal and now have a new 2022 buggy in the carport. I have to get my flip phone (3G no service now) replaced and will take a ride. In the meantime I snatched photos from the site and created an imaginary scene. Now remember this picture below is only my photomanipulation!

This is the real thing!

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Stuck and Saved

Yesterday was our scheduled trash pick-up day. To my horror I saw the truck coming around the corner and starting to travel across the dam road to our place when ..........he went straight instead making the curve! Oops! Landed on the snow-covered slope of the bank. Thank goodness it didn't roll over or onto the lake ice. He walked over here to see if we had any idea who to get to pull him up and out of his predicament.  There is a large logging business right on that corner so I called there to see if they had men and/or equipment to help. Two fellows checked out the situation and said he really needed a wrecker with a winch. After about two hours one came and did the job.

As it was so far away I never even thought to grab the camera, besides I was more concerned about the driver. He was soooo upset. It was a brand new truck and his boss was fuming! Yes, the road was plowed but not cindered. Today he returned and picked up our trash with the new truck. He was awfully quiet and I felt really sorry for him.  

This morning the swinging door to my bedroom was hanging up on the overhead beam. WARNING! Too much snow on the roof. I contacted the company that put on our new metal roof this summer. The business fellow and his two sons are in Utah enjoying winter there, but his secretary said she could send out a couple of men to clean the roof. Now we know this is new. In the past, the heat inside rose and the roof melted down OK. Now we are better insulated with a heavier roof and the snow is staying. The men came and worked for almost two hours.  The fellow said there was about 3 ft. on the porch roof and the carport roof and almost as much on the main roof. They had to be careful to not scrape it into the ditch behind the cabin because when it melts it would fill the ditch with water and then we would have water seeping into the back log walls. They scraped it sideways back there and then off behind the carport. I will be billed later. I was told it should cost about $100-200. We shall see. The door swings nicely now and there are heaps and heaps of snow surrounding our home.

See the beam that goes over my head!

See the same beam exiting the doorway gap at top and see the bow of doorway!

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Another Batch of Soup and Cabin Project

Asparagus, that is.  Made it same way as before on June 6.  See link below.... There is no better soup than what is made from fresh vegetables right out of the local farmer's field! This is superb, if I don't say so myself!

Green Soup

And the new gutters and downspouts were installed today. 2020 cabin project is now completed except that the snow guards on the roof still need to be added (before winter!). These act to slow the snow and ice from sliding off all at once.

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The Progress Continues Part II

Another gorgeous day! I went out and about for a couple of hours and upon return see that our new roof is growing larger. When riding around in the countryside on the golf car, I took over 50 pictures of the surrounding area and my countryside. Now to sort through these. What a wonderful ride I  had! Look for what I saw in an upcoming blog. In the meantime, here are the men with today's accomplishments.

In the beginning.... (early morning)

Then I left for a countryside golf car rideabout...

and returned for lunch

and then at 4:30 this was what I saw...

Next there will be new front gutters installed on both sides. 

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A Fine Start - Part I

The air was dry, the sun was out and the temperature stayed under 70°. It was a wonderful day for the start of building our new roof. It has been 21 years and was time to cover the old shingles with steel - forest green! We chose our "go-to" company who have done most of the work here since we moved in permanently in 1997. I've known two of these brothers since they were young boys. They are sure hard workers and it is amazing how careful they are and how intense their construction is carried out with accuracy! Stay tuned!

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