More often than not, Veteran’s Day weekend starts out sunny and ends up with a carpet of snow. The hunters will be happy. It makes tracking the deer even easier. Tomorrow is the start of the craziness. There won’t be too much drinking at the deer camps tonight. The hunters have to get up early for the first day of the season. Tomorrow night, I won’t be out on the roads… too many celebrants, spell that d.r.u.n.k. h.u.n.t.e.r.s.
After 16 days, the phone guys finally got this phone back up. There are so many places off the grid, not by choice but from the storm a couple weeks back. The woods are full of balsam tops and downed trees. It makes cutting brush terribly easy this year, just walk around cleaning up and there’s more than enough material, just not enough time.
I managed, in between the real work of getting the tractors ready with chains and blowers and getting the wood up to the porch, to fill the window boxes at the barn with greens. I also managed to work on the grey pullover and got a start on some yardage I want to get knitted for an experiment. It’s good I took this shot. I see that I’ve dropped a stitch.
My knitting has slowed. It hurts my back to work very long. Sometimes it will just go away and other times it takes weeks or months. This pinched nerve works its way from side to side, resting at the moment on my right and traveling into my arm. Keep your fingers crossed for me. This time next week I’ll be making tons and tons of BIG red bows. The season begins!
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That’s a high up disc. Fingers are crossed despite the evident overachievement in that stack of wood.
I love the conifer/snow shot.
Fingers crossed! I am stunned how ferociously the season has hit you already. And always stunned at the amount of hard labor you do and get done.
I hope your back is feeling better soon! I’ve been there..and it’s awful. Your photos are just beautiful. I wish we had some snow here ; )Take care of yourself and stop working so hard.
What a wonderful picture post to explain getting ready for the season…gosh I wish I had to have a wood pile like that!! It’s almost like I can smell the winter in the air through your post 🙂 My fingers are crossed for your back!!
My memory of problems is too fresh. I hurt for you. If you sit with a pillow in the small of your bak does it help? I’m envious of your snow. We only have gray skies (for days!) with nothing to show for it.
Hope your back is slowly on the mend. We missed you at SOAR…. maybe next time?
Fingers are crossed here in Oz!
I love seeing the changing seasons through your blog. We don’t get anything like the changes that you do – we don’t get snow for starters.
Lovely pics–I know it’s a ton of work, but it does kinda make me wish I lived in a house, rather than townhouse in a condo complex, with no fireplace. Sigh. I hope your back feels better really soon, and that you continue to take good care of yourself.