Rites of Spring

This weekend is the opening of Michigan's trout fishing season on the Au Sable river near my cabin. As you might guess, not much work got done!

The heat is on. . .

Well, I am finally getting some heat put into my cabin - now that winter is over. Electrical work is nearing completion and next up will be to tackle the plumbing! Every week its a little more and a little closer to being me!

Favorite neighbors

One of the things that I really like about going to my cabin are the animal neighbors I get to see. They are lots of deer and birds that I don;t get to see regularly during my work week. One of my favorites are:

These turkeys that I see along the roads near my cabin. I usually see them in flocks like this, sometimes as many as 15 or 20 of them. They are even up near yards picking through seeds that are put out in yards and in driveways.

I've put up a feeder behind my cabin hoping that they find the it and stop to visit right outside my windows. Right now, there are chickadees, purple finches and nuthatches mainly, but someday they may start to stop by.