Of Course, Its in the Timing

This, my first Winter at the cabin has been strange. First off, we have received more snow so far this Winter than we did all of last Winter (nearly 100 inches so far). Because the snow has been fairly deep, the deer have already set a routine of raiding the feeders - even though it usually isn't until the end of January in the past.

Yesterday, the air flow reversed and the temperature soared up to nearly 50 degrees which caused much of the snow and ice to melt - now there's only about a foot of ground snow. This morning, the temperature is back down to 30 but the wind is blowing fiercely and small flaked snow is falling.

I had burnt through about half of my wood pile, so I arranged for another load. Ofd course it came yesterday amid the warmth and melted snow. Today it sits out in the blowing cold, waiting to be stacked - or freeze together which every comes first. As I look out the window at the blowing snow, I wait with anticipation to go out into the day and start stacking before it freezes solid!