Above the ranch looking down at the reservoir
Ten below zero and the whiteness remains unchanging. The signs I saw what seem so long ago of the assurance of spring now give the impression of such insignificance. The birds, feeding on fields of snow. The swollen tips of the willows and glossy new branch ends on the Aspen. The increased intensity of light, almost blinding on the settled snow.
Funny how we worry ourselves that it will be so different this year. It will be later, earlier, bigger, lesser… than what, I wonder? For I say this too. Later that our calendars read or our minds demand? Does nature fail to meet our expectations or are we too thrilled in seeking the variety? And then we watch and it all work out in due time, and usually, the correct time. It is not ours to choose. It is not ours to control.
Let it go. It will come. And probably, right on time.
It is not so much the end of winter that I long for, but for the something new that promises to be here soon. Excitement, anticipation. The transformation of life, our lives. Building, swelling within me as within the river still remaining covert beneath the ice and snow. Listen to the flow now. Is it intensifying, or is the protective layer of snow and ice thinning so that we can hear what is below better now?
Us, we can transform, and we do. Daily we make progress, are one step closer to our future. Where will that future lead us? So many uncertainties, and still so much we can do.
The remodel of cabin #2
We complete the remodel of Cabin #2, with the exception of some final details, including the bedroom carpet and the new window, which for some reason which I imagine will not surprise you, we have decided to wait to bring in when we can drive our truck, not haul the 9 foot long piece of glass behind our snowmobiles. And decorations. Nesting. I can not help myself and enjoy setting up each cabin as its own perfect little home.
Construction is cleaned up. Tools are packed up and moved on. Where to? Onto the next…
And now we make changes to our cabin to retrofit it as a rental guest cabin.
The first thing to be changed is the upstairs bathroom. What I loved most about it – the openness, free of walls, I could soak in the tub and still chat with my boys downstairs in the kitchen – we figured this would not go over too well with a group of guys here for the fishing. Walls and doors might be preferred. And with our hammers, nails and saws, most anything is possible. This one will be simple.
a before picture: our upstairs bathroom
In the back of our minds already is the project we will work on when this one is complete. Finally, the start of the remodel of the Little Cabin. After all, we do need a home…
Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb
