The weeks news. Spring seems to have arrived.
It’s been a quiet week up here on the mountain, my little slice of heaven.
Spring arrived, all at once, it seems. Temperatures climbed from the thirties and lower forties into the high sixties almost overnight, and our packed trail started getting mushy, making travel by snowmobile difficult once again. Dirt is showing through in places down below, so it may not be much longer before we will be moving the trucks up as the road clears. It’s that time of year when a snowmobile isn’t working, yet there’s too much snow for a four-wheeler to get around without sinking. I have been letting the stove go out during the day, as it has been so warm, I see no sense wasting the pellets; relighting it again as evening comes and temperatures start to drop again. Soon, I will be throwing open windows and changing out the stale winter air for fresh spring air. Spring birds are returning, we have spotted them in the trees and are hearing them in the mornings. The moose are also moving on the road again, we have seen sign of them nearby.
My faithful traveling companion Kiyo is still without the use of his back legs since the accident, and, according to the vet, he most likely will never get the use of them. We are making adjustments for him; I built him a wheelchair, and have been making slight improvements to it this last week trying to make it comfortable for him as well as easy to maneuver around our cabin. He has not wanted to leave the comfort of the cabin much since his injury, and the few times I have taken him anywhere near the snowmobiles, he has started shaking, refusing to move from the spot where I set him down. I am hoping that when the yard clears of snow and he can get around easier, he will, once again, want to be outside with us as we work. But for now, I take him out to do his business and let him stay by the fire, or on the couch near me as I write.
One of the old loggers got ahold of the lovely wife a few days ago. They haven’t seen me lately and were wondering if I was still among the living. The lovely wife told him I have been busy up here, and hadn’t left the mountain much. I guess I need to drag myself into town soon and have coffee with them one of these mornings. But, with the lovely wife working out of town, getting there might be a bit of a problem, since I would have to borrow my sons truck early in the morning.
Well, that’s all the news for the week. Bye for now.
