Tag Archives: Winter
Make A Spring Memory
It’s 10 O’Clock…Do you know where your milk is?
We have done pretty well with keeping our groceries stocked so far, keeping whatever we can’t fit in the house, outside in a cooler. I would say that milk is our biggest issue. We just don’t have enough space to keep it inside in the small propane fridge and with the freezers filled with moose and deer meat. With temperatures […]
North Woods Plow “Truck”
I remember it well. The thrill that surged through me every time I heard the plow hit hard ground at the end of the driveway. Grinding and scraping, disturbing the neat layer of crushed rock as it pushed the snow. Standing by the window with my little brother, we watched and waited to see how tall those snow banks would grow. […]
PLAY: What we can do to encourage an appreciation for the great Maine outdoors
I hear people say all the time that kids don’t know how to enjoy a simple day of fun outside anymore. Here’s a well known fact….kids follow by example. If he was allowed to do so, Jackson would probably sit on the couch with an Ipad and the television on for hours. He loves Cabela’s Deer Hunter and Angry Birds. Currently, his […]
Jack’s First Brook Trout
“We are going ice fishing today!” For weeks, those were the first words that came out of Jackson’s mouth the minute he woke up. Anyone with a three year old knows that it’s not a great idea to mention a fun event hours, days, or weeks before it happens, and his Dad had let it slip! The day finally […]
Moose: Who Gives a Shed?
The temperature isn’t the only thing that’s started dropping in the North Woods! We found our first sheds when the temperatures dipped around 37 below last week. Now that mating season has ended the moose’s testosterone levels are evening out and antlers are dropping. It’s the time of year that Mainers everywhere strap on their snow […]
Got Moose?
I have been in the woods since the 31st and have left the house/yard once, to go check traps with Evan. I have seen three humans other than the ones that I live with. The fuel man, a retired Warden, and a forester who works at the logging depot. It’s very necessary for us to break […]