Modernizing the Cabin

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Indoor Plumbing

What started out six years ago as an off grid summer cabin has been transformed into a year-round home. My husband has worked all summer to build an addition onto the original building, finish the interior throughout and with the help of a couple of professionals we have electricity and plumbing. Wonderful! Although it was fun to live off grid for a few months each year…it was time to modernize.

You Never Know…

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… what we will see next in our yard.

The two peacocks belong to the neighbor and came visiting recently. The owl took down a wild pigeon this morning. Not long ago we had a momma and 4 baby pigs in the garden. We had a woodchuck earlier in the summer. And we’ve had several deer roaming around the place. What will we see next?

When Do Birds Sing?

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We are enjoying the house wren’s song. It is their first time finding this house.
Tree swallows let us know the hole was too small. After that renovation they have taken ownership of this house that has been waiting.
A Hooded Merganser pair has nested here for three summer now. Other ducks and geese have landed on the pond, but this pair is the only one to call it home.
Eastern Phoebes have nested on the porch every year.
The birds usually don’t pose for pictures, but the Phoebe was ok with me snapping this pic.

We love watching and listening to the birds who call our yard home. Many we do not see, but we hear them…Goldfinches, Orioles, Least Flycatcher, Ovenbird, Veery, Song Sparrow, Yellow-throated Vireo, Robins, and more. Occasionally, the Pileated Woodpecker flies through the yard. A scarlet tanager showed up one day.

It is fun to be entertained by nature and reminded of the One who created it all!