DAN'S FAVORITE CHAIR

A number of years ago some students stayed for the winter in the lodge
and when summer came, they left an old rocking chair... not much to
look at.... but comfortable with a waterproof covering. I moved it
to the point on a spot I had often stood admiring the sunsets with
whales and sea lions frequently about. The chair is a dark green, and
at sunset when the sun shines directly on it under the overhanging
branches that protect it from rain and snow.... it warms up.... and
even if the temperatures are low, the chair is warm to the touch...
solar heating at its best!

TASHA ON HER SPOT TEASING WITH BONE

Tasha the Russian poodle is on her spot at the end of the center hall
rug where she can see into all the rooms while warmed by the hottest
water flowing up into the floors. She has placed her bone at the
center of everything, at the foot of the circular staircase, at the
entrance the boot room and on all paths to the kitchen and dining
room... but if you want to touch or move this bone... she is on it in
a second to protect it.... it is her game for the day.

COLD CHICKEN COOP

After over 20 years of faithful service, the old chicken and rabbit
coops are still surviving the heavy winter snows. Lucky for the
animals, there are none this year.... except perhaps the local ermine
who have found a way in to the sheltered nesting boxes.

DAN'S DESK WITH HEAVY SNOW

I was working at my desk when the heavy snow fell. Around me were all my favorite tools and toys... but whenever I lifted my eyes, I was immediately moved into the woods knee deep in fluffy white powder.

CEDAR FIXES THE LODGE PIPES

The lodge propane ran out one cold night and the building froze. We sorted out the damage and found that the cast iron pressure pump body cracked and the pump needed to be replaced. Cedar dives into the project and upgrades the system with improved pumps and filters.... and we really did not like the old iron pump which we had been hoping to replace for years! In the photo you can see the clear inflow water pipe from the roof gutters into the large bladder behind the plywood wall.

THE SECOND SNOW FALL

When we have a heavy snow, it falls twice. The first fall lands in
the trees and sits until later, a light wind shuffles the branches,
and the snow falls again. Walking in the woods during a "second snow
fall" can be very exciting. In the photo above, I caught a second
snow fall on the move in front of the timberframe.

THE SURGE THAT BUILT THE BEACH

There was a strong northerly for a day with a heavy swell that
diffracted around the point to create a series of rollers that rolled
the cobble up and down the beach face and with every surge, all the
stones move ever so slowly to the north. It is this action that over
millenia built up the gravel bench that makes up the majority of the
Williwaws.