Technical glitch

For some reason my map won't "stay" on the page. To get it to work you have to upload it from a website. I followed the instructions and uploaded it to this blog page, copied the link, then linked in on the layout, and finally I deleted the post with the map. Seemed to do the trick until recently. Now I am going to try permanently posting the map so don't be confused...I have that covered!

Not by my hand

Found this in the woods, I guess it's some kind of wild orchid. Trust me, with my black thumb I didn't get too near it!

A little lesson

When you see these white flowers (they are called Trillium) you know to look for the morel mushrooms. The one on the right is a false morel. I cut it open so you could see the difference in it's structure vs. the one on the left. They say the easy way to tell the difference is the umbrella shape the poisonous ones have. We aren't very good at spotting any of them and Ron says we are fortunate we don't have to find them to survive!

Spring?

Global warming? Where do we sign up?

At last!!!

Here's what I have been waiting for. A continuous countertop. I never realized how hard it is to cook when you don't have any place to set something down. Still no doors but when you think about it, that's a real time saver!
That white stuff out the window in the dining room is snow. We just about had it all melted when Spring decided to take a break and we got 4 inches. Supposedly more to come this weekend and then maybe warming up a bit after Easter. Just when you thought it was safe to put away the sweatshirts!

I know..

...it's been too long since I last posted. No new pictures because, frankly, dirty melting snow is just not very pretty. The temperatures are definitely getting Spring-like but around here you learn not to trust it. Mother Nature of the North can be pretty cruel.
I did find an interesting website if you would like to get an idea of what it is like around here:

http://www.wolverinemi.com/default.asp

New photos of the kitchen cabinets will be up soon. Ron is really making progress and I think they are great!

Finally

These elk have been coming around the last week or so but are very skittish so pictures have been difficult. Today they apparently decided we are harmless so they stuck around for quite a while. We're not sure how old these cows are and we have had a big bull show up in the middle of the night. That picture will be much more elusive.