While the sun may not have been shining here at Brittany Lake, we are thankful for the freezing cold temperatures! Everything is starting to freeze over. We are keen to be walking on both the creek and the lake but for today we were happy to break a trail across the “Dead Marshes”! What we thought was an old house turns out to be more of a barn-like structure. And we discovered a lot of holes…who would dig random holes in the ground? And why? Also found a lovely …well, what would have once been a lovely old Chev 1300 pick up truck! I’m a Chev Girl so I really appreciated that find! I’d almost like to haul it over here and put to use in a landscaping capacity. Time will tell.
We also thought there might be another structure of some sort over there but while the Dead Marshes are pretty frozen solid, over at the old homestead things are not so frozen as everything else. We will wait until we are certain everything is frozen over before further investigation of the old homestead. I must say, the mouth of Brittany Creek is gurgling with life over there! I absolutely love, love, love the sound of running water! All the more reason to find an easier way to get over to the other side of the creek on a regular basis; easily enough done in the winter but not currently an easy thing to do in any of the other seasons. There is a road going over there but it is rife with blowdowns and remnants of the fire that came through here a number of years ago; Bear and I simply cannot get through it all. Luke and I will just have to, chain saws in hand, blaze a clear path to the old homestead! If we could make a non-sinky way across the Dead Marshes we could easily short-cut our way across. Meh, clearing the old road will give us more of a workout. That said, this morning was quite the workout! So glad I had my trekking poles!!! My lil feet, encumbered by big boots, managed to slip, slide and slither along in Luke’s rough trail.
We were supposed to come back from our walk and do a burn in the orchard but we were all too tired! I sat down with a good book (GoT) for a few minutes but then decided I better get a few things done before I DO have to go back outside to work on clearing the orchard. Yes, it is a lot of work but it’s kind of fun. I have discovered that I am kind of, sort of, a firebug! I love the sound of the crackling flames! Love the intense heat coming off the burn piles. And love, love, love the smell of the fire. What’s not fun is slipping and sliding as I try to drag gigantic trees (Okay, gigantic to me; you’ve seen me, right? 5 foot nothing!) up, down, along the banks of the orchard. To be honest they are long trees but not heavy trees as they have been drying in the sun for a season or two; they ARE awkward to move though. I actually love that they are so light because I can sometimes hoist a whole tree up onto my shoulder and carry it to the fire! Paul Bunyon’s got nothing on me!
Okay, short and sweet today. Hope you enjoy the photos!