Warm Winter Saturday

Winter in Western North Carolina sees a spectrum of weather. 65 degrees and sunny one day, Freezing rain and ice storms the next. But most of the days are somewhere in the middle, as was today. We spent a lot of the day outside. David and I went for a nice walk down our road then up an old logging road at a neighbors land where there is currently some selective logging happening to cover their land taxes. The view was incredible...partly because (sadly) some of the trees that used to block the vistas are now at a lumber yard...the clouds looked like a reflection of the mountain ranges in the distance. We also scored a cut of a tree that will serve as a wonderful new chopping block for the firewood! Upon our return we had some fun with the monkey bars, basketball hoop, and bikes. And later in the afternoon, a friend brought some of his friends who are interested in building a cordwood house up to check ours out. It is always a pleasure to see the result of years of hard work and heart be an inspiration to others.