Little Things That Make a Difference

The little things give a cabin in the woods character and personality.

Like making and posting your owns rules that are made to be broken...

Some rules are made to be broken.

Or trimming the kitchen in deer antlers...

At $8/pair, not a significant investment to give
the kitchen unique character.

One of the boys of the hood didn't appreciate his picture being taken from the back side:

Oops. There's a camera.

Saturday morning was the first time since June 11th that Robbie could assist on the cabin project. As we approached ManCamp together, we observed 3 red squirrels, each about half the size of Ninja squirrel, positioned atop the bird feeders hanging from the porch. The tree mounted squirrel feeders were already emptied so they had moved on to clean out the porch feeders. There is no doubt that Ninja Squirrel was the first to eat but was now, with his palate filled, curled up into a fetal position in the top of  a tree for a long morning nap. The squirrels fled in multiple directions with one choosing to scurry up on the porch roof until later jumping into an adjacent tree.

Before starting the task of installing more ceiling panels, we sat on the porch enjoying the peace of the morning. With the squirrels now hid from danger, the birds moved in. Mostly Cardinals, Blue Jays, Finch and many we didn't know. Robbie was amazed at my chipmunk population. Its actually an infestation as there were 10-20 on the trees, in the brush and even on the porch as we sat. I had one that came right up to my chair in search of food.

We spent the day installing about 150 board feet of ceiling panels before calling it quits.