Timberlee Mountain

From the top looking down on the Tube run From our house to the top of Timberlee is about a 2 mile

hike or snowshoe - its beauiful -

Come on up...

To the top of the mountain with me

http://timberleehills.com/index.html

THE ICE IS READY

Dad has the ice ready - we hear its pretty good

but we have not had time to get there yet...

There are plenty of skates!

Spring? Winter?

Saturday was unseasonably warm and raining on and off

the fog rolling across the hills was

something movies are made out of...

... Into the mist
Today we had sun for a bit...

then it snowed a bit ...

Now its just a tween day

not quite nice and not quite nasty

Smoking Hot Christmas

This is NOT the way you cook Sweet Potatoes on the grill

We have done this MANY times before BUT this time

it was TOO HOT TO HANDLE

We went for a hike the snow with out snow shoes

It was that deep or deeper if you got off the

snowmobile trail

My Man & Our Grand Dog

Scenic view... with the Stars and Stripes

Jeremy out playing in the snow

Merry Christmas Eve from the Land of Everlasting Snow...

Our snow today is heavy and wet 6" so far and still snowing

Yes that is the windowsill in the living room

I love the heavy stick to everything snow

its BEAUTIFUL!

Thru the snow

18 more inches of snow over the weekend

Lots of drifts out there
My Trail Groomer

Poor Blaze it was Belly Deep

There is a kids song by Raffi... Every thing grows and grows...

But I keep singing... Every Day snows and snows...

I kept myself in the house long enuff today to

conquer Mt. Washmore, and Paperwork Valley

Then I couldn't take it any longer

So off Blaze and I went in what I thought was only about 10"

of new snow... wow was I ever wrong - I went about a 1/2

mile and radioed my blueeyed groomer to please get the snowmobile

out and make us a trail... He did... THANKS HONEY!!!

We did not stay on the trail the whole time as there is just too many

places to explore out there - 3 hours later Blaze and I came home -

I was invigorated ... Blaze has been sleeping ever since ;-)

Someone asked me the other day what is my motivation...

My motivation is health - I have Fibromyalgia

and if I keep moving and eat healthy I can keep the symptoms under control -

It works well for me as I cannot take the drugs they prescribe for it!

Officially its the FIRST day of WINTER??!!

Another snow storm!!

We were missing our boys so after

church this morning we took a drive

up to Northport to see them

They are doing great and were

HAPPY to see us!!

We are anxious to get fence built -

We really miss them!

Its been snowing on and off here

since the wee hours of the morning

and its adding up out there last time

I measured it we had 8 inches of fresh snow

Gorgeous Cold -2 Winters Day

As I sit here eating a piece of

Grand Traverse Peninsula Apple Pie

w/ Leelanau Raclette cheese

(Grandpa Earle always said;

"apple pie without cheese is like a hug without a squeeze")

and gaze out at the snow, sunshine

covered hills

I am amazed again at how

incredibly beautiful it is out there!!

From the sparkling diamonds in the snow

to the sledding hill out front just begging for riders?

So with much anticipation

I bundle up

strap on the snow shoes

and off I go...

Picture Directions for Tom, Victor and Albert too

When you are out for a ride

go past the front of the Timberlee Lodge

like you are heading to the HayLoft

When you come to these signs turn right

This will be your view once you turn right

You will then see these trees and these signs

the trail is usually packed down pretty good

keep following the trail it will veer right

then left thru a small valley

Once you get thru the valley the trail will straighten out

Then you will see these signs a bit in the distance... The yellow sign we interepet to be

Yes snowmobilers WELCOME but

please respect the property

you are riding on!!!

Once you pass thru the fence posts you will see a stand

of trees on your left - the trail starts to head left then

once you get around the trees you will see our house

straight ahead...

There it is... come on in we love company

You will pass the welcoming committee on the right

Happy Birthday

To all of you that share my same Birth Day -

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU TOO!!!

To all of you that have sent greetings via

snail mail

email

facebook

phone calls -
THANK YOU!!

A real good reason to love Mondays... NOT!!

This is what we awoke to this morning...

It would seem that

50 mph winds

Arbors

& van windows don't mix!!

By the Light of the Sivery Moon...

For the first time in over a month we had a sunny day...

then later in the afternoon the moon appeared...

So, last night was a beautiful full moon

Bruce worked late and then after dinner I said lets go snowshoeing

Bruce went a bit relucatantly but after we got out there

he kept saying this is

"Unbelievable" ...

how deep the snow was and how incredibly beautiful it was

the perfect end to this romantic winters evening

was when we saw a falling star...