Well...thanks anyway.

It looks like the hunting lodge in Vermont is a no-go.  Upon close inspection we discovered that the property had some significant structural and systems defects and Fannie Mae wasn't motivated enough to sell it to meet us even halfway on repairs.  So we did some quick soul searching and agreed with each other that although the house and lodge would have been cool, neither of us wants to be burdened with a house that would suck time and money away from our traveling and hunting.  We are at the age where we know what we want and how we want to live and we are going to do our best to stay true to our goals.  So, it would have been great, but we have to say, "thanks, but no thanks" to that property.

We are experiencing a pretty good cold spell this week here at the cabin and the forecast is calling for somewhere between 3 - 12" of snow in the next 24 hours.  I think that 3 - 12 is a pretty wide range, nothing like covering all of your bases with that forecast, huh?  Tweed's belly is growing by the day and we are getting excited that puppies are less than 3 weeks away.  It will be a test of our resourcefulness to raise a litter here at the small cabin that is already busy with our 6 adult dogs but we are really looking forward to having the time to enjoy them every day.

This old Home Atlantic wood stove is the sole source of heat here at the cabin. It was manufactured not far away on the coast of Maine and as you can see is very popular with our dogs.  I hope all of you are staying this warm and happy this winter.