How is it we get Jet Lag whenever a plane comes in

Our friends in a Super Cub flew in and stayed for 4 hours chatting. They are heading further south about 25 km. Everyone in the plane wears earmuffs...even both dogs. It is incredibly noisy in the small air planes.
It was great fun......but then we are so exhausted after .....a funny thing. This is the eight visitors since the 1st of October. Quite busy here.

Everyday is Earth Day....One day won't do it.

Highland Lynx and Desert Lynx plus Poem

Emmi
Big White
Emmi
Fuji
K-2
Emmi
We've got a cat and her name is Fugi
every month she likes to Boogie.
We'd get her fixed, but we're way too far from town.
She moans and she groans and she flaunts her stuff,
But I really don't think she can get enough.
She sounds just like you turpentined a hound.

We got a cat and her name is Fugi
And every month she likes to Boogie.
My dog wants to kill her and put her in the ground.
She's as skinny as a rail and she's got no tail,
When she opens her mouth, can she ever wail
But - Big-White is nowhere to be found.

I'm just a cat and my name is Fugi
And every month, I like to Boogie
So I go outside, and I make my natural sound.
I got an itch that I can't scratch
I just want kittens, a nice big batch
But everyone is always putting me down.

We're got a cat and her name is Fugi
And every month she likes to Boogie.
We'd get her Fixed but we're way too far from town.
She moans and she groans and she flaunts her stuff
But I really don't think she can get enough.
She sounds just like you turpentined a hound.

Bryan

"THAT IS THE CHICKEN" added
Cats need fixin' else they drive you nuts.
Cats need fixin'....no ifs no buts.
What you guys need is a vet on a Skidoo.
Though I guess that'd make Fuji pretty blue!
So you'll just have to imagine that she's punk rockin,
A howling and a yowlin'...or you could just put a sock in!

Hopes of Green

Tomatoes, cabbages, Brocolli and squash and Pumpkin

Henri's Vole

We came upon this little Vole on a Beaver Pond. His strategy was to stand perfectly still so that we wouldn't see him moving. This little animal is why there are so many Marten here. Because of all the debris on the ground it is perfect habitat for Voles also called Meadow Mice. A Marten will eat 5 to 8 Voles a day. It made us smile as it scurried away.

Now is it a SAW-WHET or PYGMY OWL????

In the middle of the night we heard that little owl houting away. Tonight we will know for sure which little owl it is. This morning at coffee five Red Crowned Kinglets showed up on our Puzzy Willow bush infront of the cabin. Fairly soon we will have coffee outside to welcome our returning birds but right now the fire pit still has a 3 ' wall of snow around it.

Henri Left and the Birds came

In one day the little birds came back to our land....the junco's and the pine siskines. We also hear the little owl, a Saw Wet which nests just behind us. Also our two Raven's "Heckle and Jekyll" are busy getting ready for a new family just behind our cabin where they always nest. Still 3 ' of snow but it's going fast.

We Have Company!!!!!!

Our friend Henri came in with the fuel barrels and propane. He will stay for 3 or 4 days...... just enough time for us to talk his ear off.

Heavy Snowload on Weir Cabin

This snow load is the compact remains of 12 to 14 feet of snow from this last winter.

Probably 9,000 lbs hanging off the north side of the Salmon Weir cabin at the far end of our lake. This cabin is 10 feet off the ground so that the Grizzlys are not a problem when our friends the Taku Tlingit are here for 2 months counting the Salmon run. Bryan took apart a hand saw and bolted it to aluminum poles that he had drilled and bolted together to make a 25 feet tool.

Tracks in the Snow

Yesterday we went for a tour around our lake. There were at least 10 open Otter holes, fresh Lynx, Otter, plus Lone Wolf tracks . Two different Wolverine were out also because one set was alot bigger than the other. Only saw one Bull moose. Hope the wolf was just passing thru. The 15 moose we have wintering on the lake don't need the hassle. Although we dought a lone wolf would tackle a moose alone.

First Wolf tracks on lake this winter

Big Bull Moose runs out onto the lake for better advantage

Otter sliding above, Wolverine on left

Wolverine and Otter

Making room for Spring

When trapping season is over and spring is coming you have to try to help it along. The pussy willows showed their heads this week. I have planted tomato seeds and cabbage and they are 3" tall already. This is the waiting months. The lake goes out on May 21. But each day you can feel the spring is coming. We started ice fishing in mid March but no luck yet. That reminds me ...I need to renew our fishing licenses tomorrow by internet.

We're still kicking out here...

Hello out there .....we are fine and well here. Looking forward to spring. The sunlight is from 6:30 to 9 now so that should help eat up the 5 feet of snow still in our yard. We had a good trapping season but the last 3 weeks of skidooing where very tiring. Then we spent the last month catching up on all the things we had neglected during the trapping season. Just got finished putting all the traps away, made 50 marten boxes, spring cleaned the cabins and getting ready for some friends who might fly in in a couple of days. The Beaver can bring in fuel barrels easier on the ice than the water. Be great to get some more fresh vegetables also. It made my heart happy to know someone was thinking of us.