Spring clean-up

by chuckofish

I love this time of year! The weather (at the moment) is cool, dry and breezy and there aren’t many bugs. This is the perfect time for outside projects, and since we both desperately needed some time away from work and the news, we headed to our cabin last weekend to do some much-needed clean-up. The DH plugged away at a big fallen tree,

while I washed the porch furniture and harvested more rhubarb to make another rhubarb crumble.

This time I added a few strawberries and remembered to take a picture, although not until we had sampled some.

Back in the woods, we also took time to enjoy nature. I love the wild iris that bloom at the edge of the beaver pond. They are a protected wildflower up here, but people come along and cut them anyway, so it was heartening to see so many.

The water in the pond is high, the water lilies are thriving, and the dam has been improved — all signs that beavers have moved in. The beavers do a great job managing the pond, but because it is located next to the road and sometimes floods it, the county always traps the beavers. We will get to enjoy their presence but briefly.

It did us good to get away from our computers for a day. In fact, the physical labor was so restorative (if you don’t count all the resulting aches and pains) that we have decided tackle some home improvement too.

Today we are going to start painting one of the bedrooms here at home. Yesterday we moved all the furniture and books (so many books) into another room, washed the walls, and bought the paint. After we’ve had our morning tea, we’ll get to work. I’m looking forward to it!

If the world is making you glum, do something! Anything — activity will make you feel better, at least for a time.

Have a productive weekend!