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    Eliguk Journal – March 27, 2024.

    Too tired to work anymore... I'm not quite sure where March went, but I do know I'm over fire mitigation! This type of bush work day-in, day-out, is not something I'm built for; they call it Lumberjack for a reason, not Lumberjill! That mountain man of mine has not given up the fight just yet, as the Category 1 & 2 fire ban doesn't start until tomorrow at noon - in fact, he hasn't let up this year at all! The chainsaw runs for an hour cutting all the dead logs into 16' lengths where they're salvageable, then the rest gets cut into manageable lengths to pick up with the…

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    Eliguk Journal – March 18, 2024.

      The start to a slushy lake Lake travel will soon be over... The lake is melting quickly along our shoreline, making my watering hole hard to get to now. St. Patrick's Day, slipped by without so much as acknowledging it - that's the first time in our lives together that it's ever passed us by, and we hadn't a clue! I can't let that happen for the middle of this week, because someone is another year older on Wednesday, and he's ordered a big Greek feast for two. Mountain Man spent the two of the most beautiful days driving the snow machine back and forth across the lake, to…

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    Eliguk Journal – March 6, 2024.

    Lake walks with dogs... Maybe interviews aren't my thing? I was asked to participate in a scientific study from a Sociologist who is doing a paper on lifestyles based on geographical location. The course study is 'Modern Hermits'. The results will be published by a University as a study on why humans purposely choose solitude and seclusion, with the undertone of loneliness perceived as a social problem. My two and a half hour session with this young female student from France, went into the depths of many aspects of my life. "Was it hard to break free from societal norms and become a hermit?" Came the first question. "Let me…

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    Eliguk Journal – February 20, 2024

    Mid-February cold snap ~ A window I could stare out of for a long while! New Ice Chisel The only 'sad' thing about this view is the short time it lasts, as the wood stove you stoke upon awakening, leaves little time to enjoy the frosty view before it melts away! I've used a sad iron now for eight years, here at Eliguk. They were known as sad irons, ‘sad’ being an old English word for ‘solid’, though the term ‘flat iron’ became more common later. Another Ice Chisel, hand made, cut and welded from one of the old broken leaf springs on the Jeep. The last one hubby made…

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    Eliguk Journal – February 10, 2024.

    We can finally walk on the lake! The rain compacted the snow and froze up the top layer of overflow! Letting the sun shine in! It's been a productive Winter, and amazingly enough...I'm not tired of it yet. Usually by February, I'm all for the snow disappearing, and getting into the greenhouse to ramp up growing season; that and enjoying that first hot shower since freeze up! Things are different this year, the weather is phenomenal, and I have a bathing hot tub that allows me to feel as-clean-as one can get without the luxuries of running water. I don't remember a day this Winter, where we didn't have a…

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    Eliguk Journal – February 2, 2024.

    Well that puts an end to the longest month of the year! I'm sure we all agree that January is that 'hump' month, and once you pass-over, it's all down hill until December. The warm temps that arrived in last week of January have stuck around. The snow has melted down around us, and while I didn't think the lake could get any worse for accessing to fetch water, it has! If you don't stay on the track that was made by snow machine a month ago, you fall through the top layer and end up with water to your knees. I know, because I did that last time I…

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    Eliguk Journal – January 28, 2024.

      A January Aerial Drone Photo The cold snap of January We made it through the first cold snap of the year, bottoming out at -45C! As cold as it may have been, the beauty of the frigid temperatures can be seen everywhere. Thick designs of intricate frost etchings, adorn the windows every morning. It's like having an interior designer working nightshift, while you sleep. Staring into the many magical scenes, sipping hot coffee, as the sun rises, reflecting through them. Cold as it may look, the cabin is warm and cozy - so toasty in fact, that I often open the door for a few minutes even at forty…

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    Eliguk Journal – January 6, 2024.

    Fire's burning, fire's burning, draw nearer, draw nearer... Mountain Man reflecting on the last two weeks into his never ending Winter Bonfire piles. Happy New Year! I don't think we've gone a day without burning the dead punky wood and stumps laying about the place. Our resort foot print, (at least one you can walk around without the fallen timber everywhere), is getting bigger! That's a good thing. It means that we have a safer perimeter when Spring comes and the sprinklers can be set further into the bush to really create a bigger humid area when it's forest fire season. It's still mild enough to run the excavator and…

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    Eliguk Journal – December 25th, 2023.

    Merry Christmas! A blog post on Christmas day? I know, right? Show's you how busy I am today. Mountain Man left first thing this morning for Vanderhoof. There, he's meeting his daughter and her boyfriend, who's traveled non-stop from just outside Quebec to spend a couple days with us. We offered to fly them, but they have a fear of flying. A week is all they could get off for the trip, so they chose to drive in shifts. It's been 13 years since this father and daughter were last physically together. It's too bad the 2 grandkids couldn't join in the road trip, apparently non stop driving for 48…

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    Eliguk Journal – December 6, 2023.

    Imperfectly Illuminated... I know this Autumn has been unreal with it's mild days, with little to no precipitation in the form of white flakes; but we have had two similar years according to my Social Media memories within the last seven years. It seems that this year is not so unusual after all. The best thing is having that extended Fall like weather that we can keep working outside with ease. Well, much easier than dealing with a few feet of the white stuff. The snow will hit, but hopefully before the dog mushing teams arrive that I've booked in just after the New Year! It's crazy to think that…

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