[Early this morning at Little Cabin In the Woods — before I put on my socks.]
It’s hard to work in the Airstream now. I dress like an onion, bundled up in endless layers (wool, down, silk long johns). I can’t manage to keep my hands warm as I work and I shiver all my calories away. I eat constantly and seem to continually have two cups of tea on the go throughout the day. The thick timber around our little clearing casts broad shadows and blocks the few hours of direct sun we receive on either side of noon. We store our bag of ice out on the cabin deck. It doesn’t melt. We leave the kitchen faucet trickling when we go to bed so the pipes don’t freeze in the night. I bet this is such a lonesome, dark, cold place in the winter months.
RW took a late season work detail starting tomorrow morning and he’ll be away for a week. I don’t know how I’m going to stay warm at night! I’ll have to invite all the beasts into bed with me. What a wild rumpus that will be.
YIKES. i feel bad now….it’s 43F here, and i’m bundled in four shirts, a skirt, leggings, and with a large scarf wrapped ’round and ’round my neck….
stay warm, wee onion!
[i spy penepie!]
xx
Hey! 43F is chilly!!! We’re in this tight little scrawny valley and the cold air settles and pools where the cabin sits. Brrrrrr…snow in the forecast for most of the week! The sky looks like it this morning — heavy and dull grey.
brrrrrrrrr…. I’ll think extra-toasty warm thoughts your way!!
P.S. this picture reminds me of that quote: “Be the kind of woman who, when your feet hit the floor in the morning, the devil says. Oh NO she’s UP!” ;o)
Best get hibernating soon.
xx
mel
needle and nest design
GUFFAW!!!! Amazing quote! 🙂
Oh honey, eat a sammich! 😉 I swear I’m part bear as I seem to pack on a bit more ‘insulation’ each winter, I’ll take winter over hot and humid Virginia summers. Speaking of cold, I just came back from Iceland on my honeymoon (and left the flickr link above), its a beautiful place and would highly recommend a trip. Bits of it reminded me of Alaska with a lot fewer trees and more sheep. Definitely sparsely populated however, there would be clusters of houses that appeared to be centered around the family farm which would be very isolated from other houses.
I’ll get one while I’m in town. I’ve got to pop down into town for a post office run and to haul water. I’m going to get a coffee too.
ICELAND HONEYMOON!!!???
I’m going to check that out right now! Thanks for the link, babe!
Keep that water dripping so it doesn’t freeze! Our water line froze last winter (a long long underground line) for 3.5 months. It was so challenging. Running water makes life so much easier!
Cheers to hot tea, woolens & fires,
Erin
TOO LATE!!!
We arrived home from a dinner party last night at 10:24PM and the pipe had already frozen. It’s warmer today (thick cloud cover with a sky that looks like snow) and I’m hoping it will thaw out before nightfall. I am hauling water in anyway…I can only imagine a frozen pipe for 3.5 months! What’s a girl to do???!!!
stay warm indeed, little onion. my layering is in full effect too, but thankfully my man is home now for the winter so i’ve got someone to keep me warm at night. still, it feels good to escape outside into the chill, bundled in layers and rosy cheeks; then return home to a hot cup of tea. that seems like your sort of thing too, no?
That TOTALLY sounds like my kind of thing!
The seasons over there fascinate me! You have such lovely warm and bright Spring/Summers – and then such vivid, live Autumn/Winters!! Here it is almost always damp, chill and grey, (no ice cubes on the doorstep – not yet!) but then when the sun shines….s
I think I see goosebumps on your shins!
Dig out your thermals Jillian.
xx
I did have some goose pimpled shines yesterday! HA HA! We turned the heater down for the night and it took a while for the cabin to warm up in the morning…
Wow!! That’s really cold for October!! Stay warm with your beast friends this week!!
Cold enough! Our water pipe comes over across a few acres of forest from a main house and at one point, it pops up near the surface for just a few feet which is where the freezing in the line occurs. It’s a touch colder in our little hanging valley than down in the main river valley and all the cold settles down deep at our cabin and Kat’s house.
It’s supposed to snow today and all this week. I’m hoping we can still get the Airstream out by the time RW is home from his detail!
RIALCITW (roughing it at little cabin in the woods). It’s really not so hard to imagine your furred and feathered friends keeping you warm! Won’t be long now, you’ll be all aglow, knee deep in snow, in Idaho. Now, go into town, and grab yourself a hot cup of Smokejumper coffee, sit in a cozy corner and write in your journal. Don’t mind if I do! If I leave now, I could be there in oh…20 hours. Big smile. X
Oh! This isn’t sooo rough. It’s easy to get water and I have a big truck to haul it with! I’ll get it all figured out in a jiffy!
I’d love to have a coffee with you today.
XX
Brrrrrrrrr!!! Yes, Jillian, keep warm under the heat of your little (and big) furry beasts and I can see that you already have some lovely warm woolies like your beautiful crocheted granny square blanket! Sending warm hugs your way XX
OOH! Warming interwebular hugs!!! So cozy…
While it is not nearly as cold here as it is there, I rejoiced when I woke up and heard the soft pitter patter of the first raindrops of the season. Winter is my favorite and I am loving the fact that I get to dig into the far back of my closet today to find my scarves and boots and sweaters!
Stay warm, cousin!
I know! The rain HAS been nice. So sad and romantic and lovely…wish you could hear it falling on the Airstream. It’s a symphony!
XX
lovely photo and gams!
I can hear that kettle whistlin’, keep warm!
xoxo
It will be whistling as soon as I have some water to put in it! XX
Sounds like you could use some handknit goodies! Fingerless gloves might help…
😉
And howsabout a hot-water bottle? My office is very cold and having one sitting in my lap really helps.
Fingies DO help! And mitts.
I (just last week) remembered that I have a hot water bottle with me and I’m using it constantly!
We had our first snow today… and I think I’m going to need me a pair of those warm little boots! I’m trying so hard (so very very hard) to be cheerful as this winter rolls in. I want to focus on the good of the season this year and remove myself from negative thoughts about the challenges the weather presents that have plagued my attitude in years past. To appreciate the beauty and splendor and dramatic change that occurs… and to perhaps allow similar changes to happen within me.
Blessings for toasty sleeps and piping hot tea come mornings!
Well, you know, I LOVE all the seasons but winter is my very favorite. I’ll do my best to write about the best winter things to bolster your courageous spirit! That’s a promise! xx
Winter is my absolutely favourite too (perhaps it’s a Canadian thing). I can’t wait to read your winter posts!
Oh your sweet beasts! 🙂
I’d send you some mediterranean sunshine if I could!
Hugz!
It worked!
Blue skies here right now.
I’m just home from a GORGEOUS walk in the ice and snow and autumn colors with girlfriends. I found a hurt bird! He is SO SO SO beautiful. Painfully beautiful. I hope I can save him…
darling afghan! here’s to your move forward in a few days – cheers to all things good & right & turning corners into NEWness.
(does this mean i should mail to a different mailbox now?)
xxx.
jenifer
You certainly do! I’ll send you the addy. xx
I saw this photo and thought, how completely unusual it is to see you indoors and seated!
GUFFAW!!!
Too true.
Too true.