Yesterday happened to be a gorgeous March day in Maine...upwards of 40 degrees, bright and sunny with hardly any wind. Perfect!! It also happened to be my husband, Andrew's, birthday so we decided to spend the afternoon over on our land....where he's constructed a rough lean-to...
We invited the neighbors to join us...a trek down to the woods...where even though the snow has majorly melted since last week...it's still way over the knees in many places...just ask Sherry who kept falling through...especially down here in the woods!!
We dug out the snow under the lean-to (that's a tarp over the top...soon to be covered with saplings) then dug a pit for a bonfire...
This is looking out east from the lean-to toward the open field that's our back pasture....
Then below, here in the next photo, is looking from the east toward the west into the woods where our lean-to is located...
I know...it's hard to see...just behind the bright red sled is the lean-to...if you can make out the slanted roof...and all that smoke coming up. That wood did NOT want to burn yesterday!!
We all donned the skis and snow shoes. More of our friends are grabbing the gear from the thrift stores now. They're trying to get their families outfitted, too...so we can all get around in these beautiful winter woods!! And enjoy more fabulous days like today!
These are my snazzy new XC ski boots I grabbed for only $2...that go on the more modern fancy bindings...even though I still love the old-fashioned 3-pin kind, too!!
Lots of activity under the lean-to! Mozzarella cheese and crackers, carrots and dip, and Heather brought hot cocoa fresh from Hope...her Jersey cow! Very yummy!!
As you can see, the children were everywhere...having a blast! Our son even built his own little lost-in-the-woods shelter out of cedar branches that he cut with his own hatchet axe...a great idea he got out of our Pioneer Sampler book!
Old and new...and lean-to, too....made for a wonderful birthday afternoon...perfectly made for Maine!!