No trip to the farm would be complete without

a visit to our cabin. After all our 80 acres is

just down the road. Our visits were brief, the cabin

is not winterized and we had lots of Christmas

activities to get to. There was not much snow,

the slough was frozen and crisscrossed with lots

of tracks but not a creature was stirring while we

were there.

Above: if you squint you can see a
beaver lodge.

This last photo shows that our resident

population of beavers has been busy. As

this point of land is between two arms of the

slough it seems to get very heavily harvetsed.

" a single beaver can cut down up to 1700

trees each year to ensure its survival."

                        Mammals of Alberta

                                 Pattie and Fisher

" Do not touch words to what has no name

or feel the place of wandering stones with eyes

the beast we hunt must not be said

its smell rides under the wind

its face remembers our faces."

                            Glacier Spell

                               Al Purdy