Sunday, August 18, 2013


" I could see that I lived in the created world, and it was
 still being created. I would be part of it forever. There was no escape. 
The Spirit that made it was in it, shaping it and reshaping it, 
sometimes lying at rest, sometimes standing up and shaking itself,
 like a muddy horse, and letting the pieces fly.” 
 
from Jayber Crow
Wendell Berry

To get to the cabin,, once you have abandoned highway 
for a gravel grid road is to enter a farm field. 

My wife pointed out on this trip, that what she is looking forward to
about the cabin are the changes from season to season, year to year. 

But even the trip from the grid to the cabin is a study in niches. 
Here it is still a working farm which in this season is given over to
the shredded wheat shapes of the great round bales. 

It is in their shade that Shaun will rest while we prospect for
arrowheads. The deer sleep in the tall grass at the edge of the field 
before the  grass gives way to aspen and the dogs are fascinated by 
the flattened down circles that mark their beds.  A trip down this lane 
is sunshine, vesper sparrows,goldfinches and the while tufts of 
the thistle heads releasing their seeds.

 


 

 
"But it is a mild, mild wind, and a mild looking sky;
and the air smells now, as if it blew from a far-away
meadow; they have been making hay somewhere
under the slopes of the Andes, Starbuck, and the mowers
are sleeping among the new-mown hay."

from Moby Dick
Herman Melville


Then we mount the ridge above the slough. Here
is sun dappled shadow, the trails of beavers crossing
 from slough to slough, waxwings and woodpeckers.




And finally breaking free of the trees we find the 
meadow where the cabin sits and the slough beyond.









 

12 comments:

WildBill said...

A wild, wonderful, and worthwhile journey, I'm sure. This was excellent!

Guy said...

Hi Bill

Thanks for your comment and thank you for the information on trail cameras.

Guy

kerrdelune said...

Love this post, Guy, and every image in it feels like home!

Guy said...

Hi Cate

I am very happy you enjoyed it.

All the best.
Guy

Celeste said...

Such a wonderful escape from the hurly-burly of everyday life. Stunning photographs of a perfectly pastoral spot.

Kathie Brown said...

Guy, do you live in heaven? I love these photos and these words!

Chelsea said...

This is awesome!

Guy said...

Hi Celeste

It is a nice escape from the hurly-burly, a good place to relax, although we have a few projects related to water, heat and light to resolve before we can really kick back.
Still in this setting even projects can be enjoyable.

Guy

Guy said...

Hi Kathie

There are few to many roaring quads and jetskis for paradise but hopefully with 80 acres of our own and my brother in law farming around us we can keep them at bay. It certainly has been a wonderful spot over the years.

All the best
Guy

Guy said...

Hi Kathie

There are few to many roaring quads and jetskis for paradise but hopefully with 80 acres of our own and my brother in law farming around us we can keep them at bay. It certainly has been a wonderful spot over the years.

All the best
Guy

Guy said...

Hi Kathie

There are few to many roaring quads and jetskis for paradise but hopefully with 80 acres of our own and my brother in law farming around us we can keep them at bay. It certainly has been a wonderful spot over the years.

All the best
Guy

One Woman's Journey - a journal being written from Woodhaven - her cottage in the woods. said...

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit me and comment.
What you share
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