One fine Saturday after a 4" snowfall,
we shovelled to an audience of almost 200 elk,
seen in the accompanying telephoto shot taken from the South
Patio.
Pumpkin tried to herd them,
but a couple of bulls stationed themselves between the herd
and her.
We finally leashed her to one of the pillars in the house
for fear that the bulls would get aggressive.
The elk hung around for several days,
much to Pumpkin's dismay.
[Note:
the bare spots at lower left are where the elk pawed down to
get grass.]
21 January 2007:
The shovelling pattern repeated periodically through the
month.
We lost about 3 days of work to snow,
wind or extreme cold.
Clearing the inside of the house got to be less work as more
plywood was put on the roof;
we put plastic sheeting over the windows to help keep snow
out of those areas.
However,
the roof itself became a real workout due to all the walking
up and down the sloped roof needed to clear the increased
area.
One last clearing effort on the 21st followed by good
weather meant the metal panels could be applied to the North
side of the roof and timbers placed for the Great Room.
See the
Main House Progress
for details.
