The Cottage Chronicles: winter edition 2.0

Off to the sandy shores we went Saturday afternoon for a fun filled day of scattering birds seed, antique shopping and of course checking in Cabinista Shortada. For those that are not in the Midwest, we had 20+ inches of snow in Chicago as of February 3rd. Nearly two weeks later it has all melted away in the sunny 60’s we have had the last few days. While it is getting cooler again, it was a much needed break to the frigid cold.

Got to love Indiana.

Berrien County (also known as Buried In County) had around 3 feet of snow on the ground at the beginning of this week, but by the time we got there yesterday nearly all of it had melted away! We hadn’t been up to Michigan since Halloween and being virgin’s at this whole summer home thing we were worried about our Cabinista. Well so far so good and she has handled her first winter great!

We did not have to fight off any raccoons and didn’t find any mice droppings in the house! Woohoo! We took the time to scatter grass seed in the septic area and wild flowers on the big open lot next to ours. Hopefully come April/May we have had enough rain that we have a lush green yard and a plethora of color in our front yard.

Critters are a'foot!

Our sandbar is completely exposed with the ice shelf.

On our way through the back country roads of Coloma. This "pond" is a moss filled mosquito trap in summer that in heavy rains is about half this size!