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Ten Things You Get by Living in the Woods
The good, the bad, and the ugly can easily be found here.
A morning hike prompted today’s post to Timm’s Hill, the highest geographical point in Wisconsin where the leaves appear to be at peak color change. This is good. The bad was feeling out of shape. And, the ugly was discovering what I thought were bug bites, I have poison ivy!
We moved to our cabin (read lake house) in the Northwoods of Wisconsin in late June this year. While we’ve had the timber frame cabin since we built it in 2005, this is the first time we’ve ever lived here for more than a week. It’s been a nicer change than I expected, filled with beautiful natural scenes, the solitude I crave, and enough projects to keep both my husband and me busy.
When you live in the woods, you get some things you might not receive otherwise. Here are ten things I discovered over the last twelve weeks.
- You get your first case of poison ivy! I was so proud of my wood-cleaning efforts last weekend, only to discover this morning that what I thought were bug bites was a small case of poison ivy. Itchy and oozing a small amount, I told my husband what I thought was going on with my “rash.” Both being former medical professionals, I was surprised this hadn’t dawned on us sooner (I’ve had the rash for three days). It…
