Thank you for your comment to me, maine-iac7. :) I don’t know how long one is considered a “noob”, but I’d sure think you’ve been stripped of that label by now after being here 4+ years.
I don’t mind being a “noob”....everyone has to start somewhere. As for my name, I told someone here the other day about how that came to be. I was trying to think of a name for myself and that’s when I saw another small herd of caribou passing by our cabin. I thought of using “CaribouPassing”, but that just didn’t sound right to me. So Caribou Crossing it is.
LOL -
'reminds me of when I bought my house out here in the woods - The day I was moving in, a moose crossed the road and ambled on down through my land - so I dubbed my place "Moose Crossing"
Even though I am finally back in the woods - I'm still not as far away from the "maddening crowd" as I'd like. Still, I'm thankful to be able to look out my windows and only see woods and sky...and the 'quiet' is priceless.
I'm not antisocial - I just prefer to choose the people I socialize with. :O)
Still, I think I feel a wee bit envious of your place further away from the madness - and it sounds like you have a view - the forest is close around me, so even though I own the land as far as I can see - I can't see very far!
However - I don't envy you your longer winters - I have enough as it is in carrying in the wood and keeping the stove going. (I did get a break tonight, though - one of my grandson's stopped by to visit and filled up my woodbox.) I love the friendly heat and scent of the wood stove and will not burn a drop of oil until the snow and ice - or a blizzard - makes it really difficult for an old lady to get the wood.