New Pictures of the Retreat in the Woods

I took some fresh photos of the Retreat. The photo above is the east side of the pond.
We got a computer hutch over the winter for those people who want to bring a laptop up with them. There is a phone cord at the back. Sorry....there is only dial up available and you need to have a local number to dial in.
Look at this big fireplace. Lots of nice warm fires have warmed many toes during the winter season.
We also got a new headboard for the double bed in the master bedroom. I think it looks very nice.
It's a good evening to feed the fish.

Deer, Deer, Deer... or is it just deer?

TRICK PHOTO???

I did a little trick with this photo above. This is actually ALL the same deer. I took a bunch of pictures of her as she walked around in the road. I have a program that sewed the photos together and now it looks like three deer in the picture... But it's just one.
Here she is again. This is a close-up of her stairng at my car. Isn't she cute?
This photo was taken just down the road from the deer. There is a blue heron in the background. All of these photos were taken on the road leading to the Chalet.

Darn Bear!!! (Report from the Retreat in the Woods)

Darn Bear! He's back. We've been staying over at the Retreat the last week or so. I hadn't put any bird seed in the feeders until about 5 days ago. Well.... this morning we woke up to knocked down and bent bird feeders. He even bent my bear resistant one. I'll have to get it rewelded. The weld on it broke last year and I never got around to fixing it. Now I have to.

Usually we don't see any evidence of the bear until June... but it looks like he's visiting earlier.

We've never had a problem with the bears bothering people. They are more scared of you, than you of them. Every encounter we've had, they've run away went they see people or hear a loud noise.

Regardless... we still do not leave people food outside over night. It can attract other critters too.

Audio Report from Retreat in the Woods May 8th

Click on the audio link to get a report from the Retreat in the Woods: