The new year has come and gone... I'm a johnny-come-lately to my blog in 2007. A little too much "life" in my life, if you know what I mean. Health challenges, a new day job here in Sonoma County, little kids underfoot -- all conspiring against my time. But unlike a fictional place, Thimbleberry persists whether I blog about it or not. And 2007 has turned out to be very, very good at the cabin!
We broke out a handsome new guestbook which we are eager to find filled on subsequent visits...
The last one has served us very well, and is being retired to an upstairs shelf with all its amusing anecdotes, heartfelt wishes and delightful sketches stored inside... perfect "rainy day" reading!
We welcomed the New Year with a rare electrical outage of several hours, which meant a festive pasta dinner cooked entirely atop the wood stove! Enjoyed the treat of emergency candlelight by which to dine, and then the power conveniently came 
back on just in time for dish washing.
Fortunately, nothing out of the ordinary happened to our oven on sugar cookie night. 
Much of this trip was enjoyed outdoors in truly spectacular snow conditions...
The Pacific Crest Trail looked positively folkloric in heavy snow. We took a snow-shoe walk in near the cabin, stopping for a cocoa break at a convenient snag.
(BTW: Ruby has never actually tasted cocoa, but, true to her breed, she remains eternally optimistic about her chances each time a steaming thermos is cracked open out on the trail...)
Cross-country ski conditions at the cabin were perfect for several days.
For some of us (sigh...) the learning curve is steep, but we all manage to have fun!
And nothing beats following freshly laid track back to one's own cozy front door...
Each visit's "last" night at the cabin is always bittersweet. The girls got in several good sled runs at that magical point in twilight when almost anything seems possible and all notions of time are temporarily suspended.
We left Thimbleberry Cabin the next day, snug and inviting, waiting for a New Year's worth of fresh visitors and old friends.
