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My brother asked, "What on earth snacks on turtles?" (See previous post).

I had not thought about what could have done it. It is impressive; a man would need tools to take the shell apart like that. But maybe it was this (above picture). That is an otter swimming laps in the lake this AM. They break into clams, right?

This is 8 bundles of insulation. We had to drive to Texarkana Lowe's to get it. The little house rafters are framed on 24" centers, and I wanted R30 for the attic. No local building supply had that combo.

Inside and outside temps this AM when I started work.

I've been reading this.

Got the water heater and toilet out, scraped the last of the crappy tile up. Hooray!

These are the wires running to the 220v dryer outlet. Color coding? All 3 sky blue. Whee.

LED light fixture installed in "hallway".

Solar heater. I hung a black plastic garbage bag in the south window. It doesn't warm the house, but you can feel heat rising through the little gap at the top.

Put in one bundle of insulation. It is a struggle.

Beaver Battle continues at the spillway.

Beaver trail to lake from back side of the dam.

All the following pictures are from the area below the dam that the beaver has claimed and transformed. 30 years ago when I was here this area was dry with just a small stream running through.

Natural causes?

Tried to pick it up but it fell apart.