Moose tracks

I have talked many times about the trials of living in moose country, and I know I have mentioned that the cow moose sometimes remember us for years and bring their calves back for a feast on something special from the yard (apple trees, cherry trees, all of the celery)!  But this instance of bringing baby home was new to even my mom who has been gardening for way longer than I have! 

Those are moose tracks in the snow ON TOP of the glass in my cold frame!  Granted - this is a tiny moose - most likely born this past spring- but even so they would weigh well over 100 pounds!  This was after a particularly nasty snow and ice storm and we think he may have been thinking that the greenhouse  window might have some salt on it.

This is the cold frame that is right out back of the greenhouse - actually attached to the greenhouse, so the baby moose must have thought it was just a snow drift and was trying to lick the building or the window.  I cant believe the glass didn't break or even crack!  I got so lucky!  In Alaska, when the roads are really icy, the road service puts a mixture of sand and salt on the roads.  That sand and salt mixture ends up on the vehicles and the moose like to lick that off of the vehicles and get a little of that salt in their diet!

 The above photo shows the service truck with the moose licks on the side of it!  They really do lick the vehicles!  Sometimes the paint gets really scratched from the licking - this vehicle isn't in the kind of shape that it's a concern, but if this were a new truck it could be disastrous!

The next week after the moose tracks were seen on the window, everything melted and a week later it got pretty cold.  This is the design in the frost on that same section of glass!

This is the center section of glass.  It reminds me of lace fabric.  Im pretty sure I can design a fabric or quilt based on this frost pattern!  

This week there is no frost, and no snow - we have had what seems like spring rain all week.  Im pretty sure there will be more moose licks on the vehicles tomorrow or the next day, and maybe some new snow on the glass if it cools off.  Im looking forward to getting growing soon and will be doing some planting during this spring break (which started today - yay) and using the cold frame as something other than a moose lure!

Happy almost spring!