The temperature is dropping and thankfully it’s starting to rain. We aren’t looking forward to the rainy season, but for the sake of the fires around us and the hazardous smokey air, it will help. Of course, forest fires and rain bring other problems like flash flooding and landslides. We continue to be grateful we aren’t

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It’s been a fast year since the move and things are starting to settle down. My parents managed to make a visit at the end of August to see the Solar Eclipse. We were not in the path of totality, but just outside it. While we didn’t get the totality effect, the midday sunset accompanied

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We decided to remove the old wood stove in favor of a more efficient pellet stove. We have a ton of cut wood but have used pellet stoves in the past. The advantages of a pellet stove are many, but the ability to turn it on and off when needed is far easier to manage

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As of today, over 360,000 acres of Oregon is on fire. The smoke is terrible in low lying areas like ours with air quality declared Hazardous. Some roads have been closed intermittently and fire restrictions are in place statewide. We missed a closure on I-84 yesterday as a newer fire burns right near the gorge.

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We have a group of wild turkeys (the kind that doesn’t come in a bottle). They range around the area most of the day – but have taken to roosting in our grove in the evening. There are two Toms, ten hens, and several chicks. They have been interesting to watch but I’m sure at

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We are starting off easy with some chickens. How hard can it be? right?? So we bought six chicks from Wilco Farm Store in Springfield. Three Speckled Sussex Pullets and three Cornish Cross. The staff at Wilco were mostly helpful and answered some of our ore mundane starter questions without too much “omg – these

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It’s been a massive flurry of activity the last several weeks. We closed on the property on May 25th and immediately started to clean up and move in. I had a chance to catch up on the blog while working out of town this week – it’s a much-needed rest! The property has been neglected for

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We have some great news! The appraisal came in at value and the lender has issued the final documents. We close this next week and will begin moving in next Wednesday. Here are some teaser photos of the property.