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Finally Catching the Northern Lights

On the night of May 10, 2024, Rose and I were treated to an extraordinary sight: the aurora borealis, or northern lights, finally visible to us here in Northern Washington. We have been here for eight years, and this is the first time we have seen them.

Jun 4, 2024 3 min read

Memorial Day

Please take time this Memorial Day weekend to remember all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Trace Adkins’ “Arlington” USA Military TributeThis video featured on seeklyrics.com ( http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Trace-Adkins/Arlington.html ) This is a tribute video, If you comment or argue about…

May 26, 2023 1 min read

Felling Six Trees

In addition to the hemlock tree, there were five alder trees and one maple. The alders grow here like weeds, and as they age, they weaken and break off at the top. The one had already broken and dropped a large piece on my workshop, damaging the roof and ruining the gutter. It had to come done.

Aug 20, 2021 3 min read

New Shed

Here are some photos and videos from the shed build on 19 June 2019. We purchased it through Lowe’s and the company came in and in one day built it from scratch.

Jul 9, 2019 1 min read

Painting the House

(How We Spent Our 2018 Summer) What an undertaking! We knew when we purchased the house two years ago that it needed re-painted, both due to wear and we also wanted it a different color. After many color samples, we decided on Harbor Gray as the color. Spray, or roll and brush? Before it came […]

Apr 13, 2019 14 min read

Ultrasonic Rodent Control

One thing we didn’t have to deal with in Nevada and never had a problem with was rodents, whether it be mice or rats. Here in the Northwest, they are much more abundant and will get into almost everything. Not long after getting into our house we noticed that something was chewing on the insulation

Jan 25, 2019 2 min read

Made Pizzelles Tonight

Made a double batch of pizzelles tonight and packaged them up and mailing them to Dad tomorrow. He should have them by the end of the week. I want to send him some more but wanted to get these in the mail so he will have them for Thanksgiving.

Nov 14, 2018 1 min read

New Gutters Installed Today

The new gutters were installed today. Rose said it was two guys and it only took a couple of hours. They did a nice job. We ordered them through Lowe’s this past summer but had them wait to install until painting was complete and the wood was repaired.

Nov 2, 2018 1 min read

Pruned the Blackberries

We worked outside today until late afternoon when it started to rain. We pruned back those crazy blackberries and decided to make a fire to get rid of the prunings. The pictures show Rose splitting some wood to get the fire going. Of course Luna is always near by to keep an eye on us. […]

Oct 27, 2018 1 min read

Finally Catching the Northern Lights

Memorial Day

Felling Six Trees

New Shed

Painting the House

Ultrasonic Rodent Control

Made Pizzelles Tonight

New Gutters Installed Today

Pruned the Blackberries

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