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OWL HOUSE, CHAPTER TWO

You may remember a photo of Mitch, last year, attaching such a house to one of the trees back behind the Heritage lawn? This time, we wished to have the house located where we could see it, and,...

APRIL 14

A bright, sunny day. A bright, warm, sunny day. We’re eager to get out and make some Vitamin D. For me, it starts with my usual walk down the road. This  morning I’m trying an experiment. In a...

WE’RE A REAL FARM AGAIN

Or at least a real ranch. You'll see what I mean. Back to work on Tuesday: Some years ago, a tree in the pasture surrounding the barn had fallen, been cut into lengths, loosely stacked. The cows...

SPRING 25

Mar 12, 2025 | 0 Comments

After relentless excavation of this blog’s digital archaeology, Cole, of Lamplight, was able to find/create a pathway for me to write a new post....

SURPRISE

Mar 1, 2025 | 1 Comment

Hi, and welcome! If all goes well, you're being met by my new website, created by the amazing Lamplight Creatives, who have been working with me to...

PROBLEMS

Feb 21, 2025 | 2 Comments

Last post, I listed the tools we have collected to address life here in the country on our "farm." I'm not sure we can call it a farm, of course,...

TOOLS

Feb 11, 2025 | 2 Comments

If you've been with me from the beginning, you may remember that this account began in a farm equipment store, with the protagonists purchasing a...

An Introduction to Indigo Bird

Jan 22, 2025 | 0 Comments

by Jane Viehl Released June 1, 2024, Dorrance Publishing HI! I’m Rainey Morgan, and this is my story. So what’s an indigo bird anyway? Google it and...

JANUARY 25

Jan 13, 2025 | 3 Comments

Before I start on the farm, a word about the Altadena fire and the Viehl family living there: still all safe on this Monday morning. The house not...

WINTER?

Dec 11, 2024 | 0 Comments

No, it's not legally yet the solstice, but living under an inversion for the past 10 days or so as we have been, I think it's fair to say winter is...

862

Sep 23, 2024 | 2 Comments

Ten years ago in June, I first wrote about our little house in the country. Not a house yet, just a piece of beautiful property on which slumped an...

SEPTEMBER 1

Sep 1, 2024 | 2 Comments

Okay, test passed. STILL AUGUST published. So I will try again to post all the lovely photos I tried to show you yesterday: But first, a little...

STILL AUGUST?

Sep 1, 2024 | 2 Comments

Oh what? You allow me to open my Word Press site? Shall I try again? Fooled me once? I wrote this whole blog yesterday when it was still, actually,...

TOMATO SEASON

Aug 19, 2024 | 1 Comment

Again with a post? Already? I know, but I wanted to get these photos registered. Alan, one of the landscape guys (the cute one) has started his own...

PICKLE SEASON

Aug 15, 2024 | 1 Comment

Started last Sunday when Vik and Gordon arrived at the farm with 10 pounds of pickling cukes from Sauvie Island, our historic supplier. The...