Photo #121 2012

Easily grown
Easily cooked
Easily eaten

Photo #120 2012

Fun Saturday nights at Al Amirs

While visiting in Portland we had
to have dinner at Al Amir's.
Excellent Lebanese cuisine
and entertaining belly dancing.

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Photo #119 2012

Doesn't every cat get to sit by the kitchen counter?

Photo #118 2012

Tom and Steve's darling cat Lisa....

She really does love me!

Photos #116 and #117 2012

Spring has sprung!!!
Yesterday we drove up north to visit friends
and family. We are staying with our good friends and next door neighbors.
So it was kind of odd to be staying next to our old home.
The new owners have already made changes to the landscape,
but the one thing that never changes up here is how
unbelieveably beautiful spring is with blossoms everywhere!
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Photo #115 2012

Indian Paintbrush

Native perennial herb
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=1668

Photo #114 2012

Timber!
Russell and one of our neighbors
took out the Oak tree that was growing
next to our bedroom balcony.
We begin the construction on our addition
to the house next week and the tree would
have been in the way. It was not a large
tree but the root system would have impacted
the foundation. This removal also enables Lucy
to be able to go outside without getting into trouble!
We will be adding a main floor master bedroom and bath
which will make the house more usable for us and
will make it more marketable for the future.
(no- we are NOT moving anytime soon!)

Photo #113 2012

Going up one more time............

Photo #112

It's almost time to start mowing!
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Photo #111 2012

Part of our forest
We have 10 acres and some of it is forest.
There are Sugar Pines, Ponderosa Pines,
Cedars, Douglas Firs and of course Oak trees.

Photo #110 2012

Deconstruction continues......

Photo #109 and 109.5 2012

Weed barrier is down and I used pieces
of removed decking in addition to metal staples
to hold it down because of the winds we have.

Here is a closeup of my little coldframes.
I planted edible peapod seeds, spinach and lettuce.
Hopefully they sprout- I'll know in about 10 days!

Photo #108 2012

The burn pile grows....and glows
Meanwhile in the background you can see our deer fenced
veggie garden. Yesterday I put weed barrier down
and constructed two small coldframes.
Today I will plant spinach, pea and lettuce seeds.
Hopefully they will sprout!
The burn pile is from the de-constructed deck
in preparation for our remodel project.

Photo #107 2012

We had a lovely anniversary day topped off
with a fabulous dinner in Dunsmuir at Cafe Maddalena
This is a shot of the open kitchen-it's always fun to watch the cooks!
http://www.cafemaddalena.com/

Photo #106 2012

Black Butte near Mt Shasta

Photo #105

Sun shining on the hummingbird feeder
We still have snow on the ground, but lots more sunshine
than where we used to live in Oregon.
It's uplifting to live here.

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Photo #104 2012

Once again the machine is on the dining room table!

Photo #103

Life cannot get better than this view out our dining room!

Taken a few hours ago-it's already melting from rain.

Photo #102 2012

woodcut by Michael Speaker
http://www.michaelspeaker.com/

So reminiscent of Lake Oswego's Mayor

He'd rather destroy the town than protect it's character.
http://friendsofluscherfarm.blogspot.com/2012/04/we-need-your-help.html

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Photo #101 2012

Potato Casserole

Absolutely the tastiest side dish! Wickedly good.

Photo #100 2012

A delicious Easter Dinner

Thanks Bill and Ewana!

Photo #99.5 and 99.75 2012

Happy Easter!

Photo #99 2012

Naturally Dyed Eggs
via Araucana Chickens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucana

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Photo #98 2012

Good Friday Full Moon

I see the moon
The moon sees me
The moon sees somebody
I'd like to see
God bless the moon
And God bless me
And God bless somebody I'd like to see

One of my dear blogger friends shared this cute ditty
with me-so now I am sharing it with you!
Happy Easter!
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http://woonietest.blogspot.com/

Photo #97 2012

Quilt detail
Just finished the latest baby quilt top
Mailed it off yesterday to the quilter!
We'll pick it up later this month when
we go up to Portland for a visit.
Then I will bind it and mail it off.

Photo #96 2012

Next time around I want to be a cat........
Yes I know....yet another Lucy snap, but she's such a purrfect subject....

Photo #95

Surprise!
Once again we wake up to a winter wonderland....
When the sun is up just a bit more it will begin to melt.

Photo #94

Autumn Leftovers

Even with all the squirrels
and other acorn eating critters
we can still find some acorns.

Photo #93 2012

The cat who loves to eat flowers...

Photo #92 2012

Menorah Moustache
Shadow of our menorah creates a face...

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