Category Archives: The Homestead

Homestead Update: More New Windows

The house got a major facelift last week – we finally replaced the upstairs windows! We’ve been working mostly on barn, interior, or farmy type upgrades lately, so it’s especially nice to see some positive changes happening to the outside … Continue reading

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Homestead Update: January 2014, Our first year in review

So many project in just one year! I can’t possibly recall them all or bore you with them in one post, but here’s a year in photos and a few thoughts on the highlights. My first ‘homestead update’ photo was … Continue reading

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Oh, Christmas Tree – Part of the Oregon Economy

“Someday we’ll have a Corgi. Someday we’ll have our new property. Someday we’ll have a ‘real’ Christmas tree in our farm house.” (In Austin we decorated my lemon tree for the holiday: our Christmas Citrus) Someday is at hand, and … Continue reading

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Attention: Santa Clause – Here’s your landing strip

It’s been unseasonably cold here. Un reasonably cold and snowy. We’ve been dipping under zero and have a blanket of snow around that has stuck for nearly a week. That’s not so odd for the climes where i grew up, … Continue reading

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