Our Ladies Staying in the Hen House 

Here's Carbon, our 3 year old black lab enjoying a rare treat. 

Unfortunately, we got caught without sunflower seed for the birds.  Juncos have been visiting the front porch and looking in at us with sad faces.  I've put some dry bread out for them but they snubbed that.  Chicken feed seemed to work though.  

Arctic Blast '08 

All we need is a horse and sleigh so we can enjoy this glorious scene.  This is our road in front of our house.  

Some of Daniel's First Steps

Daniel taking some of his first tentative steps.

Jon's MBA Hooding

Tangerine Man

Summation

Yes we can. Let us all now do our part.

Picture of 8 new windows in sunroom

We put in 8 new windows in our sunroom to cut utilities. Old windows were blown and inefficient. Should make things warmer this winter.

November Election Commentary

Sneakers, our dog, has his thoughts about the upcoming presidential election. Here is what he has to say.

Chicken Pen

Here is our newly completed chicken pen which the chickens are enjoying.

Farm Images

There are many pictures here at the farm.... There are many photos that have not been taken.... that highlight the beauty of living here. Here are a couple that we did take.

Woodpile

Whew.....what a lot of work....we bought 2 cords of wood....stacking it was quite a chore.....but it is done.....with most beside the garage and a little inside the garage along the wall. We are ready for winter.

Deck Picture

Here is a picture of our deck which we constructed.....starting last year, digging out area....then building stone retaining wall.....laying in bed of gravel....and finally building a deck....it has been a nice addition that we have enjoyed sitting at this summer.

Tour of the Chicken Shed

Here is our chicken shed......a view of the outside and the rehab we did on the inside. It houses our ten chickens and will soon have an outside fenced pen where the chickens can run around.

Annabella - Chief Chicken @ Arrowhead Springs Farm

We have 10 chickens, laying hens. 6 are Rhode Island Reds that lay brown eggs and 4 are Arcana hens that lay greenish blue eggs. We hope to be gathering eggs soon. We raised them from chicks that we bought at Wilco this past April. We have revitalized the old chicken shed that Ron's grandparents used to raise chickens over 50 years ago.

Picture of Lucy and her Dad

Here is a picture of Lucy and her dad, Jon, on her first day of the first grade. Lucy is Ron's granddaughter and Jon is Ron's son. Jon and his wife, Tiffany, and their two children live in Austin, Texas. They moved to Austin in August of 2008. Lucy is six years old.

Picture of Brendan

Here is a picture of Brendan on his first day of school in Austin, Texas. He is Ron's grandson and the son of Jon and Tiffany. Brendan is 4 years old.

Picture of Daniel

Here is a picture of Daniel. He is Ron's grandson. Daniel is son of Ron's daughter, Beth and her husband, Nate. Daniel is 8 months old. He lives in Glendale, OR.

Video of Deschutes in Bend Sept. 2008

We stayed at the Shilo Inn overlooking the Deschutes River in Bend. We took some video from around the motel depicting the beauty of the area.

Our Dog Carbon

Don't let his sober look fool you. Behind the eyes of innocence lies a goof-ball full of mischief, ready to chew socks (favorite thing to do that he knows he is not supposed to do) and to irritate his canine colleague Sneakers, our serious and intense border collie.

Linda's son Chris and his wife Carey.

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Chris and Carey. Chris is Linda's son. Carey is his wife. They live in Minneapolis

Linda and her son Chris

Beijing Night - Our first night in China 2007

Terra Cotta Horse - Xian China