A while back, I had a post called "All Decked Out". This showed the completion of the deck. However, the railing was not up. So, here's "All Decked Out" - Part II. We had a few days of nice weather, so I moved back outside and put up the railing o ...
Silly Spot. She seems to be my silliest duck. For the third time I know of, Spot has gotten herself onto the deck. She's not terribly concerned, just looking at her buddies below. Her buddies are che ...
Life at the ranch isn't all about building a house. We continue to be amazed at the scenery and wildlife. We see a LOT of deer. Occasionally, we see a few elk. Only one time have we seen one lone antelope walking down, of all places, Antelope Lane :) ...
We got everything done that needed to be done in preparation for finishing up the electric. The electrician came out a week ago and finished up all the electric. So, now we have lights, hot water, live outlets everywhere, outside motion detector floo ...
Well no, we're not actually "moving in" just yet. But we are continually making progress. It's been an entire month since our last post, and during this time Tim has put up the drywall, and we've begun preparation to get it textured and p ...
We have developed a fun tradition with our dear friend Trisha (in North Carolina). Whether we're together or apart, if we have some good news to share we celebrate with a toast. We call it a "clink" (think of glasses clinking together). Any drink wil ...
First eggs from Golden Cascades, 14 November 2015 There were TWO EGGS in the duck house this morning! This is a full month earlier than the first eggs we'd gotten from our previous ducks. One of the eggs (the larger of the two) ...
OK, ok, really bad phonetic pun, but I couldn't resist. We have a little over half of the house sided now and we're truly excited about how it looks. The siding is fiber-cement, and should be pretty much maintenance-free and fireproof. I did all s ...
The ducks are now 21 weeks old. I love the way their color camouflages them to protect them from predators. This is one of their favorite hangouts. Can you count all five? (Where's Waldo?) On Monday (10/26) I put a timer on a light in the duck h ...
We've had unbelievably nice weather so far. We just got our first snow on Oct. 22, 2015. It was only about 2 inches, and it melted off by the next day. That's really late for our first snow of the year. By now, we have usually had several snows. I wo ...