Today Hunter’s youth group with Church did a snowshoe outing. It was also exciting for me as it was my first outdoor event since being in the hospital over a month ago. It was a great day.
Today at school was Dr. Seuss Day. Abbie and Hunter dressed up as Thing 1 and Thing 2 and Noah dressed up as the spotted dog from the book "Put Me In The Zoo." It was a fun day!
Last spring I did some pipe shelving for Noah in his room above his desk. Hunter wanted some as well but we came up with a different design for his. Like Noah’s we used reclaimed barn wood that is over 100 years old giving it a rustic feel with the pipe.
For the last few days we have been socked in with freezing fog. It makes for yucky days that seem to stay the same time all day long. There is almost zero air movement however the fog has produced some amazing frost art creations on all sorts of things outside. There must also be some slight air movement as most of the ice crystals point northward.
And Not just plants... Pic 1 - chain links, Pic 2 - Wind chimes, Pic 3 - wire stuck in the trunk of a Juniper
Today we actually got about 1 hour of partial sun so took some pics with the sun shining
Here is another example of frost art that I found on my car one morning going to work when we lived in Wales.
Being Hunters 12th year this is a transitional year for him as he enters his teens, so we are trying to plan some memorable events for him. This weekend he and I went down to the Steens mountain area of southeastern Oregon. This is cowboy country so I thought it would be fun to go horse back riding while there. We went with Steens Mountain Guest Ranch. This is a working ranch where they heard 600 head of cattle. Tim and Susan (owners) do week long trail rides during the summer as they move cattle around. For us, it was just a 2 hour trail ride up to the Kiger Ridge area.
Being October the weather is starting to be more unsettled and in this wide open country it made for some great photos and lighting with storms and rain around.
Here are some pictures as we got ready to go on our trail ride at Steens Mountain Guest Ranch.
Pictures from the trail ride:
Short Video:
Couple other shots of where we stayed.
Great fun in late October!
Amazing sunrise colors out front of the house this morning in late October.
We love to decorate the front of the house for fall. New house this year but following our similar harvest format.
We were able to get away for a couple days for our 15th anniversary this October to Sisters Oregon. We had amazing fall weather. We stayed at the five pines resort with a cabin that backed up to the forest. At some great meals at a couple of places we have not been before that were excellent: The cottonwood cafe and the open door where we were able sit outside on a beauty fall day. Both places highly recommended!
We decided to get out of smokey Bend for the day and head up to East Lake. We have had so many fires in Oregon the last couple of weeks that the blue sky was something we have missed. We went up to the lake with our friends the Bercots. We had a fun day and didn't return home until bed time.
With all the fires burning in the southern part of the state, air quality is now hazardous. This is the view out our back window putting visibility at under half a mile. The second two picks show the smoke levels across the state. Looks like we will be inside watching movies and playing games on this Labor Day weekend before school starts.
