Oregon A-Team - Part 27

July 4th 2008

This was a great Fourth of July. This was the first time in at least three years that I was not out at Camp Cherry Valley (CCV). We also had Mike Hedge from LA visiting us. Mike is a (very good) photographer, and he took more than 900 pictures while he was here. Here is what we did on the Fourth of July through Mike Hedge’s lenses:

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Here’s some pictures of our house:
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(I brought these green urchin shells home from CCV)
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Here are some of our Animals:
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Our House:
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Time for Breakfast:
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Time to head out…
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To the Lake:
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We took a break and visited the Stanfield’s for a boat and some more photos:
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Then Back to the lake:
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For some water skiing:
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We met up with the Grub-Clubbers at Pizza Hut…
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And went off to do some Sparklers and Fireworks!
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Happy Fourth,
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Animals Ranch Snow

Snow in June

So after our slightly rainy day on the 9th, we woke up to snow on the 10th. By the end of 16 hours of non-stop snowing, we had four inches of snow on the ground… and it didn’t go away for until half way through the 12th.

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Here are some of our animals in the snow:
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We also had a bunch of birds taking shelter on our front porch.
Here’s a sparrow that Anna caught mid-chirp:
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Here’s what we’re 80% sure is a hawk:
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He is so fluffed up he looks almost like an owl.

UPDATE 7/6/08:

The picture is of an American Kestrel, the smallest North American raptor. I believe it is a female because the wings are rusty and not blue grey.
~Ian

Enjoy,
Ashanna

Ranch

Rainy Day

Post author By Ashton
Post date June 10, 2008
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Yes… we’re still using heaters… This entire next week is going to be 40 degrees with a possibility of snow…

The rain did bring us a nice present thought. This was taken right off our front porch:

-AshAnna

Animals Ranch Rosco Stone Wall

Ranch Update

Post author By Ashton
Post date May 24, 2008
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Here’s another picture blog of how things are around the ranch:

Every year, for a couple weeks, our hill is covered in these yellow flowers just about the time I forget their name…
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I did another load of Shale Rocks:
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This bird made a nest in our Hayshed:
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Rosco and Penelope watch over our land:
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and play:
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A “California Red Garter Snake” decided to die in front of the Hay shed to scare the “bajebas” out of Anna:
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Our Duck and Chickens are GINORMOUS:
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We got some lawn ornaments that double as full time lawnmowers:
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What? No adorable pictures of Mocha in a picture post? Impossible!

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Grub Club Ranch

Da Roof is on Fire

Today was our official Grub Club of Summer [read it was warm enough to go outside], and to celebrate we had a bonfire with smores. But it wasn’t just any bonfire:

Yes, that is a dog house on the fire, and that is Donald on the dog house. (Don’t worry, we were following all regulations regarding climbing onto burning Dog Houses. And yes we had water and shovels handy for fire suppression =]) The doghouse came with Rosco, and Rosco didn’t like it. We also didn’t like it because it was ugly. So here is it burning:

(The fire’s brightness made everything else really dark =])

Fire suppression at work: