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Halloween & post event(s)

Posted on November 3, 2024

Nora and I carved pumpkins and roasted the seeds. Halloween evening was a nice, calm evening with several trick-or-treaters stopping by . . . . on Saturday I took Jonah up to Corvallis so he could take the SAT exam and I walked through some lovely neighborhoods as well as found a great coffee shop where I read my books. Finally, today, I ran the Silver Falls Half Marathon, which I have done before (2018). It was a fun day today and I ran well I thought. I came in 5th in my new age group (60-64) out of 20. Which I know does not really mean anything other than who shows up, but showing up is half the battle, as I understand. It…

Fall

Posted on October 27, 2024

Fall arrives, dryly, here. I miss the rain, although this morning I awoke to the sound and when heading out to get bagels the mist on my cap was welcome. Here’s a few snaps from the last few days . . Went to a local farm to get some pumpkins with Nora yesterday. Orange and sunlight and shadows. Afterwards we went for a coffee drink and the barista made this, unprompted. Quite lovely and, well, seasonal. We are giving the house a bit of a facelift, including a new fir pergola in the back area. We will have pavers instead of cracked cement as the porch, which will help with the expansive clay soil that the house sits on. The front entryway is also…

New time zone? Game Day & Pisgah

Posted on October 14, 2024

This weekend I think I moved to Eastern Standard Time as Jonah and I got up at 2:00 am to get to ESPN’s “College Game Day” broadcast, which was held on the UO campus. Then the next day, I got up early again to head back to Mt. Pisgah for my long run. Yes, I am tired. Game Day in the early hours That is the band way back there near the Lillis College of Business. We were near the front of one of the side-stages. Here they are talking with the UO head coach, Dan Lanning. We both found it fascinating to watch how everything was coordinated and timed. The segments shown on TV gave the people a break and the support staff…

Felling and bucking

Posted on September 27, 2024

Last weekend, I went to my friend Tom’s place to fell and buck up a Douglas Fir tree that he needed to have taken down on his property in the Coast Range. It was tough work. We figured out that the tree was about 35 to 40 years old. The wood will be used to create its second warmth after the physical labor created the first warming of our bodies. Preparations are underway It’s down. Tom’s cutting rounds out that we’ll roll down the hill and then we’ll take care of the limbs Heavy rounds. But they roll. 🙂 Limbs are coming off. We loaded a bunch up and hauled them off to the woods. Not quite done, but done for the day. A…