Cross Stitching!!

 

I had hoped to get in here to start the lessons

on cross stitch but ended up in working on 

the current project to get is finished soon.

Coming along nicely.

This up coming Friday 1/27/2023 marks the one 

month working on this project.  I'm a little over 

1/2 done! 

32 days and I can say it's done!!

2/27/2023

Finally finished the ballerina that I 

started 2 years ago and had to put away

due to the cats everyone was requesting.

I wasn't happy with the pale blue as it 

looked so washed out.  So I removed and

put in the copper for a splash of color.

Upper right hand corner shows how it 

should look, washed out, no color!

I have time to do a third one for the

winter months but need to find one.

Happy New Year!!

 Looking forward to the New Year!

Been dealing with fireworks and one

unhappy dog!!

Chainsaw To The North!

Two of the trees came down, the two 

dead ones.  So now we watch and see

if the others will come down.  The 

Maples are splitting and we all know

if you have a lot of trees growing together

when you remove some the others loose

the sport that was once there.  Not wise

to grow trees so close together.  I kept

dealing with theses two dead pine trees 

all year.  I have even noticed the one next

to the two that were remove is starting to

brown also.  Nothing like having dead

evergreen branches and large pine needles

all over our yard.  Then there is the maple

branches that also came down.  None of 

these trees are shaped or thinned out, just 

allowed to grow with out proper care.

The Maple trees roots are doing damage 

to our yard!

When we had the high winds we watched

them sway to the north as the wind was

coming from the southeast.

Our view from our yard, sorry it's not the 

full view.  More trees to the east.

Ice, Rains & Winds

 First we had on the 23 an Ice Storm

then came on the 26 the Rain hit, with

27 we had over 50 mph Winds!  What

a week so far.  

This am when I left for the shot clinic

the van was pelted by falling pinecones. 

While awaiting my 30 minutes after the 

shot was given the phone stared to bing.

I checked and the tarp had blown off the 

greenhouse.  So I hurried home taking the

regular route when I got to the lower area

a limb came down and hit the drivers wind-

shield hitting the wiper.  Thank goodness

I was close to home and didn't turn them

back on until I could adjust them in the 

garage.  Got in the house just in time for

the power to go off and one scared fur

baby!!  No power from 10:30am to 

4:30pm and the house got cold!!   I also 

went out in the rain and put extra sand

bags at each leg of the gazebo after seeing

it try to fly. The poor little girl hates thunder

to the point she will jump into the tub down 

the hall when she is scared.  I couldn't get her

to come out of the bathroom at all.  So I put

her blanket in the tub.

Poor Sable's area was covered in limbs and 

pinecones!  What a huge mess.  I was able to

get it cleaned up and pull the tarp behind the

fence area.  Tomorrow if the rain lets up I

can put it back on the greenhouse.  I noticed

the light pop on in the greenhouse after I go

the tarp moved.  I quickly went in and rest the

heater, grabbed the rake and cleaned up to the

north of the carport, then went inside the 

Brug House and rest that heater for the night.

It was starting to get dark so it will have to 

all wait until light.

The news stated we had close or over 5 inches

of rain in the past 48 hours.  To watch for falling

trees due to what we have seen in the last few 

days.  Our winds were over 50 mph in the valley

with  Mt Hood having upwards of 75 mph.  Yes,

they closed due to the winds.  

What a wild ride!! 

2022 Merry Christmas!

 

Merry Christmas!!  

Hope everyone has a great Holiday with

your family and friends!

Still Blooming!

 

12/22/2022

When I opened the door on the greenhouse

to check on the Brugs, the fragrance was 

so strong one could only stay in there a 

short time.  I kicked up the temps on the 

heaters as we are about to have some 

freezing weather for a few days, so they

say.  Praying for no ice damage.

Yet Another Storm To Hit Later In The Week!

 It's time for old Man Winter to hit later

this week, Ice Storm!!  We are getting

prepared for this to hit.  The last time

we had one in Febr. we had $15,000 

worth of damage!   

Can't wait for this to hit due to the 

conditions of the surrounding trees.

12/21/2022

I had to vac up 3 bags of leaves and

pine needles.  Yep, still coming down 

and more to drop.

12/22/2022

Still awaiting the storm!  22 degrees this

am and dry!   

12/23/2022

The storm hit!!

12/25/2022

Still iced in but at least this am we are above

freezing in the temps.  I'll take 34 any day!

Currently having rain and so it's been a fun

48 hours.   No mail in 3 days.

12/12/2022

Today was the last day to cleanup the yard

before the weather takes a nose dive into 

the 30s and before the east winds pickup

again!

I took 6 full Pickle buckets of pine needles

from the east trees.  More could be picked up

but it's still to wet.   So after this next storm

comes in I'm sure there will be more needles

to pick up from Sable's area.  

I also picked up 1/4 of a bucket of leaves!

Yes, they are still coming down out of the 

trees to the north.

Time for some trees to go!!  

12/16/2022

Today I took another 2 pickle buckets

off Sable's gravel area.  Plus another

1/4 of a bucket of leaves.

12/17/2022

Today was another clean the roof day

before the rain hit over night.  I took 

2 full pickle buckets of needles and 

1/2 leaves buckets off the roofs.  Before

I cleaned up the leaves from the last of

our trees.

Why remove all the leaves?  I can't do

the leaf molds that happen if they are

allowed to stay over winter.  Molds and 

pine are on the top of the Allergy list. 

So tomorrow will be a bad allergy day!!

Cross Stitch Time!!

 Now that the yard is done being cut back

and the weather is starting to be to cold 

for me to be out.  It's time to do some 

cross stitch and keep busy inside.  I 

still have to go out and vac up leaves

and pine needles but with it being to

wet they will have to wait until it drys

some!!

Here is the first of this year's projects.

Changing Opening Date

 I have decided to change the opening dates

for 2023, to May 1 because of Climate Change!

The gardens will close Oct. 31 our usual date.

We are still asking for folks to make an 

appointment, so we can take time for you!

You are welcome to stand at the curb but 

know I'm really busy in the yard so I may

not have time to invite you up.   This past

year was extremely busy with the watering

due to the heat wave we had.

If you are interested in our veggie garden

produce, please make your requests early

so we will have enough veggies.  Planning

will start in May around the 15th. 

You can leave a comment here.

12/5/2022 B. Cassie Curl

 

B. Cassie Curl 

12/5/2022 In The Greenhouse!

 

B. Shorty's Variegated

Seedpods!!

SNOW!!

 As I was getting ready to go out to

finish the last that didn't get done

yesterday.  The wind kicked up and

then it started to snow.   The weather

report stated .10 inches of snow and 

it was pretty in white but it's to warm 

up later this evening so it maybe

gone in the morning.

Taken early in the morning, it snowed all

day!  Nice day to stay in and work on some

other projects!!  I day of rest.

12/2/2022 High Winds Again!!

After spending my day vacuuming up

Sable's gravel area today making sure

it's was clean and taking 4 full bags of

pine needles off this area.  Again high 

winds over night!!  I noticed that there

were pine needles on the deck when I

closed the curtains already at 5PM.

Guess whom will be cleaning up again!

Still getting leaves from the north tree,

too! 

12/3/2022

Well I spent my day on the roof of the 

house to find that our 6 inch gutters were

totally full of pine needles and leaves!

After blowing the needles downward to

the gutters I blew out the gutters junk to 

the ground so I was able to pick it up safely.

After that I vac off the shed roof and ended

up afterwards blowing off what I couldn't 

pickup and then blew out the gutters.

I removed 6 full bags of mulched pine needles

and one bag of leaves.  Not done I have the

gravel area behind the classic carport and three

flower beds on the north fence line

West Fence

 This is the year that the Hydrangeas need 

to be cut down as the blooms this year were

to heavy and pulled the limbs to the ground.  

Before Photo:

11/29/2022 Photo:

Still working on them but due to all the leaves

in the bin they both are full.  So I'll have to wait

a week to finish.

When I removed the one to the left of what is 

still there I found a lot of the grass that blew 

through the fence when it was hit and it was 

open for a month.  All I can say is I'm glad 

those trees are gone.  I'm still finding wood

chips and pine cones due to that area couldn't

be cleaned up due to the size of the shrubs.

12/6/2022

Finally able to finish the cutting back in the

yard.   Just a few more things to tidy up but

they can wait.

11/30/2022 Predicting Snow and High Winds

The weather report this evening 

stated snow is possible on the 

valley floor and high winds.  

We shall wait and see if this 

forms!  

No snow on the valley floor 

but one heck of a wind storm 

and rain!   44 this morning

and snow around us.  Now

we are holding our breath for

Thursday's storm.  

I spent my outside picking

up leaves!  I vaccumed up the 

whole yard and will have a 

couple spots that I can't reach

to do by hand.  It is so nice to

get my yard back!

We are currently up to 16 bags

of leaves that we have taken off

the yard for this year!  With another

15 bags of pine needles.  

12/2/2022

This morning after one hour cleaning

and removing 4 full bags of pine needles

here is a clean area for Sable!

 

I am unable to get to the garden beds as 

they are still to wet to vac up.

12/3/2022 

Lets add another 6 bags of pine needles 

and 1 bag of leaves to the count.  More 

to be added on Sunday.

11/27/2022 Another Windy Stormy Day

While out trying to cleanup yet another

storm hit.  After being pelted with ice 

pelts it was time to stop until it cleared.

I ended up re-vaccuming the whole area

and then able to clean up one of our trees.

I took 4 bags off the north yard of maple

leaves and will have to wait until it dries

to cleanup Sable's area of the needles.

This area was cleaned up just 40 hours ago.  It 

was also littered with limbs and leaves. 

11/25/2022 Rain and Windy Day!!

This morning I was out and picked up

the yard (3/4) bag and as I finished the 

job the rain started falling.  Time to go

in after picking up the mess.  Mid after

noon the wind kickup and my yard is 

trashed again.  I will not go out and 

pickup until it dries.

More when I can get out to pick up.

So this morning 11/26/2022 I picked

up a full bag of leaves on the north

yard.  

11/22/2022 Another Rainy/Windy Storm

 Finally around 3:30PM the rain let

up but the wind kicked in with the 

last of the rain.  I sat here and watched

the maple leaves from the north 

neighbor's tree fly clear over our

home.  When I went out to check

the tarps on the greenhouses I checked

the deck and yes the neighbor's tree

to the east had again dumped the 

needles all the way to mid back yard.

Before the storm hit I had picked up

a full pickle bucket full.  Then later 

in the afternoon I picked up 3 bags of

mulched leaves.  There are leaves all

over the roofs so I know I'll be back 

out in the morning to pick up more.

There is no way I'm going up to the

roofs to clean off the mess, not suppose

to climb or kneel yet.  No photos but I

can tell you one of my bins is half way

full of mulched leaves.

11/13/2022

Over night we had some wind and the

evergreens were all over Sable's area.

I ended up picking up a bag and a half

of mulched leaves.  

Yet Another Wind Storm! 11/17/2022

I was out in the back yard cleaning 

up the leaves when all the sudden

the wind kicked up from the east.

Time to stop as I watch the maple

leaves blow all the way to the west

over our fence to two house away.

They stated 35 to 40 MPH. 

Needless to say the yard was trashed

by in the morning!   

I spent from 9:30AM to 3:35PM 

today cleaning up the huge mess!

3 bags of pure pine needles, 3 1/2

bags of pine and leaves mixed and 

then 6 bags of leaves.  The yard

was totally trashed by neighboring

trees!  

They say more wind tonight. 

11/20/2022

Today I picked up another 2 bags

of leaves after putting up a strand 

of Christmas lights.  I hurried as 

several neighbors were burning!

The air was so full of smoke I now

have a headache!

Yep the doctors state to stop smoking!!

11/21/2022

Today I picked up 2 more bags of 

mulched leaves!  We then decided to 

taken the bags to H&H and we were

going to use the coupon for free leaf

disposal.  When we got there they weren't

going to allow us to use the coupon due

to there was some pine needles in a couple

bags.  We were unaware of the changes that 

the city made no needles, just leaves.  So if

you are going to use the coupon, make sure

it's only leaves!!   The lady was so kind and

allowed us to use the coupon due to they

weren't our leaves, they came from neighboring

trees!  But we had to dump them in the yard 

debris spot instead of the leaf pile.  Bless her!!

9 and 1/2 bags are what we collected so far and

yes several bags of mixed were put in our recycle

bins.   It is now time for letters to go out, we shouldn't

have to deal with this mess or have to pay to have it

taken away.  We are also concerned about the issue of

there trees that they cause our property.  There will no 

longer be insurance claims but we will take them to 

court!   They don't care!!

How I Spend My Day.

 Morning

Noon

8 bags of mulched leaves were removed.

This is an every day event and I will say

none of these are our leaves.

11/11/2022

More wind and rain today and I removed

3 bags, I have to do it twice before I was

to tired.  

11/12/2022

Another day of cleanup, I removed

3 1/2 bags of mulched leaves off our

property by noon.  If you look out there

now you will know I'll be back out there

on Sunday!  I even blew out the circle

to have a clean street again.

11/16/2022

Still cleaning up daily and today was

a real mess but the yard is starting to

bare!  Today was a 45 1/2 gallon bag 

full of leaves!  Windy over night and

they say for the next few days.  I hope

that all the leaves will fall with this 

wind storm.  Temps are dropping so

that also helps.  I'm finally getting to 

our stuff to cut back, 2 weeks to late.

11/17/2022

I went out and picked up another 45

gallon bag of leaves from the north.

with 35 to 40 MPH winds more will

be headed downward.

Went back out after lunch and started

to pickup the west side until I was 

pelted with Pine needles.  The pollen

was so bad one couldn't breath.  After

one bag full I had to stop and at least

try to get a path out to the gravel for

Sable.  I picked up 1/4 bag of needles

alone.  I know what I'll be doing on

Friday!