North of the Bomb Cyclone!

 Today we dipped in temps, the rain hit

and the wind kicked up again.  Not going

out until it's stops raining!  Getting tired 

of the high wind and watching the trees

sway!!

What a mess!

1/5/2023

The winds hit over night and today will

be cleanup day.  Photos at first light.

They are saying winds at 40 to 50 MPH.

While out taking Sable out more branches came

down and she was pelted by pine cones.

The last photo shows what flew over the house

to hit the deck. 

You know what I'll be doing today!

2 1/2 hours to rake up the mess that

went all the way to the west fence!

1/2 hours to pickup and put away all the tools.

our 64 gallon yard debris can was totally full

and the smaller 64 yard debris can was 3/4

full and if I step in the can I'll have some room

for a little more.  Now when the rain stops

I'll be out to vac the area to clean up more.

Really had issues of breathing by the time

I was done.  

Still blowing so we will have more later, plus

the roofs and gutters will need to be done

1/6/2023

A nice day to pickup pine needles,  2 1/2

buckets of pine needles and 1 bucket of 

leaves that have blown in.  Our leaves from

our tree were picked up months ago so this

is neighboring trees.  No one picks up their

tree leaves!!

New Eve's Fireworks

What a night of fright!  Starting  a little after 

dark until after 2:30 AM.  

Our poor dog was so afraid and stressed

out she couldn't keep any food down. 

Folks just don't care! 

 

2023 Log For Cleanup Time

1/1/2023

Today I took 2 - pickle buckets of 

Pine needles off Sable's  and north

of the carport area.

Plus 1 - pickle bucket of leaves off

the north lawn area. 

1/3/2023

Again today I removed 1 - pickle 

bucket of Pine needles off Sable's

area.  Plus 2 buckets of leaves from

the west and south garden beds.

Can I say I hate Maple leaves??

1/5/2023

3 hours of work to pickup the 

64 gallon yard debris bin full

and the other 3/4 full.  When 

it stops raining I'll have to vac

again.  Ya can't rake up all the 

pine needles.

1/6/2023

2 hours worth of work to pickup

1 bucket of leaves that blew in.

2/1/2 buckets of pine needles.

We still have the roofs and 

gutters to clean out.

1/11/2023

For the past few days I spend have

been picking up what falls over the

fence.  We have picked up 3 buckets

when the roofs and gutters were cleaned.

Can't wait to see what Thursday's winds

will bring. 

1/31/2023

Well today was cleanup day for the yard

before the rain comes in this weekend.

Plus we have had a couple days of high

winds and it's getting trashed again.

1 full pickle bucket of limbs

3 1/2 buckets of needles, smaller

evergreen branches and pinecones.

Sable's area and to the west of the 

greenhouse was just covered in pine

needles.  

The north fence line was trashed from 

their trees.  I had to vac up the flower

beds due to their trees dropping limbs

and pine tree junk, three beds were totally

cover in the stuff.  

2/24/2023

Today I had to rake up the limbs from the

trees to the east.  We had high winds, cold

and snow.  The snow had melted enough to

rake up 2 pickle buckets of limbs out of

the neighbor's trees.  I also had to sweep off

the deck as these limbs flew over out roof.

Wind is still blowing so I'm sure have more.

2/27/2023

With the winds over night I was able to

pick up a pickle bucket and half of evergreen

that came out of the north and east 

neighboring trees.  I found evergreens

all the way to the west fence!

So now I deal with allergies!

3/1/2023

Today I decided it was time to clean

the north yard, Sable's area, the deck

and some of the pine that flew over the

house in the front.  I removed 4 - pickle

buckets of evergreen needles!!   Thank

goodness it was a good day to clean up

what I was able to do.  More cleanup when

weather permits.

3/9 &10/ 2023

It took me an hour to clean up the yard yet

again!  Why do folks think we enjoy picking

up after their neglected trees???  

REMOVE

THEM!!

We will be taking anyone to court if their

trees do damage to our yard!

3/22/2023

After having to stay inside for a couple weeks

I was able to get outside and cleanup Sable's

gravel area.  I took a full bag of needles and 

small limbs off her area.

Then I was able to walk the front yard and vac

up the leaves that have blown into the yard.

It wasn't as bad as it was the first of the month.

3/28/2023

Yesterday was another windy and wet day.  I had

to cleanup the yard 4 times and when we get

another dry day have to vac up all the needles.

I went to bed last night to coughing like crazy.

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!!