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Hiking in the Umpqua National Forest
Since Jeff had yesterday off due to Labor Day, and also because it wasn’t raining, we decided to go hiking in the Umpqua National Forest. When we moved here, five years ago?, we hiked to many waterfalls in that area. But no hiking there since. I guess you could say the hiking bug bit us when we were in Montana, at Glacier National Park.
Picking Wildflowers
The kids picked wildflowers in our front pasture today. Okay, I’ll admit. They were posing for me. But pretty soon they got lost in the activity. Mikah found a turkey feather and put a headband on to become an Indian picking wildflowers.
Warm Days; Burning Brush; Digital Photography
Here’s a little diversion, but it does relate. Even though I know I’ll never be a great photographer, I do enjoy reading about it. A site I really enjoy is Digital-Photography-School.com. The tutorials offered are super and easily adaptable to GIMP (from Photoshop). Today’s tutorial is called “Creating Depth of Field With Filters and Masks”. I know it will be very useful in the food photos I take — I’ve always wondered how food photographers make the food focused and the background blurred. I decided to try out the technique first on a photo of Haniya from yesterday. She was taking a much needed drink on a hot (okay, warm) day.
Naomi’s Spring Gifts
What gorgeous spring days are upon us! Thank you, Lord! The sun is energizing and refreshing and Oregon is a bloomin’. This must be my favorite time of year. At least until allergies descend! 
Naomi brought me a bouquet on Saturday. She also brought me a frog.
Umpqua River Revisited
We went to the river again yesterday. The sun felt so good. Just enough warmth to warm our stay. We couldn’t stay long enough. And today we are going back. We have to go to the orthodontist and plan to make it a fun trip.
Trouble!
Meet Trouble. He’s just few months old. Our friends ran out of grass on their place, so he came here to get fat. Yes, that means he is going to be butchered. Our friends are going to share him with us.
Usually, we take a long time to consider such moves. Not this time.
His story [...]
Baby Snake
Jeff brought home a baby snake yesterday, a surprise for the kids. That is his kind of surprise. We’ll take it!
Our Goat Family
The goats who recently joined our family our Nigerian Dwarfs. They are sweet and friendly, for the most part. We love having them around. They love to have us around, too. They seem to be missing the kids during these two weeks that the kids are away. They really clamor for Jeff and [...]
Just a Really Long Post
Apparently my life is all about animals. I’ve never been an animal lover. I doubt I will be. But I enjoy watching them and it is a wonder to me that I now enjoy visiting and petting our new goats. They’re very sweet. The eight of them left the rest of the herd with their [...]
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