First Snow

First Snow

We had our first snow of the season today. Just a light dusting which was enough to make it feel like Christmas. Another ‘first’ in this first year of owning this property. The photo above shows our front yard pond. patio stairs birds love this holly tree...
Morning Light

Morning Light

We had a beautiful sunrise on Thursday morning. Taking morning shots seemed to be a theme for a few of the blogs I follow. Here is another one from Portland called Rhone Street Gardens.

Yorkshire delicious

We are hosting Christmas dinner for a few friends this year. We ordered and picked up a bison roast from Morningstar Bison Ranch for a change from turkey. This is a potluck dinner so that takes the pressure off to create the perfect meal. We decided we...
The greenhouse and winter garden

The greenhouse and winter garden

It warmed up this week and we had several days of foggy, drizzly weather. Perfect winter weather for this time of year. We put some lights in the greenhouse to help overwinter some geranium pots and hanging baskets. You can see this area of the property from the road...
The Heart of the Home

The Heart of the Home

This house had a woodstove when we viewed it. This rancher has a large space in the middle of the house that is a coat closet and also holds the chimney and water heater. I think its a little weird to have the water heater on the main floor of a house but then I have...