Archive for October, 2006

sea lions

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

As mentioned before, I’ll be doing a lot of jumping around for the next while — writing about travels in the west, and about baking pies or making bread, and probably about other things like shopping bags, documentary movies, and definitely how much I *hate* airports and flying (none of the above in any particular […]

what’s so good about being home?

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

fresh-baked cranberry and Ida Red apple pie
Okay, so I’m not much of a food stylist or food photographer. However, I wanted to post an image that represents one of the good things about being back home — being able to cook in my own kitchen. Don’t get me wrong — I very much […]

home on the range

Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Pronghorns may have been the highpoint of our sightings on the high desert range lands of southern Oregon, but we enjoyed others as well. We encountered many groups of cattle and occasionally stopped to shoot a few photos. Most would stand quietly, a bit aloof, a few paces off the road. The individuals […]

pronghorn antelope

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

I realize that I’ve been jumping around quite a bit with these posts with images from my recent trip to the PNW. Suffice to say that so many things happened in the almost-five weeks that I was off wandering around that it’s difficult to condense and put it into any order now that I’m […]

sign of the times

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

I’m slowly getting back into my routine here at the farm. It’s been cool and rainy, so I’ve just been out for one walk through the fields. Sabrina has begun to forgive me for being away for almost five weeks. The first night home, she made a fuss over Don but pretended […]