Well it was just supposed to be an inch or so. Last I saw it it was up to 8.5” and still
snowing. School was canceled and the kids were thrilled to say the least.
Henry hates coats.
Max
Little snow angel guy.
The tacky cement mushroom.
The road. I am so glad I scheduled a mail pick up today so that all orders could
still go out!
Throwing snow.
This much snow is a somewhat rare event here in Western Oregon where it is
usually rainy and mild.
Today was one of those beautiful crisp clear fall days that demanded we get off
our butts and step outside.
So Nick and I took a little walk down our road.
Amongst the striking beauty was the profound sadness of passing our neighbors
home and the yellow ribbon around the tree to commemorate the death of his
son who was killed this past Sunday in Afghanistan. We live in a small town and
the death of this brave young man has touched everyone.
Max says this “tree looks like broccoli which is one of the great things about living
in Oregon”.
This is the newly installed remote which should be bringing us fiber optics soon
to our neighborhood. (At least that’s what Nick told me it’s called.)Nick often
gazes at it longingly in anticipation of higher speed internet.
One of our favorite views from Fern Road. You can sort of make out the Cascades
in the horizon behind the trees.
Ah fall-
After multiple requests I finally added the big aluminum version of this design as
a pendant.
The Big Aluminum Infinity loops Celtic Knot Cross Pendant
And the bigger aluminum version of this design- The Big Aluminum Celtic Knot
Infinity Swirl Cross Pendant
Also new in the shop is this Celtic Loops Sterling Silver Wire Pendant
Our “tea” in Japanese kanji is now available as a pendant too!
We have been asked often to make a large version of this design. Now we have
it as a regular item in our shop – the Large Celtic Infinity Loops Aluminum Shawl
Pin, Hair Pin. It can be used on extra long hair and super chunky knits.
One of our creative customers ordered 6 of these large pins to use as a curtain
tie backs.
I also the Little Boo-Knits Aluminum Lace Shawl Pin which is the “little” version
of the Boo-Knits Aluminum Shawl Pin . The little one would work better on light
weight lace knitting.
I’m thinking there is some sort of wise lesson here that I can interpret so that I
can feel good about myself. We planted a bunch of fruit trees way in the back of
our 4 acres and spent a ton of $ putting in drip lines. The lines quickly got clogged,
we had children, the business grew and those trees went very low on my priorities
list. But I decided to take a walk back there yesterday and low and behold the
King apple tree bears fruit that are not quite ripe yet.
Even the sad little Asian pear had 4 pears. I ate one and it was delicious!
The blackberries are in their prime right now.
These are our Grape Earrings. Although they also remind me of blackberries and
are so tiny I liked the way they look on the berries.
My parents are visiting from Albuquerque this week. We took a trip today to Eugene
to visit the Cascade Raptor Center. It was a great experience to be able to get
so close to these beautiful birds.
The snowy owl.
The kids were being difficult when it came to taking photos.
Adorable pygmy owl
Burrowing Owl
Western Screech owl
Barred Owl
Max and a Bald Eagle
Grandma Fran and Max
Grandma Fran, Grandpa Joe , Max and the Bald Eagle
Gyrfalcon (?)
The demon owl- not really it’s name but I can’t figure out which one it is.
Intense bald eagle. Seems like there is some sort of symbolism to be interpreted
from this picture.
And of course our aluminum owl pin .
