Indian Summer in Prineville

Happy Saturday to everyone,

We are having such nice weather after the snow of two weeks ago. It is hard to believe that it is almost Nov. It is suppose to be in the 70's today and tomorrow. Lee and I have been busy spreading gravel on the property around the house before the rains come. We have spread about 40 yards so far. The little tractor is pretty handy moving the rock around. (dads toy)

I was in Portland for 3 days last week with my folks. My dad thought that he had a sinus infection and was being treated for that for over a month. Come to find out he has a growth in his nose. They hope to be able to shrink the growth with steroid spray but if that doesn't work they will have to remove it. He is going to have a cat scan to find out exactly what it is next week. The on going saga of Riley......The vet called back and said Riley is allergic to grass and cat skin!!!! The vet didn't think the cat would bother Riley as long as he was an outside cat. Riley had the problem before we got the cat. The grass now that is another matter. We have always said that Riley was a very special dog.

The grandsons are both growing sooooo big!!! They are over 7mo old and I don't know where the time has gone. I am off on Monday to make applesauce with Shannon and Porter. This should be fun. I used to make applesauce for the boys when they were little, time really does fly!!!

Well, that's about it for now. I am going to post a couple of pics of Dane and Porter. More next time.

Dane and Bones checking out the toysLooks like Dane is having a great time in the sink

Porter and his toys in the tub.What a grown up little man Porter is.

Happy Birthday to my honey!!!

Yes, today is the big day for Lee. 66 and still treading water. They say that with age comes wisdom, but after seeing him on the roof of the house, I am beginning to wonder. We woke up to a very nice day. Sunshine and blue sky abounds with temps in the mid 60's.

Riley has been limping and licking his paws for the last 2 weeks and today we finally took him to the vets and he said that he has and infection in his ear and his pads are infected. The vet thinks that it may be allergies so he took blood to send out for allergy testing in Colorado and gave us two kinds of pills and stuff for the ear. Needless to say that with the stock market going down the vet prices just go up, up, up. With the boys gone we have only one child, (Riley) so you have to take care of them.(we love you Riley)

Friday morning we woke up to about 3 inches of snow on the ground. It was so pretty. We still had our summer furniture out, needless to say summer is over!!!

We spent a couple of days smoking salmon and boy is it good. Lee plated some so everyone could

have a look.

Well, that's about all for now. Hope all is well with everyone out there. Have a great week.

Lee, Sheri and Riley oh, Kitty too

Frost on the Pumpkin it must be October!!

Good Wednesday Morning to everyone!!!!!

We woke up to lots of frost this morning. It's a good thing that we picked all the tomatoes, including the green ones yesterday. The mountains all have a dusting of white on their heads and the weatherman says maybe tomorrow WE could even see a few flakes.

My husband the fisherman, is now home for the season. Fishing on the Columbia wasn't good for him, but on the Sandy River is was outstanding. I will include a few pictures later, not bragging of course. We had Drake over the weekend while Sam,Shannon and Porter had a weekend at the beach. I cleaned out the defrosted the freezer yesterday and realized we have to eat more because it is still full. We are sooooo blessed!

October is Birthday month for Shannon and Lee. Happy Birthday to you both!!! Sisters Fall Festival is this weekend, Glenda, Sherry, Beryl and I are all going for our yearly trip on Sat and then home to meet the guys for Pizza and cake. Glenda makes the most outstanding cakes in the world!!!

The deer are still visiting daily and I have included another picture. A little multi colored kitty has decided that this is the place to be. Needless to say I couldn't help but feed her, so she has been here two days now. (outside of course) Riley isn't any to happy to have someone else stealing the show. Time will tell if she is just out prowling or really needs a home. That's about all for now. More next week.

Sheri, Lee and Riley

Fish in the Sandy River

Hi Everyone,

Well, it's only 2 days to TGIF !!! The last weekend in Sept and Lee is back on the Sandy River fishing again!!! He says that there are so many fish in the river,but not many of them are bitting. They raised the limit to 3 fish a day not including little jack salmon. The count last night was 6 fish. Looks like we will have Salmon for the winter and spring.

Both little grandsons are not feeling to well, but at 6mo I guess that is to be expected. Dane has thrush and Porter has his first cold. They are just growing in leaps and bounds!!! I finally got my pickles done last evening. I am a little out of practice and a little late getting to them so next year I will just have to make more. Funny how when you are almost out of them you just can't seem to get enough of them. I am off to a fish and meat pressure canning class tomorrow so I had better get my stuff together. Hope everyones week is good!!!

Lee on the Sandy with a nice fish

Two nice does eating in the front yard, and boys the answer is still no shooting!

Dane and Clint on trip to the mountains in Montana. Dane is 6 mo. old.

Porter in the tub, he just loves the bath. He just turned 6 mo. also.

Good Monday morning to you all!!!!

Well, It's Monday morning and the sun is shinning. It is suppose to be a hot one today about 91 degrees. Lee has caught two more fish and would like to do that again today. I have been without him for over a week now and am ready to have him home.( did I say that???) While I was gone and Lee was at Sandy the deer came in and had a feast on my flowers!!. There is always next year. Last evening I went out to the garage and low and behold there was a 4 point buck eating out of the bird food sack!!! Needless to say I interupted that and outside there were 4 other deer. (no boys you can't hunt here) I think we have become the Houston Deer Sanctuary because they all bedded down in the field below the house for the evening. I think it is just so cool!!! That's about all for now. I'm off to find cucumbers to pickle. More soon.
Wishing everyone a GREAT DAY!

Some of us are back home again!!!

It has been a while since the last post. I have been in Whistler with my friends from Canada for a Girls Weekend. We had way to much fun. I will post a couple of pictures later in the blog. I was in Portland to visit my Mom and Dad. My sister Debbie and brother Harley and wife Toni came up for my mom ct scan and we all had a nice visit. Mom celebrated her birthday on the 3rd of Sept. (she would kill me if I told everyone that she is now 84 years and doing great!!! ) I left Portland on Friday morning and spent 4 days in Whistler. What a blast we all had. We did the zip line and we were told that we could reach speeds of up to 50 mph on the one line that was 220 feet long. We had great weather. Lee left for Sandy on the 1st of Sept. and is staying with our neighbor Dorothy Ayers. He has had 4 nice fish so far and would like to catch a few more. He has had a dry spell for the last 6 days!!! Maybe his luck will have changed today. I am at Sam and Shannons today and tomorrow getting a little Nana time!. Porter isn't sure just how happy he is to see me. I hope to get him to smile at me and not cry this time. Enjoy the pictures and I will send more after Lee gets back from fishing.

Here is a picture of the first evening with Edna, Kate,Sandi and Myself

Snacks in Whistler village on afternoon with Linne,Edna and myself.

Here we are enjoying the hot tub and bubbles.

Can you believe that we are doing the zipline!!!!

What an awsome view from the top of the trees

Can you believe it is August!!!!

Hi Everyone, How time flys. We have been cleaning rentals, helping at the county fair, raking rocks, hauling gravel and planting grasses for next year. We will be helping Sam and Shannon

this weekend painting their rental house. It is suppose to be in the upper 90's. The paint should dry pretty fast! I have included a few pics of the the yard, flowers, dad hauling rocks and we still

have the fawns next door. Happy August more to come soon.