Category Archives: House

Roof, muscles, and effort

Posted on 02/11/2012 by Jenny

Hartley and Jimmy cleared the snow from our roof yesterday. Our house is a ranch, footprint with garage is 36×50 more or less. Snow was quite deep, guessing 2 feet or more and the snow closest to the roof was … Continue reading →

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Last Chance Books – Gone this weekend

Posted on 02/08/2012 by Jenny

The great book purge is more or less done. We’ve finished going through the bookcases, and have posted all of the discards to PaperBackSwap. 209 books left to get rid of, we’ve already shipped or given away 60 or 70. … Continue reading →

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Warm and sunny

Posted on 02/06/2012 by Jenny

Scott cleared the chicken roof this weekend. The snow was not only deep, it was very dense. We took a closer look at the roof of our house and are thinking perhaps it would be prudent to shovel our roof … Continue reading →

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Chicken snow

Posted on 02/04/2012 by Jenny

That’s a Wyandotte/Chantecler hen coming down the ladder. Good layer but flighty. Look how deep the snow is on their ‘sun roof’. Whuf!

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Cookbook bookcase

Posted on 02/04/2012 by Jenny

It’s a beautiful warm Saturday morning in Anchorage. Despite the glorious day we are not sheep herding. A big storm blew another hearty helping of the cold white stuff to Southcentral. Enough that driving conditions are hazardous and we’d have to shovel … Continue reading →

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Frontyard Moose

Posted on 02/01/2012 by Jenny

He ate Nasturtium. Screen door slammed in the wind and he came to the front door. Ate some of the second lilac. Walked past the dining room window. Ate a few more things. His hind hooves are excessively long, like … Continue reading →

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Backyard Moose 2

Posted on 02/01/2012 by Jenny

Moose bedded down for about an hour and quarter. Then he rose, walked past the bathroom window, and went to my least favorite weed tree to snack. Eat as much of that tree as you can, Mr. Moose. After a … Continue reading →

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Backyard moose

Posted on 02/01/2012 by Jenny

I am home sick with a cold today. I entered the marmalade room and saw nothing but brown through the window. A bull moose is hanging out in our backyard right now. He’s beautiful and really cool. At the moment … Continue reading →

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Yet more purging…

Posted on 01/30/2012 by Jenny

More organizing and purging over the weekend and tonight. Scott and a friend installed a new light fixture in the hallway last might, looks much better. The previous fixture was original and missing it’s shade. Scott completed the second bookcase. … Continue reading →

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PaperBackSwap

Posted on 01/23/2012 by Jenny

Scott and I have been thinning out our books. Not an easy task. We’ve gone through 7 shelves so far, and have pulled about 100 for discard. We’re not getting rid of anything we really love. Much of what is going is … Continue reading →

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