Day 171

1. Watching heifers move to fresh pasture at the Ralph Meyer Farm

2. What else? Uncle Roger and I attended an OSU Extension Small Farms Program: Raising Beef on Grass. It was well worth it! Gained some helpful tidbits about pasture maintenance and rotation, cows and enjoyed meeting new people! Ralph's wife and son also cooked us a delicious dinner. 

Day 170

1. Strawberry picking
2. Making strawberry daiquiris for the first time!
3. What else? Enjoying the Walkers visiting, farm stuff with Uncle Roger, recovering and cleaning up from family camp, talking to Sally, eating lots of strawberries!

Day 169

1. While waiting for people to come out to the car after church
2. What else? Church!, beginning reading Dune, taking a two hour nap, eating steak in celebration of Scott's birthday, Mom and Dad's anniversary, and Father's Day!, taking a few pictures of Tyler, watching Courageous

Day 165 (Family Camp!)

1. Purty bush in Canon Beach
2. At a pub in Canon Beach with Uncle Roger & Aunt Susan
3. Walking around Canon Beach..an eclectic artists gallery and residence
4. On the beach after taking a nap... building a sand castle with the Sumpters
5. A dying campfire
6. What else? Enjoying the drive to Canon Beach, taking a nap, late walk on the beach with Rachel

Day 164 (Family Camp!)

1. Lunch
2. Rachel's Color class
3. A quick run to Fred Meyer. 
4. Bubu speaking on Dystopia & CS Lewis 
5. Handcarved farm animals by the Roaches
6. Visiting with the Roaches
7. Family Camp Dance
8. What else? Nursery duty in the morning, singing for half an hour in Mr Erbs choir (was all my brain could take!), shooting hoops, watching the last part of the volleyball tournament in the rain, enjoying a last minute visit to the Roaches to borrow an air pump for Mom's new air mattress, missing most of the dance (oh well!).

Day 163 (Family Camp!)

1. Purty fleurs
2. View from the little chapel during my morning run/walk. Week 4, Day 1 of C25K!
3. A starfish Christine discovered on our beach walk
4. Andy running to third base during the softball game
5. What else? Good talks by Dave Erb and Toby Sumpter. Fun songs to sing. Walks on the beach, campfire, shooting hoops, spectating at Andy's gymnastics class and watching softball. Catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. :)

Day 161

Packing for Camp!

What else? Eating strawberries brought fresh from California, thanks Aunt Susan! Pre-missing all my friends and family who won't be at family camp. Making sure the sheep, cows and chickens are all taken care of so I can be gone. Enjoying Uncle Roger's company during farm chores and his willingness to erect two pea trellises today. :) And finding my itouch. Oh yes, I'm very thankful!

Natural Pools & Unicorns

 Plant filtered swimming pools! 

I want one...pretty please.

See the various items from the universe in scale. 

Amazing zooming in and out features! 

A really nice historical clothing blog.

FDIM is doing an excellent job of showcasing items that aren't on display every day.

In one of my alternate lives, I would have been an historical clothing curator...

Porcelain Unicorn

As a friend, George Shubin posted on facebook...

British film director Ridley Scott launched a global film making contest for aspiring directors.

 It was entitled "Tell It Your Way". There were over 600 entries.

The film could be no longer than three minutes, contain only 6 lines of narrative and be a compelling story. 

The winner was "Porcelain Unicorn" from American director Keegan Wilcox. 

It's a story of the lifetimes of two people who are totally opposite,

 yet, very much the same - all told in less than 3 minutes. 

You'll see why it won.

Day 158

1&2. Jacob and I went jogging/walking in the logged area near us. So pretty and peaceful!
3. What else? Cleaning, organizing and re-straightening and labeling in the kitchen and the pantry...

Day 153

Well, ahem. I don't know where my itouch is... so that's kind of why there's been a lack of photos this week. Other reasons for the lack of pictures...
1. Jacob has the stomach flu
2. Mom has the stomach flu
3. See previous two reasons
4. I've been too busy to seriously look for it in the car because of the previous reasons.
5. I just went and looked for it but it's dark. Hopefully it will show up tomorrow in the sunlight.
6. I can't think of where else to look for it but the car. Think outside the box, Sara!


Anyways, in other news or until I put up some photos.... Tuesday, Jacob and I had a little adventure in the car on a long car ride. Unfortunately, we left before he knew he had the stomach flu and we both definitely knew that he had the stomach flu by the ride back. Poor guy. And no, I don't have photos of that!

Wednesday, allergy season hit me strong. And I had to move the sheep. Achoo. Spent the day doing paperwork and straightening my wardrobe. All the miscellaneous things I've been putting off with all the wonderful weather.

Thursday, a visit to the allergy doctor set me straight again. Yay! NAET is seriously amazing. For years I was getting more and more allergic to everything, and it had progressed to the point where I couldn't got outside 3-4 months of the year. And now, I'm good! Like allergy free... except for one month of the year and even then, I can go outside fine. I just can't walk through the middle of the hay field. Never thought I would be a fan of weird medicine! Daniel and I spent the day hanging out going to the doctors and then to the mall. He also got some driving practice in. He now has 55 minutes of driving experience under his belt. Then we met up with Andrew and Tyler at some friends Art Show that their art school was putting on. Seriously amazing art.

And today, erm, cleaning up, working on a project for Dad (yay) and gardening. Daniel helped me get most of our vegetable garden in. Tyler cooked a yummy dinner including a new delcious dish of creamed cauliflower. And now we've just finished It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World. And it's time for a smidgen of yoga and then bed!