Good Morning

Good Morning

by | May 24, 2025

  5/24/25 6:00 44f (6.66c) Clear and calm. Orchard sprayers whine in the distance.  The rooster,  still confined in the henhouse, is complaining.  My dog  is having a spirited discussion with the  dogs down the street. Birds are singing, the ubiquitous doves...
Voyagers

Voyagers

by | May 23, 2025

  Having discovered Disappearing Lake was full and the road free of snow, four of us loaded up our boats and headed into the woods for an adventure. Five of us, if you count Walter Dawg, and really, you must. He has been an integral member of the team from day...
In Search of Disappearing Lake

In Search of Disappearing Lake

by | May 23, 2025

      Every winter South Prairie floods, forming  a chain of connected lakes or impoundments covering many acres. For a brief, miraculous moment there exists the Pacific Northwest equivalent of a bayou. You can kayak between towering cottonwoods and...
Good Morning

Good Morning

by | May 23, 2025

5/23/25 7:00 53f (11.7c) Cloudy but dry. I slept late, but no more: The dog is barking, birds are singing, and the rooster is crowing. Like it or not, the day has begun. But for the second day in a row, it has begun with the chickens safely corralled in the chicken...
Good Afternoon

Good Afternoon

by | May 23, 2025

5/22/25 3:30 54f (12.2c) Breezy and fair. Mike and I spent the afternoon ranging across the ridge between Mosier and my house, looking for morels. We didn’t find any, even where we have found them before. The soil was damp and the terrain looked promising, but...