Decking coming off....

Friday the decking started coming off.
The under framing was all wrong....so the contractor pulled off the top part and
and is making it right. I know that Im not using the right contractor terms or word that
they call this but......so whats new.
I have trimmed all the off white (windows, and doors...ect)
Started on the green what is one of the colors .
I was cutting in the last part of the green so i can start painting with a rolled.It will go so much faster.
Up about 10 feet off the ground on a ladder....... I looked down and there was a two foot long
snake at the bottom of the ladder.......HOLY CRAP!!!!!!

That black and yellow snake is now sporting the prettiest green blobs of paint.
I had nothing else to make him move on, and find somewhere else to be.....
.I waited for 30 minutes and down the ladder I came.
Had a great day working inside today......   wink wink!!

You never know what the day will bring.....

Ok so I need to clear up a few things. My last blog was titled Reno day....I think this must be something that only I understand. Reno is short for renovation. I know I got more than one comment about have I moved to Reno.....Ok so moving on to todays work.

Mid morning yesterday my contractor got a piece of wood shaving in his eye. He went to the eye doc and needed some rest. So I thought today would be a quiet day.House needed to be washed before starting to paint.Just as we started that task(homeowner was here for the day to help).
Up the drive way came a truck. (Now keep in mind no one just comes up the driveway.....It may be due to all the " NO TRESPASSING" sings every where. And the large lock on the gate) Anyway, here they come.
It wasn't The Mormons.
No ties.
And they were driving a truck.
It was guys that had more than 3/4 truck of driveway material. Gave a great price.(however I talked them down a little more) And you can see for yourself what is new on the home front today.

So everyday you have to just think maybe that is the way it was meant to be......
I have always said " if you want to make God belly laugh ,tell him you have a plan."

Reno Day One

I have been asked to give the old farm house a face lift....
As many of you know I have been house-sitting for a friend of mine in Prineville,Oregon
He bought the house a year ago and asked if I would help with the design and
over see the makeover. My passion is a makeover.

So here is day one. This is the NW side of the house and the front of the house.

Here is day two....

 Start painting tomorrow. So drop by tomorrow and see whats new.....

The Painted Hills

Took a great day trip from Prineville.  Headed North to John Day, Mitchell and Prairie City.
On the way back found a sign for the Painted Hills. I had heard of them all my life but have never been there.
Knowing how much I love getting off the main road, I headed up the road.

Painted Hills in Oregon

It was beautiful!! Pictures dont really show the colors.
When I got home and told my sister of the trip that I took she filled in the rest of the story for me.
Come to find out my great grandfather owned the land next to the Painted Hills. He ran sheep on the land. On the way up I was amazed at the land and green fields and creek that ran beside the Hills. I now know that my great grandfather walked and worked that very land. I wonder what his thoughts were about the hills. Were they more beautiful at sunrise and sunset? Did he wake up to see them ever morning? Did they hold special powers with there beauty? How did he feel when he sold that land that he had worked? And why did he sell it?
So many questions!! Will my great grand kids have questions about my life?
                 I guess that is a question that is as old as the hills........

Mitchell Oregon

Downtown Mitchell Oregon.....I have live in Oregon all my life. The last time I was in this area I was still in tippers.I wanted to travel back there before I was in them again. So took two days and made the trek.

It was a step back in time. I spent the better part of a day just looking around and talking to the nice people there. My fathers family was from this area. And I spent time in the cemetery putting flowers on the graves.

There was even a street named for my family

Then off to John Day....However got a little side tracked...
Saw signs to Thomas Condon Paleontology Visitor Center. Wooooo! What a great place.There were fossils that were 55 million years old. (I cant even get my head around that)

 And just across the street is the James Cant Ranch Historic Home.

It was getting late and I need to get headed to John Day. So down the road I went. But more surprises awaited me around the corned.......More tomorrow

Crooked River Sunday Drive

It was such a beautiful day that I had to get out and explore this new area that I am in.
When I got to the end of the street I turned right and just kept on going.
I had never been up the Crooked River and wanted to see what adventure awaited me.

A river that flows through a cannon that was carved out so many years ago. It made me wonder
what it would have been like to travel across this country on a wagon train. To put my life and trust in
others to get me to the my destionation safetly. Over hills and through rivers. How far would I have made it?
What would my life have been like? As I drive along this road I  couldnt help but day-dream.

I stopped along the way at many BLM campgrounds.
All of them were right on the river.  Good fishing im sure....

Then you come around a corner and there are the Mountains.  Three Sisters and  Mt.Bachelor.
I cant wait to explore more. Next trip will be to Mitchell and John Day.

ATV on BLM

It was just to pretty outside today to stay in.
I jumped on the Quad and went down to my new BFF house.
She is a true cowgirl...horse and all...  :)
But today was a ATV day.
We took off and after taking a spin around the "hood"

We headed up to BLM land.  How much more beautiful does it get......

We turned off the quad and just listened to the birds. It was so nice to not hear anything.

There were too many clouds to see the Mt. I will come back on a day there are no clouds.

Here are a couple of pictures from my friends house.

Cowgirls best friend.....jeans and work shirt....and boots.....

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