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Where was I?

Oh yes, I’ve moved from Tennessee to Oregon, and I’ve posted about the move, and the months of August – November 2020.

First, we had a national election:

We had a family Thanksgiving, where almost all of us could attend, including a few plus ones.

And just like that, it was Christmas.

Murfreesboro, TN is located at latitude 32.84. Roseburg is located at latitude 43.21. You would think I would have been prepared for what happens in December and January this far north. The sun only appears for a few short hours every day, and when you live on a north-facing slope, with tall timber behind you, the direct sun does not show her face for 2 long months. Plus that ubiquitous PNW rain.

Time for winter projects.

Scroll back up to: “…but not much light”

And that brings us to March. Stay tuned for more, and Thanks for reading!

Now for the fun part.

First picture on the first day in the new house. Covid hair and all.

Second day. 3 of the 4 kids (plus their boos) arrived to celebrate the move!

You knew this was coming. We have a total of 11 in the greater canine Jordan posse.

I love this house.

Roseburg is about 90 minutes from the coast, about an hour south of Eugene, and about 2 hours from the California state line. It’s home to the Umpqua River and Umpqua Valley. The Umpqua Valley is an agricultural, and more recently, wine-growing region.

The house itself was built in 1976, and while it’s not a “fixer-upper”, it has experienced several years of neglect and lack of maintenance.

One of the first and most exciting things we did was to remove the overgrowth of trees in front of the house.

This is what the view looked like in the morning…

And here’s video of the last tree they cleared. Exposed the beautiful valley below.

You can’t live in the cool damp pacific northwest without one of these!

And because I can’t manage without farm animals of some kind, we had baby chicks in the first week, and got baby goats in November!

Glenda holding Pennsylvania, aka Penny, and Amy holding Georgia. Born November 3. =)

Son Sam and sweet squeeze Maddy came for a visit in November, and immediately set to work fencing to contain the goats and chickens. We were starting from scratch so it was a huge project. Nary an inch of fencing on the entire 5 acres when we got here. Now we have 5 contained areas crossfenced.

Sweet Maddy, PhD candidate when she’s not fencing.

The pants and boots tell the soggy story, but Sam got us there.

Then there’s the back deck. You can see the ivy was taking over. After pics to come.

Here’s a view of the side yard in September 2020.

And here’s the view from the same spot in August 2021.

There have been some things to adjust to. One week after we moved in, in early September, the big wildfires of the 2020 fire season came. We had about a week of dangerous air quality, and wore masks outside. We even only let the dogs out briefly to potty.