"Burn Baby Burn"

One of our ongoing projects is stacking and burning wood to reduce fire danger.

The Pyromaniac... with a propane fuel starter, which is very effective in wet weather.

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"I just can't stop when my spark gets hot. "

Being safety conscious we only burn about 8 piles a day. It also gives us time to pile more wood on that is close by. The first day out we scared some local animal life out from under the wood. A big fat rat - yuck! Sorry no photo available as the photographer was running the other way. We didn't know rats lived in the woods.

The Photographer.

Yes, Liz. It is raining, but it's a warm rain. Nothing like being out in the great outdoors.

Where did the rat go?

Maybe if I blow on it, the fire will burn faster.

"Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno! Burn baby burn! - Burn that mother down, yoh! Burn baby burn!"

This week they started getting the
walls ready. The 2x4's sticking up are for the windows.

Here is the frame of the window looking east towards a foggy Rogue River Valley.

The square frame in front of the arch is the entrance to the great room. It will eventually have an arch.

Rain or shine the framer is always on the job. He is still working in his shorts so it must not be winter yet. Graham is a happy guy this week because the ducks won.

The great room wall with a fireplace with shelves on both sides.

View from the back of the house looking towards the entrance.

More walls.

Did I mention that it does rain in Southern Oregon?...

...and that we are going to have a conversation with our Contractor about drainage?...

..... and that we cancelled our slide and flood insurance?

Yes, we do get rain in Southern Oregon. Somewhere between 3" and 5 " in the last 2 days.

On a more unusual note...(this comes from G)

A little fall color mixed in with some bear droppings about 40 yards from our house. He must have been down the road eating someone's fruit. (Or maybe it was that big rat M saw?)

Every day is a new experience! Life really is a journey!

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And to close out this week...

Remember our problem with the turkeys eating all of our grass seed?

Click on this link to discover our most recent strategy. (thanks to Tracy.)
http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&sou