Archive for the 'Rural Life' Category

Leek hunting

April 25, 2008 at 11:50 pm by Derek

A couple years ago, my father-in-law kept talking about going “leak hunting”. That sounded like what we do at the Terminal on rainy Saturdays to find drains that need to be repaired. What I didn’t realize was that he was talking about leeks, not leaks.
You may be familiar with leeks that you find [...]

Starry Night

February 20, 2008 at 10:34 pm by Derek

I had intended on going out to take photos of the eclipse, but instead found myself enthralled with the total view of the night sky. This, my friends, is why you move out to the country.

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Here’s the Eclipse, nearly full.

Where’s my plow guy?

January 23, 2008 at 6:49 pm by Derek

For those of you who don’t venture down into ski country, this is what it looked like in my driveway just minutes ago:

The WRX transforms into a snow plow as necessary.

Some things go right

November 7, 2007 at 10:10 pm by Derek

Now that I’ve returned from my trip, it’s back to tackling the new house to-do list. We had our large, woodburning masonry fireplace inspected and it passed with flying colors, so I have 3 cords of wood being delivered on Sunday. We’ve had some new furniture delivered. I’ve gotten half the garage [...]

Good morning, sunshine

October 2, 2007 at 10:27 am by Derek

This morning, Amanda and I watched the sun rise over the Holland hills from the cozy comfort of our bed. If that’s not affirmation that we’re in the right place now, I don’t know what is. I would have taken a picture, but I figured I can do that any day. Any [...]