Desert Weyr Blog
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Our First Buck of the Season
Our first buck of the season arrived today. It was a really nice two-by-three, still in velvet. He was skinny. I hope he fattens up before hunting season. Continue reading
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A Feast in the Park
The Celtic/Rock/Classical music group, Feast, performed a free concert in Paonia Town Park. We stopped by after a couple of beers at Revolution Brewing. Monica, Ken, Bart, Jeremy, and Celia were all there, as well as lots of other folks. Continue reading
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Porch Views
Here are some views of the completed porch. All that’s missing now is metal on the roof. Continue reading
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Porch Construction
The porch railing is now complete! The sawn-off piece of concrete from moving the propane tank will now become the bottom step of the porch. Bill used the tractor to move the slab into position. Continue reading
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The King Family
The entire King family came up for dinner with us. This was our first use of the new porch for an event! The railing is not quite done yet, but we still had a great time. Continue reading
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Porch Work and a Big Frog
The porch is still coming along nicely. The railing is now under construction. Plus, the pond by our house has some rather large frogs in it. This one was about the size of my hand. Continue reading
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The County Fair and Porch Work
We went back to the Delta County Fair today. I wanted to see how I did with my cloak and take a look at all the exhibits. My cloak took a first prize! I’ll get a picture when I pick it up on Sunday. The fair is a lot smaller this year compared to last… Continue reading
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The Structure Is Done!
The main porch structure is complete. It’s now ready to accept decking material. It’ll look like a real deck very soon! Continue reading
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Porch Work Continues
The back porch is coming along nicely. The roof supports are in, and the basic framing has been started. Here’s the crew deciding what to do next. Continue reading
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Dogs and Chickens
Here you can see Becky and Harri hanging with the rams. Today is chicken bath day. We’ll be showing them on Tuesday at the Delta County Fair, so they need to be bathed and cleaned now. Here’s Stephanie with one of the Golden Campines, as well as the rest of the unhappy, wet chickens. Continue reading