As I said previously, I was able to shoot some pictures during our walk this morning in the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park. Did you know that “Whilamut” is a
Kalapuyan word that means, “where the river ripples and runs fast”? Neither did I! Anyway, because there are some good shots of the kids, [...]

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We went for a walk this morning in the open grassy area on the east end of Alton Baker Park (aka the Whilamut Natural Area). Evan rode his bike, Jen pushed Erin in the stroller, and I got to take a few pictures:

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Evan was cool, calm, and cooperative at his first visit to the dentist this morning. He had his teeth cleaned, polished, treated with fluoride foam, and examined. In addition, they were able to get three out of four desired X-rays, which is one more than I can handle in a single sitting and about [...]

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We headed out to Mt. Pisgah early this morning for a “breakfast picnic” and then to “hike” around for a while. Erin, who turns 8 months old tomorrow, rode around in the backpack for the first time. She absolutely loved it, cooing and giggling almost the entire time.

Evan walked on his own the whole [...]

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Just a quick note that we attended the Lane County Fair today and, among many other things during our 5-hour visit, we enjoyed front row seats for the All-Alaskan Pig Race. I’m hoping to post a bit more (perhaps a video — gasp!) of this fun little show later on, but for now these stills [...]

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Last weekend we made an impromptu and inaugural trip to Wildlife Safari in Winston, OR (just south of Roseburg). We’d heard from a couple other parents that it was worth visiting. I’m happy to report that we had a pretty good time. Evan really enjoyed it, and even Erin seemed to respond by trying to [...]

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As is tradition on this blog, here’s an image of the first (non-cherry) tomato harvested from this year’s garden. (We harvested the first cherry tomatoes a couple weeks ago.) There’s one more tomato just a few sunny days away from being picked, but then it looks like we’ll be waiting for a little while longer [...]

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Evan loves UPS and FedEx trucks, and he can spot them from blocks away when we are driving. We’ve had friendly encounters with both UPS and FedEx drivers in the past, but I have to say, the FedEx drivers have been exceptionally generous. One driver we met last winter offered to help us order [...]

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We’ll start harvesting zucchini any day now. The pole beans are doing the best they can in their shady plot. The cherry tomato plants are full of blossoms, and we have large fruit on the other tomato plants.

We harvested some over-ripe peas upon returning from vacation, and we’re looking forward to more of them [...]

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When you return home after 9 or 10 days, you never really know what state your yard and/or garden will be in. We were pleasantly surprised to find our backyard in pretty good shape upon our return. The grass (which we had replanted in the spring) was a little long, of course, but everything else [...]

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