Starting the new bobcat habitat, finally!

As you can see, this is fuzzy-butts current home. A 6'x6' dog kennel. Clearly not what we want for him. He needs something bigger so that he can climb and get some exercise. So he will soon have the whole side of the carport - basically the whole area you see from ground to ceiling. We're going to place logs in there that he can climb on and his current 6x6 cage will be added out the front of the enclosure so he can go out and have some sunshine.

So today we started with the side wall.

We framed the wall out in a clearing - which unfortunately has a few inches of snow. We worked until about 6:00pm and it was dark out when we were done. But Chris got the whole side wall framed and is ready to mount to the side and hang caging on it.

In the mean time, we took the big-boy out of his cage so that the power tools didn't stress him out too much. So he got to have a change of scenery for a few hours today.

Long time, no blog...

It's been about a month since I posted last. I think we have just been kind of crazy with time change and getting ready for winter. Getting ready for winter is something we never had to do in California. Getting ready for winter means making sure that everything that you don't want buried in snow for 5 months gets put in a safe place.

Chris has made a little bit of progress on the Bronco. He bought a used set of rims off of Craigslist and actually found a nice set of "manly" tires at our thrift shop (of all places!). So now the Bronco looks like it runs :)

And, good news for me :) When Chris was getting our storage shed ready for winter, he found a box I've been looking for that has my antique book collection. They fit perfectly in my studio on the cupboards over my torch.

Autumn Colors are here.

This is a view down our driveway. All our Aspens are a pretty yellow. Also, it looks as if we have a ghost haunting our driveway?

Our Aspens in the middle of our circular driveway.

This is some kind of Maple that is in our back yard. It's a vibrant red and orange.

This is some kind of exotic pine tree. In the Fall, the needles turn bright yellow and completely fall off. In the Spring, it gets really soft light green needles that look and feel like grass. My dad thought it was dead the first year we lived here and told us to cut it down. I'm sure glad I didn't!

High-tech Dodger game watching

Chris and Eric were able to watch the Dodger game last night together even though they were 800 miles apart. They linked up with Skype with our computer's video camera's and were able to yell and scream together. The girls were able to sing and perform Uncle Chris songs and it was just like they were in our living room with us. I guess, you'd have to say this is a picture of Eric sitting on Chris's lap - ha!ha! Amazing!

I think the deer are getting spoiled...

This is the deer we have named Sascha. She is the one that comes running when she hears food. One morning she actually blocked the driveway and wouldn't move for the car. She just stood there and looked at me as if to say "your not leaving until you fill my dish!".

She's ALIVE!!!

Make sure you're volume is on to fully appreciate this video :)

After much work Chris has been able to determine that the motor that came in the Bronco runs. And she sound great.

My pretty cabinet doors!

I decided my cupboard doors above my torch were too plain, so my mom painted a beautiful winter tree scene with the Northern Lights in the back ground - aren't they gorgeous?

So now I have just a few little touches to do to my studio and it will be perfect. I am getting a new oxygen concentrator next week, as mine is gasping on it's last breath (literally!).