Archive for June, 2008

Flood cleanup
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Ants!

Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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carpenter ant nest Three weeks ago we had some major flooding in Spencer. Hundreds of people in town were forced to evacuate their homes, and some might have to rebuild completely. Fortunately, we were not affected quite as much, since we are not so close to the White River, and Dave and Ellen made the [...]

Real men use reel mowers

Thursday, June 19th, 2008
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Our reel mower (thanks Sean!) We have 3 mowers — a small riding mower, a powered push mower, and a reel mower. I use a combination of all three. Last summer I used the reel mower quite a bit, but time has passed, I have started using the riding mower more, mostly because it is [...]

The levee broke
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The land is the authority

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
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I fight authority, authority always wins — John Mellencamp My creek shoring project as of April 5th, 2008 My creek shoring project as of April 5th, 2008 (you can kind of see the 1-2 foot drop in this picture) We had some big storms yesterday and last night, and it was storming when I woke [...]

Spring has sprung

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Since we are getting pretty close to summer, I figured that we should finally post some pictures of spring. We started this post over a month ago, but have been pretty busy traveling, moving Clare to Colorado, and partying. So here are a few pictures from the property when things were blooming.