Visiting Diana

Grandma came to visit me and see my new house (while I still live there).  Then Mom came to town as well.  We all piled in the car to go to Hood River and visit Diana.

 After a wonderful lunch, we went for a short hike.  The wild flower were spectacular.

Tree Removal

I had a dead cottonwood tree in my back yard that was a bit of a problem.  I finally hired someone to remove it for me and it was tons of fun to watch

 The way he swung that chainsaw around and threw the huge branches was like a dance

 Here he's cutting off the top

 Can you tell how hard its raining?  He picked the worst time to do this.

UP Spring 1012

Heres my UP spring Env 182 class

My house in spring

Spring was very pretty at my house.  These are some pictures from early spring.

All the daffodils were rescued from erica house, but then forgotten for most of the summer in a pile.  They still were gorgeous

Our gate.  We will eventually put the latch on it so it closes.  A year long project.  ha.

He totally thinks he's people

Internal workings

This week hasn't felt like much is happening at the house, yet lots os going on. Plumbing and electricity are going in right now. The guts are getting rather colorful.

The sailing club is starting to get active

These stubborn little daffodils are determined to come up. They've been driven over, trampled on, squished...

St. Patricks day drinking song for scientists

One of my students sent this to me. I have to admit it is hilarious. See for yourself

Classes this term

CCC BI 102 night class

CCC BI 112 lab

CCC Bi 101 night class

PCC Sylvania 102 lab

PCC Southeast center BI 101

PCC Southeast center BI 101, another group

And more to come

Lots of stories this term. Weeeee

And the shell is almost done

The roof is sort of on and the shell of the house is almost done. Just a deck to go and we have the outline of the house.

From the road

As you drive up, here's home

view from the master shower

let's hope no sailing boys learn my shower schedule!

Master bedroom view, with temporary trip guards

more masonry going up under the bedroom windows

Concept drawings

Eric found the architect concept drawings of his house, in color! Now, these aren't final drafts, but they are in color which gives a better idea of what the finished product will look like.

This is the side facing the lake, that I have posted lots of pictures of.

This is the front door

South side

So not totally correct in the details, but kind of fun anyways?