Beneath the Wraps

          We saw deer all the time after we first moved to Oregon.   They had wandered into the city to escape the fires that were burning their homes in the forest.   I don’t recall having seen as many deer in the last two years combined.   The fires seem greater this year than in 2015.           Shortly after our move to Oregon, I made up three evacuation bags. We kept them in the closet door right next to the front door. I felt quite fortunate that we’ve never had to use them.           When we moved again, Roland added to the evacuation bags making them three times as heavy. Because of their weight and a extremely small closet, they no longer seem as convenience to get to.   We found five can openers among our garage sale treasures.   I figured we had enough that we could put one in each bag (as all three bags cont...

                When I showed up to the library on Monday, Rindy and JM handed me a book on Faeries and told me look through the book and pick something to share.   They said they had looked for a story but weren't able to find one.   The "information" book was the only they could find.   Faeries are micheiveous creatures - not to say that fairies aren't - but I think the spelling somehow changes the definition.   Faeries, on a whole, sound impish and somewhat scary . . . at least from the descriptions in the book.                 I did like the "faerie" definition to mean "doesn't necessarily have wings, no specific size (as some can be as big as giants)   . . . but are all bound by magic" and there were different classes of faeries, which I did not go into.   The book had some detailed illustrations on some pages and rather dull one...

                As mentioned in this post ,   I thought Highway 140 was quite beautiful at some parts and quite scary at others.   The idea of a 50 foot drop and no guard rails is rather creepy.   But that is the way Roland wanted to go - and he was driving.                 I thought 140 seemed scarier driving north than it did driving south - which is ironic, as the drop is on the south/west side.   The drive didn't seem quite as long, either.   But Denise and I had taken I5 through Medford because she wanted to see the temple.   I just   had Roland go by way of Highway 138 to Highway 97 where you can choose to go north up through Bend and over through Boise, or you can drive down south to Lake View and Winnemucca.                   The Nevada route ...

             Savannah is a friend of Jenna's and today is her birthday.   Jenna put together a small present and asked me to drive her out to Savannah's house.   Normally I would just call first, but I figured even if she was not as home, Jenna would still want to leave the gift.               Jenna LOVES the area where Savannah lives as there is a LOT of yard.  Trees to explore, a gazebo, trampoline, tons of shade - it is located on the outskirts of town.  Driving there is not that big of a deal as far as time.  And the main roads are not a big deal either - but the final leg is VERY narrow and has a "one-car-only" width bridge that doesn't appear to be much more than a ramp.  And I don't enjoy driving that tight.             I have lucked out with not having encountered any traffic coming the ...

          I was on the road all day yesterday - most of it anyway.  It seemed like I had been driving the same piece of highway for more than four hours.           The class for water aerobics started yesterday.  I had taken Jenna with me.  It was just us with the instructor in the pool - which was warm, though the air was not.           The library doesn't open until 12:00 on Mondays, and so we returned home for two hours and Jenna finished her packing.             At 11:30 I received a reminder to please have my girls' belongings to the leaders house sometime today (yesterday) and had planned for that anyway.  I told Jenna we would drop her things off and then go to the library.           After I turned onto our former s...

                  We had been told by our friend (the one who lives in McMinnville) that we would have two months to reside before changing over to Oregon plates and driving.   We’ve been here for almost two months now.          We somehow believed that we would have to take the tests in the big city of Roseburg, but someone had suggested that we go to Canyonville.   I hadn’t thought of a DMV even existing in Canyonville.   What an awesome thought.          Roland happened to be off work for pioneer day as he is still on Utah clock.   The South Umpqua ward tries to do something for the days of ’47 to honor the pioneers who traveled across the plains.   I’m told that the pioneer celebration always takes place a week earlier than it does in Utah as Myrtle Creek has its own ...