Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream

After being in Colorado in July seeing the stream full of snow melt.
Then go back in couple of years,,seeing no full streams but burnt trees.

Made me sad to see it.

Had the fire trucks go past where we were camped.
Guys were out on ATVs, I was alone,saw the fire trucks, on up the mountain.
I rushed around making 'go bags'.

Eyeballing son's diesel truck,, thinking "I can drive that.'

Trucks came back down & one parked below our camp.
I took the ATV , went down , asked if it was safe to stay there.

Answer was," everything is fine."

Have had close 'brush fires', here can imagine a moutain of dry timber going up in flames.
 

If you'll pardon me Gary, but I'm not wild about the mesh. You mentioned curio cabinet. I think the mesh would interfere with viewing what she wants to display.

Just my lowly 2 cents.
 

RadishRose said:
If you'll pardon me Gary, but I'm not wild about the mesh. You mentioned curio cabinet. I think the mesh would interfere with viewing what she wants to display.
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I totally understand that.
I'm rather torn on it, myself.

However, they don't seem to sit around.
Everyone I've built, I've sold in little time.

If I recall correctly, yer not very into the live edgy stuff either

...and I really don't get the live edge craze, myself
I mean, a cabin or lodge, yes.....but not understanding melding those pieces with the fine stuff
in a posh place

Hey, my lady wanted the live edge corner piece
So
I built her a live edge corner piece
I'm good with that, as our home is quite humble

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She's happy

Therefore, I'm tickled pink

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Quit the furniture for a bit, and went back to the tiny avian abodes;

I've got three in semi finish, and this one

It's a bit busy

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The outlets are low on my inventory
Christmas rush, I guess

Once done with these, I'll go back to the live edge stuff

My lady has a list
 
Next project....bird furniture......
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These town deer still amaze me

Up at the cabin, the muleys migrate down to Christmas Valley to winter

Here, the blacktail hang in town

Got home to a half dozen in our side yard

Can just walk right up to 'em

I'm sure I could hand feed 'em.....but won't....our back yard garden fence is only six feet high

Not a bad size for blacktail

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They mosey thru the side yard to the cemetery meadow to graze


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Tommy said:
Urban deer! :D They must feel pretty safe there, Gary.

I see a lot of green in those photos. A lot less available food around the cabin?
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Yeah, they know a good thing.
Took a trip to the cabin last week.
around three feet of the white stuff and a layer of ice.
Not much to graze on.

Couple years ago, we took a trip to Silver Lake
The big attraction there is an ol' steakhouse called Cowboy Dinner Tree

It was in Nov, I think.
Seeing the deer migration in action was incredible.
Herds, in the clearings.
Around 20 or 30 in each herd
Not much grazing
They all had a purposeful pace

Up at the cabin, we just mostly saw the results on Hwy 97
Semis do quite a job on 'em
Blood and guts about every 100 yards or so.

One time, I took a trip to Chemult to get something needful
It was at night
All you could see was their glowing eyes, all lined up on the west side of 97
Quite the gauntlet
I nestled behind a semi for those 20 miles
Never attempted that again
Nothing is that needful
 
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@Gary O' , that curio piece looks better than I'd imagined... now that it has stuff in it. Yeah, live edge is not usually for me. My "rustic" phase hit me when I was younger. People change.

Oh those avian abodes are just wonderful, as always.

I remember that video of the inside of the bird house! Glad to see it again:ROFLMAO:, and thanks for showing us the deer.

Happy Hammers!
 
Gary O' said:
Herds, in the clearings.
Around 20 or 30 in each herd
Not much grazing
They all had a purposeful pace
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That must be quite a sight, Gary. I didn't realize blacktail did that! Cool!!
Gary O' said:
Up at the cabin, we just mostly saw the results on Hwy 97
Semis do quite a job on 'em
Blood and guts about every 100 yards or so.
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I've often wondered how much damage hitting a deer does to a semi. I've never hit one, but in a smaller vehicle I know that a car/deer collision can require some pretty extensive repairs. To the car that is, not the deer . . . they're usually beyond repair. ;)
 
Tommy said:
I've often wondered how much damage hitting a deer does to a semi. I've never hit one, but in a smaller vehicle I know that a car/deer collision can require some pretty extensive repairs. To the car that is, not the deer . . . they're usually beyond repair.
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Yeah, most semis (locals at least) have the beefed-up grills.
I have yet to hit a deer, but a couple friends pretty much totaled their little rigs.
Never a good idea to drive that area at night.
Day is bad enough
My lady runs shotgun, on the lookout when I drive up there.
Came close, once
Half a dozen jumped out in front of us
Managed to zig zag thru them.....really don't now how
'Bout a 9 on the pucker scale
 
Tommy said:
Hehe, that's okay. I didn't realize that mule deer migrate either.
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Actually, I didn't either.

I've been more around coastal range black tail than Muleys on the east side of the Cascades
Heh, the black tail in the coastal range don't move around much
Plenty of year-round vegetation, and they're small, and can actually crawl thru the brush
I know, I crawled their trails, less than three feet high
Tough to hunt

Yeah, these Crater Lake muleys might be unique here
They travel about 100 miles east, to the valley every fall
 
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