Greetings from Bend, Oregon, where we are visiting my sister and her family on their 30-acre ranch. My family and I had a great time driving up from the San Francisco Bay Area together. With all the rains, there is an abundance of water up and down Interstate 5 and the 97. It was a pleasure to see lakes and marshes full of water, and plants and trees green and foliant. The Southeast Alaska crew (my folks, brother, and sister-in-law) flew down.
Together, we saw my niece, Sarah, graduate from high school (how can that be), and threw a party with extended family from Oregon. My two nieces and two nephews have all matured so much since we last saw them several years ago - I suppose that happens!
The ranch is emerging from winter; the hay crop will be ready for harvest in a month. The big sky and mountains are as beautiful as I remember. Plants are in various stages of waking up from winter. We can hear frogs and birds of all kinds. Life abounds!
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| Wheels for moving the irrigation line across the hay field. |
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