Owl Banding

Andy and I got a chance to go out on a trip with the BLM and band fledgling Western Screech Owls for a day. We covered nearly 250 miles that day, most of them on dirt roads. It was a fun day, except for the baby owls poop all over your hands when you pull them out of the nest box!

A Photographic Update

Andy's newest love...an All Clad Skillet full of Apple Crisp!

It wouldn't be the Frahm house without a project...we rebuilt the front deck over Labor Day. (We take the name "Labor Day" literally at our house)

Another two of Andy's new loves. He has gone full charcoal and there is no looking back. (We may have had a major catastrophy with the previous gas grill.) Andy is now capable of BBQing for a small army with his new grill and smoker.

Andy ran a 1/2 marathon last year. This picture was taken at the last mile and he is still smiling even though it rained the whole time and was about 40 degrees.

Peace

This is what peace looks like at our house. May you also find peace during this season of celebration.

Merry Christmas!

(Yes, I am going to just pretend that I have been adding updates all along and not appologize for the 7 month gap in updated posts.)
Merry Christmas! Andy and I have been enjoying all the important things of Christmas: peppermint bark (homemade by Andy), Christmas cookies, waffles, peppermint cocoa, and NNU baseball fund-raiser oranges (gotta have something healthy on the list). We have also attended some great Christmas performances of our nephew Noah.

Yes, our Christmas tree is HUGE!!! Originally, we bought a living Christmas tree that we plan to plant on the property with all the other pine trees, but a live tree can only be inside for 5 days max. Andy and I were feeling very un-Christmas-y, with no tree in the house, so we caved and bought a tree. This was literally the smallest tree on the lot! I plan to decorate the living tree out on the deck and enjoy the two trees, since last year we had no tree.

Spring Photos

Spring is a lovely time in the orchard. Here are some pictures to enjoy what we get to see every day!

Things that go bump in the night

Here is one of our "tenants" who we see on a regular basis. Andy and I have a new evening routine that involves creeping around our property at dusk whispering and searching for owls. This is one of the several Great Horned Owl sightings we have made. We know...we're nerds.

Moving Day!!

I am currently sitting at the kitchen table writing this post from our new home!!!! It was six months of an incredible amount of work, but it is all worth it to sit in our house and be home. We still have minor projects to do, but we are here to stay. As boxes get unpacked, I will post some new pictures.