I'm finally finding a place for all my junk and getting move in. AND I got a housemate last week. Roger will be here for most of the time that I'll be here. We'll get another housemate soon and that will fill this little house up.
The living room is plenty big enough for three people but the kitchen is made for only one cook at a time. So far, Roger and I take turns using it but it may become more of a problem when another person arrives.One of my favorite things about this house is that is is NOT white. The walls are a buffy yellowish color or a very light salmon or peachy color.
My bedroom is pretty small but I got lifts for the bed and stored my junk under it. So the room feels much bigger now.
The living room is plenty big enough for three people but the kitchen is made for only one cook at a time. So far, Roger and I take turns using it but it may become more of a problem when another person arrives.One of my favorite things about this house is that is is NOT white. The walls are a buffy yellowish color or a very light salmon or peachy color.
My bedroom is pretty small but I got lifts for the bed and stored my junk under it. So the room feels much bigger now.
And the view from the desk is wonderful. I can see out across the front yard to Lake Malheur to the north and out to my yard and across to the maintenance area. The other day, in really poor light, these California quail made a nice arrangement on our fence. I have a bird feeder up in a tree by our front door and I watch the birds there while working on my computer. So far I've only gotten red-winged blackbirds and California quail to show up. I've made a peanut butter/lard mixture up for the bluebirds and other suet eaters but I don't think I've had any takers yet. I put it on the fence between our house and the other volunteer house because I've seen western bluebirds there and that yard also has several bluebird boxes. I did feed my carp garbage to the black-billed magpies and they gorged themselves for a couple of days. The magpies also tried some of my suet that I left on our picnic table.
Today I found the first flowers of spring spring up by one of our big trees in the main area. They are snowdrops and must have been planted here long ago, before the refuges started trying to only use local native plants in their landscaping. But it gives us hope that spring will eventually show up here, even though the temperature is supposed to fall to sixteen degrees tonight and we have snow showers in our forecast.
Love those bird pictures! But 16 degrees and snow..brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! Glad you aren't in an RV where you'd have to worry about your tanks and pipes. Looks like very nice lodgings they provide for their volunteers.
ReplyDeleteThese are the nicest I've been in. I loved my trailer at Anahuac- where I even had a guest bedroom - but the mice really were a huge problem there.
ReplyDeleteThis place really values its volunteers.
Hey,the place looks downright civilized. What a lovely little house and, I don't care what you say, a large kitchen. Keep up the good work, I love your posts.
ReplyDeleteStill awaiting more detail on how the carp adventure went. Wonderful, delicious hors d'oeuvres scarfed up by the multitudes? Having heard so little about this, I'm fearing for the worst.
Loved the photos of you and Philip Robert by the whitewater!
Natalie
The carp blog is in production. I was rescued by a handsome Australian who cooked two entrees while I got him lunch. And I may get up early and make fish tacos and subject the staff to them tomorrow.
DeleteThat is more whitewater than I want to paddle. Phillip says the last place is still the scariest place he's paddled.
Glad you're getting settled in your lovely new 'home'. I look forward to reading more about your adventures in Oregon.
ReplyDeleteI am so loving those quail!
ReplyDeleteI got offered a longer job today and will probably stay here until mid October. AND I'll have a whole house to go with it - in a non-public area.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as this is in concrete, I'll be taking bookings.
When you felt that your room was kinda small for you, did you consider going for a renovation? That’s what most people do, especially when they just bought a new house. Anyway, the living room deserved the boost in its layout… All’s well. :)
ReplyDeleteThe living room is, indeed, spacious and wide enough. The bedroom, the kitchen – everything looks comfortable. And what makes your new place beautiful is that it’s located in a peaceful environment surrounded by nature with those flowers and birds. The air there is just fresh and breezy. :)
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