Oregon City, Oregon - Week 46 - November 9 - November 15, 2020

Well.....another week of school, post election disgusting events, and working in the woods.

Always, if it isn't raining, I am in the woods hurrying to get things cut and cleaned up before the Burn Season ends on December 15th.  Actually (and secretly) I will be pleased when I can take a break from all the physical work.  The work, however, will resume in mid March 2021 when Burn Season opens again.

One of the last filbert trushes that needed to be removed was so big that I asked Dad for his help with the big gas powered chain saw - - it is too heavy for me to use.  Here is the remaining stump and me holding the lower part of the trunk as if it were a trophy elk I had just harvested.

There are (were) a bunch of logs along the top of the hill of Sector 5.  They have impeded my access to the area for months, but I have begun to remove them with my trusty ATV

Dad has been my ever faithful Burn Pile Guy.  He keeps up with everything I pull up and feeds it to the fire.

I have found all kinds of things in the woods - a trailer hitch which seems practically new except for the rust, the handle to a machete, balls, washing machine tub, drain tiles, iron pipes - this week I came upon a length of plastic rope tied to a cedar limb.  Maybe......... attached to a treasure box??

I tried to uncover it by digging with a shovel, but the ivy vines and roots were still too thick and strong.  Finally I just used my hands to rip out the ivy and uncovered the rope, but no treasure box was found.

But I was able to display the coil of rope like a recently caught sturgeon.

Friday it rained the whole day - so much so that I didn't go outside at all.  I spent the time by cleaning up the pool room (pool table room) which had been flooded during the storm back in September.  It took me a long time but, I am happy with the results.

We celebrated Travis' birthday on Sunday.  Because of the new state wide 'lockdown', we all wore our masks.  Travis kinda went overboard on his mask

We did another Readers Theater with the family for an audience.  It has been a good addition to our reading program with Jude and Abby,  This time we did the "Real Story of the Three Little Pigs".  It was fun, and I think the two kids enjoyed doing it.

My goal for next week is to clean out all of the Salmonberry bushes along Main Creek up to the Cistern.