After not having chickens for three years, a new flock of hens was started today and we're already looking forward to eating more eggs!

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Tiny grass sprouts are pictured, each with crowned with a tiny dew drop!

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Seven days after seeding the back yard, it is taking on a wonderful green sheen as the tiny grass sprouts poke up through the peat moss.

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OMG! My daughter is going on 17!!! When did that happen? This photo is one of my favorite computer wallpapers and still doesn't do Erica (Hoooooga) justice. What a brilliant, beautiful child. Just like her sisters. But this is her 15 minutes here ...

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While driving home from our Relay for Life committee meeting Friday, I saw this beautiful sunset and just had to stop to snap a picture. This is the view from Port Orchard, Washington, and you're looking toward the Brothers in the Olympic Mountain Range. This photo was taken from the Saar's Marketplace parking lot. Simply stunning. Why would you want to live anywhere else? Oh wait, yeah, it rains here all the time and it's miserable. Don't move here. Stay away. :)

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I walk 3 to 4 miles a day, and people often hear me complain of pain in my ankle, my knee, my hip - my right leg. So, for all of you who just think I'm a big whiner, here's the latest x-ray of the hardware I have in my lower right leg following a severe motorcycle accident in 1993~! The hardware goes all the way up to the hip, but I don't have a photo of that one. And just so you know I'm not *really* just a big whiner, I'll throw in another picture of the x-ray! Please, click on the photo to enlarge it, and then buy my book from the handy link you'll see. I have medical bills. :)

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This is where I live - Port Orchard, Washington, as seen from the foot ferry. If you *really* want to learn about Port Orchard, get a copy of the Bob Landis CD and listen to him describe it... He hits the nail on the head!

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I was in a coma for some time and in Seattle's Harborview Medical Center. My injuries were life-threatening and I was told that I would likely never walk unassisted again. That's one reason why I *do* walk 3 to 4 miles a day. It's a long story but it's coming out in a future book. Meanwhile, click to enlarge the photo and buy the latest book. Let me know you bought it and I'll send you a link to a chapter from an upcoming book - a fiction piece but one that describes what it was like to recover from this.

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Ever walked on $20 million dollars? Visit the stunning Harborside Fountain Park next to the Bremerton ferry terminal and you can! While I am all for fiscal responsibility and $20 million dollars could probably be better used, I do have to grudgingly admit that the park is beautiful and quite an improvement. Cary Boozeman is doing quite a good job for downtown Bremerton.

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Here, a Washington State Ferry pulls into Bremerton as seen from the new Harborside Fountain Park.

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Kayla Coleman has turned out to be one heck of a good basketball player! She works very hard at it and here, her hard work pays off as her team, The Warriors, plays against a formidable team.

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I moved to the Pacific Northwest because of my fascination with seismology. Here, we sit nearly atop a subduction zone between the Juan de Fuca and Pacific tectonic plates. That geologic subduction is what created our marvelous volcanoes, and I visit them often. Those who know me know that Mt. St. Helens [link] is one of my favorite places in the world, and I visit often. A close second is Mt. Rainier. At 14,410 feet, the volcano is tall enough to create its own weather. In this photo, taken about a mile from my home in Port Orchard, Washington, it looks as if Mt. Rainier is erupting - but it's just a harmless cloud. :)

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Here, Jim spreads his seed all over his back yard, just as a did a year ago out front. While doing the work, he was quoted as saying: "I'll spread my seed over anyone's yard ... if they pay me enough." Sad, but true. ;)

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