New Apartment

This is a bike I finished building today, I call it the "mini shopper" thats 55 pounds of food in there and its the same length overall as a 58 cm road bike.
-Adam

Where is that?

What font is the title?

I love the way the title font looks - somehow better than Times Roman. What is it? All over?

We are working on a trip to Florida to see a shuttle launch. Oran is a nut about the space program. Driving to Indiana for a memorial service for my Aunt Phyllis in June.

Creating a web page for my therapy practice. Will announce its debut when the time comes.

Marilyn

Hi,
Adam was in town for our biggest snow since we moved here. We could barely get out.

I think he is going to like Portland. The new mayor is a huge bicycle supporter. Oregon has more solar companies than any other state. He is going down to San Fran and coming back in early Feb.

Jim

What are llamas about?

Lots of people think llamas are dumb. My friend Lex calls the llamas 'the spitting velco beasts' (lovingly). We have found llamas are Terribly protective and loving, smart and they won't spit if taught not to (at least at humans, hint here... They think OUR spit is terrible so they avoid it!hahaha).





We began here thinking horses would be great... we live just off 15,000 acres of state owned land, so wandering sounded like fun... OOPS, two brain injuries later (head butted, not bucked) for me, said 'no more riding' fromt he doctors... big question? How to not have to let pasture we cleared regrow tons of blackberries? I am allergic to sheep, and didn't think goats would be what I wanted... so we checked into llamas--we have mid-sized llamas -- they are WONDERFUL packers and hikers. Our love of the land behind us remains and we enjoy hiking up there as often as we can. Llamas can carry one half of their weight in packs.





We had our first birth here at Glory Ridge Farm in 2008--Glory Maye is a darlin'. Our dear LuLu also had a baby who had 'camelid downs' and died 4 days after birth--Trouper has become part of a study as to the causes of this muscle killing ailment at Oregon State University... He was a sweet boy and we learned a lot from him. Patience and a mother's love -- LuLu was as any mother would be, losing her wee-one. It was rough...





So that tells ya a bit about llamas. They are wonderful brush eaters (blackberries and pine trees as favorites). They are also wonderful guard animals, protecting both people and animals. They are easier on the earth than horses, and their--um...poo is a natural time released fertilizer! (grin).

The above photo is of Onyx and Glory Maye in July of 2008. Mama and daughter (2.5 months old)

Great picture of Barkley. Did you find the picture then pick the name?

A year ago Oran gave me a "gift certificate" to get a good digital camera - at the time I was not ready, did some reading and made no decisions. Any suggestions? I do not care at all about maximum electronic tricks but do care about a 135 lens, acting as much like my old Olympus as possible. Has to be a SLR. I had one I liked (took this pic) but Calvin ate it the 10th day I owned it.

Hope everyone has had nice holidays.

Barb, good for you with the llamas. I used to want one but ... is it just like having a pet? Like a big dog that sleeps outside?