Berry-like fruit of a dogwood tree. Kinda reminds me of the lightsaber training droid thing from Star Wars. #dejus365

Berry-like fruit of a dogwood tree. Kinda reminds me of the lightsaber training droid thing from Star Wars. #dejus365

Auckland, New Zealand, taken January 2001. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday

Sunrise through the trees this morning… with some deer demonstrating why we have a high fence around our veggie garden. #dejus365

I know I posted a picture of BFFs Rory & Paladin a couple of days ago, but I just can’t help myself. Here’s them snuggling in a sunbeam this morning. So cute! #dejus365 #cats #dogs

Yesterday I added some bark around trees near the white gazebo, to make mowing around them easier (used to have to mow around each tree individually). #dejus365 #landscaping


Since it’s national dog day, here’s our tripawd Great Dane, Rory, along with her BFF Paladin. #NationalDogDay

On the homestead blog: a cat house update. #dejus365 #cats

I tend to cook mostly outdoors (burgers and such) during summer months, and I don’t (yet) have an outdoor pizza oven, so it’s been about seven weeks since I last made a pizza. But the weather has cooled off a bit, so last night I made one again. Tasty as ever. #dejus365 #pizza

Following up from yesterday’s post, here’s Paladin now, trying to decide between his two favorite red toys. #dejus365 #cats



This weekend marks the one year anniversary of adopting Paladin from the Cat Adoption Team (CAT) shelter in Sherwood, Oregon. It was love at first sight on both sides. #dejus365 #ThrowbackThursday #cats
