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Annual Elwood Picnic in the Cemetery
Keeping up with Elwood tradition, we attended the annual Elwood Picnic in the Cemetery and enjoyed getting to know some of our neighbors. Eldon (elder of the church across the street and keeper of the cemetery grounds) brought the map of the cemetery plots – it was interesting to see that some of our neighbors […]
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One of Brad’s Projects
Since Brad has a little more time on his hands, he’s been rebuilding the horse trailer (we found 2 holes in the floor after our last camping trip!) BEFORE DURING AFTER
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Just Another Day in Colton
Danny, one of our volunteer firefighter friends, on his was out for Colton’s version of leisurely target shooting…with a fully automatic, belt-fed machine gun!
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Nermal the Barn Cat
We’ve had some pretty warm weather lately and we’re all finding our own ways to cope!
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The Fir Burned Down!
Around 11:30 Tuesday night our pagers toned out for a commercial fire. A commercial fire in Colton? Colton has very few commercial buildings…the elementary, middle & high schools, the market, the post office, the Cafe….and the Fir! By the time we made it to the Elwood station to pick up Engine 123, The duty officer […]
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Camping at Silver Falls
A few weeks ago we made reservations for a horse camping site…not knowing this weekend was going to be over 100 degrees! The campground didn’t have electricity so we decided to stay just one day. The campground is definitely horse friendly with lots of trails all accessible right from the camp sites! We went for […]
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Big Fire & A Trip to the ER!
Our pagers toned out at 4am this morning for a working fire! A car fire quickly turned into a structure fire when the home owner’s auto shop became engulfed. Brad and I responded on E123 from Elwood. On scene, Brad was preparing the engine to pump water and I was ready on the nozzle, when […]
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Tucker’s First Ride
We took Tucker on his first horseback ride today and he did great! We did about 2 1/2 – 3 miles from our house over to Lance & Rhonda’s place then back. We kept him on leash while on the road and then let him off once we were back in the woods on the […]
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Cherry Pickin’
Who says you need a cherry picker to pick cherries? Not needed if you have a Bob! Well, and Brandi to help. Tucker did his part too…by eating the ones that dropped.
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