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<\/a>Mom cat Juliana<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Foster #26. (Pete is at right.)<\/p><\/div>\n
Pam calls this batch the “House of Orange.” They require a lot of work but will be put up for adoption (including the mother cat) when they get big enough and have had their spay\/neuter operations.<\/p>\n
House hunt:<\/p>\n
We made an offer on the Chu Chu Lane home but the offer was rejected. Apparently the owner did not take us at our word that our offer was the best we could do; the owner and her agent expected us to come back with a better offer. We already had planned to cash in one of my retirement accounts – not large! – to come up with the down payment and simply cannot raise our offer price. \u00a0A budget is a budget.<\/p>\n
The owner indicated she may re-think our offer over the weekend and may put forward another counter so the deal may still survive, but we are not optimistic. Technically, we have rejected her counter-offer so the deal is dead but we will review\u00a0another counter-offer if one is put forward. The search will continue if this deal does not work out.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Chu Chu Road home is styled as a farm building<\/p><\/div>\n
The Lot:<\/p>\n
More of the same story; I went up and hauled non-salvageable wood to the burn pit. We are working on clearing the area we call Bird House Ridge (after Pam put up several birdhouses in the area). Clearing this section\u00a0is our goal for this year – two more months and the season will be over – and it is looking pretty good right now that Bird House Ridge will be checked off the list.<\/p>\n
Our neighbor put in a well, cost was over $12,000.00 and the driller had to go down 400 feet. I\u00a0would like to have a well on our property but we can’t both buy a retirement house and drill a well, so I\u00a0continue to use the community hand pump and haul water in when needed.<\/p>\n
My generator died; the shop says a winding went out and it would cost more than it’s\u00a0worth to fix so I am back on the search for a cheap generator. I\u00a0need one to operate the honey wagon kit I bought last year and to power electrical equipment (primarily my cut-off saw and chain saw sharpener) used\u00a0at The Lot. More on this as the search goes on.<\/p>\n
ATV Ride:<\/p>\n
I took last Sunday off from working on the lot and rode my ATV in the Mosquito Pass area. South of Alma and north of Fairplay, this area is high in mining and railroad history as well as some mountain scenery. I have a long video on my\u00a0ATV Video<\/a> page (look for Mosquito Pass) but here are a few photos taken along the way.<\/p>\n