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02/09/2019

snowed in

Snowed in 2019 deck

we're snowed in here in portland :) & can't get to our local pdx estate sale today as we usually do ~

Snowed in 2019 x

back to vintage toys & books tomorrow ~

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but that's just fine, we'll hole up here with kitties & work on innsmouth house ~

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backyard ferals are making use of their winter shelters ~

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i always love waking up to see the snow when i first open my eyes & peek out my window ~

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more snow pix here ~ in a ghost house.. 

Snowed in 2019 decks

i've been taking pix about once a week of the little frog i call 'patchy frog' that sits in the planter on my deck ~

Patchy frog in snow

from last spring to next spring, hopefully to create a time-lapse patchy frog forecast at some point ~

Snowed in 2019

bren

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