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The other day I walked out my front door and found a house moving down the street. It turns out I used to date someone who lived in this house. The university bought it last year and had put the house up for sale. Someone bought it and was moving it to a new lot across campus. Here are some photos and a video of the move.
Tags: House moving, Phi Delta Theta, Samantha
Yesterday Samantha and I went on a lovely drive through the hills west of Corvallis. We passed through Kings Valley among other cute little towns. The trees were especially brilliant as the sun set in the west.
This power poll looked a little funny as we approached it. Upon closer inspection, we found that it was broken in half. The local power company had decided to fix it by bolting another pole onto the side of the first pole. It might not be the best fix in the world, but the poll seemed to be holding up well!
This afternoon, we went for a little stroll around campus to enjoy the warm afternoon sun and the beautiful foliage on the university trees.
Tags: Fall Colors, Kings Valley, Oregon State University Campus, Photography, Samantha
Tonight Samantha and I went on a jog along the Witham Hill bike path and through the Crest Drive neighborhood. Fall colors are in full swing in Corvallis at the moment. This time I remembered to take my camera.
Our route took us on a 3.3 mile jog.
Tags: Exercise, Fall Colors, jogging, Photography, Samantha, Witham Hill
Tonight Samantha and I ran along the Witham Hill bike path. We started out just before sunset and made it back as it was starting to get toward dusk. Both of us were surprised that we didn’t run into the cat that has followed us the last few times we’ve been down there. Samantha wondered if perhaps the cat had been eaten on its wanderings into the spooky scrublands along the path. I figured it was either inside eating or out hunting and had already received enough loving for the day.
Our route was about 2.5 miles long.
Tags: Exercise, Fall Colors, jogging, Samantha, Witham Hill
This afternoon Samantha and I took a short walk around the neighborhood to look at the fall colors. Some trees are still mostly green while others burn bright red and yellow. People are starting to rake the leaves in their yards and pile them in the street for collection. Next time we go out, I will have to bring a camera to take some photos of all the beauty.
Our walk covered 1.8 miles of gorgeousness.
Tags: Exercise, Fall Colors, Samantha, Walking
Tonight Samantha and I went for a walk rather than a jog. Neither of us were particularly feeling in a jogging mood. Walking up the side road that I speculate may have been the original way up Witham Hill from the east, we saw a small herd of deer munching on the landscaping of a house. Down in the wetlands, we were bombarded by a host of bats as night fell. The cat that we had seen several nights previous with the “I’m Not Lost” tag made a reappearance far down the wetland path. That kitty has quite the range!
Walking back to the house, we were accosted by several more cats out looking for some loving. It seems that neighborhood is quite the mecca of petting-whore cats.
Tonight we went for a quick jog as time was not on our side. My ASOSU Senate meeting had run long, pushing our exercise well into the night. Running at night has always been very enjoyable to me. I like running in that cool, crisp air. There are hardly any cars on the road, almost no people, and few if any dogs about to give chase.
Passing the plum tree was a melancholy affair. No plums were to be had. Not until next fall will we feast on the forlorn fruit of the upper middle class suburbanites who plant plum trees for ornamentation and not for food.
In total, we jogged 2.7 miles.
Tonight we went jogging with plum smuggling in mind. After a run through the dog park on Witham Hill where we watched several rather comical dogs get tangled up in each others’ leashes, we went to our favorite plum tree. It was already too dark to discern a plum from a leaf but we managed to collect about 30 or 40 plums. Sadly, I think tonight was the last plum smuggling event of the season. Most of the tree was already bare. No doubt, the deer have gotten to it. Samantha also discovered that overripe plums make for a headache when they fall on your head.
At the Co-Op we shopped for some groceries and other miscellaneous foodstuffs including a carrot cake. Samantha convinced me of the economy of buying an entire cake rather than just two slices. Why have two slices when you can have a whole cake at half the per-slice cost?
Our total distance tonight was 3.2 miles
Tags: First Alternative Co-Op, jogging, plums, Samantha
Tonight’s route took us through some neighborhoods I’ve never visited before. A small fluffy white dog escaped its owners, ran up to our ankles and snarled at us. After much yelling by the owner and gentle scolding from us, the fluffy puppy went back to the house from whence it came.
In the flat neighborhoods, Samantha took the lead, taking us on a circuitous route to add extra distance. In total, we jogged 3 miles.
Tags: Dogs, First Alternative Co-Op, jogging, Samantha
Tonight, Samantha didn’t feel like going jogging, still being sore from the last two nights of exercise. She stayed home to watch the first presidential debate. My route took me up and over Witham Hill past the Witham Hill Oaks apartment complex where I lived with Rick F and Sean all those years ago. The place still looks exactly the same.
Down on Walnut, I passed another runner going in the opposite direction. He was doing the long grind up and over toward Harrison Boulevard. Maybe in another few nights, I’ll go out that way again. It’s been at least six months since the last time I had the time and motivation to do that route.
At the Co-Op, I stopped to buy some organic lemon juice to use in a soy sauce and lemon juice chicken dish that Samantha and I are going to cook tonight. I managed to get in and out just before they were getting ready to shut down for the night. Running back up Grant toward my house I reflected on the fact that I didn’t pass one group of drunken college students or even a house party. Where are all of the beginning of the term parties these days, anyway?
In total I ran 4.4 miles.
Tags: Cooking, Exercise, First Alternative Co-Op, jogging, Presidential Election 2008, Rick F, Running, Samantha, Sean, Walnut Boulevard, Witham Hill
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