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[Rainwolf]

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Yep, she did. And my black pips&peeps hen.

Yeah!!! So are they going in the cabin with you??? Or do they go down with the luggage? Hope they do ok!!!

The go like a mid size dog... in the belly of the plane where it is dark and climate controlled.

I'm HOME!!!!

Got the 6pm flight out and then picked up birds in baggage, walked with the carrier (on a little folding dolly) to the sounder link train, went downtown , transferred to my bus, and we are home!

They will stay in the carrier tonight then go into my 4x4 raised coop for a little while (quarantine). Then they will join flock and have fun!

 

[Rainwolf]

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At 6:42am I am, at this particular point in my life, most likely asleep. Today was one of those days.

I have to get dressed and water chickens, feed the young Wyandottes and tether the sheep out for a couple of hours, and then when DH is fully awake and stuffed with sufficient painkillers to make it that far, have my one day of Christmas shopping, somehow.

Never have I more wished my sister drank alcohol or wore earrings (ETA: or read for amusement).

I did almost all my Christmas shopping on Etsy this year. I did order 1 items from a catalog, though. A Catapult kit for Alex. I'm hoping they will take it to Rattlesnake Lake and fling rocks into the lake, not my windows!

Don't forget www.Artfire.com a lot of the same artist and a lot of artist not on etsy anymore.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

I forgot, since it was such a long and complicated time ago, but I looked down into Algona (or Pacific?) soon after we got on 167 and there was a back yard full of Muscovies- four pens, maybe 15-20 birds each, in an about 30X30 to 40X40 yard. It was impressive in ways that made me meticulously tidy.

 

[Rainwolf]

question for those who live in the auburn/black diamond/enumclaw area...

Does the green river flood much?
Are there any "bad" neighborhoods to avoid?
Anything I should know about the area?
I found a house and acres in our price range and we will go look at it soon but I know nothing of that area.

 

[Stumpfarmer]

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ARGH!

I thought I knew where to find you an online map, but it's all gotten complicated again. The best I can find is this FEMA flooding hazard site which can be searched by specific addresses.

Call King County Planning and ask them for their flood maps for that neighborhood- they should be free or at least very cheap.

The Green River Valley flooded pretty thoroughly last winter- one of my cousin's daughter's was pregnant and worried about having to evacuate and leave all the baby stuff behind so I remember it well! When you go to look at the place in daylight check fences and low branches for flood debris, especially dead grass and algae, caught up in them, and look for high water lines on outbuildings. If the place was in the main current of the flood, blackberry plants will be laid out flat and parallel.

The seller has to disclose if the house itself was flooded, so be sure to ask about that before you get too attached..

 

[Rainwolf]

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ARGH!

I thought I knew where to find you an online map, but it's all gotten complicated again. The best I can find is this FEMA flooding hazard site which can be searched by specific addresses.

Call King County Planning and ask them for their flood maps for that neighborhood- they should be free or at least very cheap.

The Green River Valley flooded pretty thoroughly last winter- one of my cousin's daughter's was pregnant and worried about having to evacuate and leave all the baby stuff behind so I remember it well! When you go to look at the place in daylight check fences and low branches for flood debris, especially dead grass and algae, caught up in them, and look for high water lines on outbuildings. If the place was in the main current of the flood, blackberry plants will be laid out flat and parallel.

The seller has to disclose if the house itself was flooded, so be sure to ask about that before you get too attached..

I have access to the flood zones but that does not tell you if its a every year thing, every 10 years, 100 years, etc type flooding. I've seen rivers that flood every year do minimal damage... and ones that flood every 50 years wipe out whole towns... so thats kind of what I was wondering about.

 

[Ogress]

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I did almost all my Christmas shopping on Etsy this year. I did order 1 items from a catalog, though. A Catapult kit for Alex. I'm hoping they will take it to Rattlesnake Lake and fling rocks into the lake, not my windows!

Don't forget www.Artfire.com a lot of the same artist and a lot of artist not on etsy anymore.

Cool, I had not heard of them.

 

[Ogress]

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ARGH!

I thought I knew where to find you an online map, but it's all gotten complicated again. The best I can find is this FEMA flooding hazard site which can be searched by specific addresses.

Call King County Planning and ask them for their flood maps for that neighborhood- they should be free or at least very cheap.

The Green River Valley flooded pretty thoroughly last winter- one of my cousin's daughter's was pregnant and worried about having to evacuate and leave all the baby stuff behind so I remember it well! When you go to look at the place in daylight check fences and low branches for flood debris, especially dead grass and algae, caught up in them, and look for high water lines on outbuildings. If the place was in the main current of the flood, blackberry plants will be laid out flat and parallel.

The seller has to disclose if the house itself was flooded, so be sure to ask about that before you get too attached..

I have a friend who has been in Black Diamond for 30+ years and loves it.

When we were looking in North Bend, if the price on a house seemed way lower than it ought to be, it usually meant the place had flooded. There is an unincorporated neighborhood in North Bend (Shamrock Park) completely surrounded by incorporated parts. The city won't annex them due to flood issues. That could be another warning sign. The reltors always disclosed when I asked.

 

[Rainwolf]

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Don't forget www.Artfire.com a lot of the same artist and a lot of artist not on etsy anymore.

Cool, I had not heard of them.

I used to be a etsy artist until they started charging so much it was just like ebay.... So I tried Artfire and have been happy. they are a monthly subscription type not a per item percentage etc fees. so if you only want to sell maybe 10 items in shop then etsy works.... if you have like my mom's vintagerain shop there... 900 items in shop then artfire is better...

 

[Kaneke]

actually if you are out in the Black Diamond - Enumclaw area, you are more apt to be damaged by WIND !

every year there are barns and houses that lose roofs --- trees down, fences down -- and it's the EAST wind that is the problem; make sure you do not locate in the expanding triangular area where the wind can come whistling down from the pass !

I used to fly gliders out of a field in the first range of foothills north and east of town; often I flew the towplane out to that field from its base in Renton, and the damage after windstorms, was amazing to see, looked like a tornado had gone through