meet the neighbors

as many of you know, we live nextdoor to an intentional co-op community called the rainbow farm.

There are several cabins on the farm:

main house

main house is intended to be the central hub of the community. the caretaker, eugene, lives there with his partner dani, dani's daughter millie, and their son journey. this is where potlucks happen and where people meet up on hot days to head down to the river. there are solar panels on the roof that provide over half the power for the cabin.

the schoolbus house

the house was actually built around a schoolbus, and the origional frame is still sticking out. in the photo you can see it on the left, above millie's head, with plants sitting atop it. this house is completely powered by solar. angel and justin live there with their children savannah and zia, two chickens, a rooster, a llama and olive the dog.

the hilltop house

we think this is the prettiest house. its the house most set back into the woods (and up the hill) and surrounded by trees. it has a beautiful stained glass window that was made by a woman named joy who lived there many years ago, a kitchen floor with pictures of slugs, suns and moons, and a battery-opereated wall clock that makes a different bird song every hour. our good friend lexie (dani's sister) lives there, but spends most of her time in Eugene. living in town makes her commute to a farm in junction city significantly shorter.

the dome and the yurt (not our yurt)

the dome (sorry, no pictures yet) is lived in by a guy named mark that we haven't met yet. he works in town, and hasn't visited the farm since we've been here. its an incredible cabin, with a geodesic dome built on the side. bill and raymond live in the yurt on the corner of the field in which eugene grows organic timothy hay. bill has lived on the farm for two many years to count and raymond has been there with him for several years now.

jacob, tera, millie and dani

jacob and millie


dave leaning against a drum made by eugene at main house

millie and me

olive the dog

we showed our photo albums to the neighbors so that they could meet our family, and now you, our family, has met our neighbors. hopefully visits out here in the future will enable some of you to meet them in person!!!

we love and miss everyone more than words could ever say....

be well,

penny and dave