The Brown House Years

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Across
  1. 1. The family farm in Astoria proper was on this road
  2. 3. We planted a __ __ nest to the playhouse in the backyard
  3. 6. A wintertime use for the hill behind the house
  4. 9. A tool, much like an ax, Olli was especially fond of
  5. 11. A blade we used for hacking the brambles out of our path
  6. 16. Which river in Australia did Jim Craig live on?
  7. 18. Our first property where we picked apples with the Ray’s and planted saplings, and roasted hotdogs over a fire Daddy built
  8. 19. Through tension and straining, using hay bales and thin flexible rods decorated with “feathers” Daddy taught us…
  9. 20. An Island only we knew as “____ Island”
  10. 24. We once tied a wagon behind her and packed in it a precious passenger… We learned a lesson that day
  11. 25. Steep carpeted stairs led to a kid zone full of obstacle courses, hide and seek and a pool table.. The Families name was…
  12. 28. A computer game with the most ethereal soundscape, it took place underwater
  13. 29. It all took place at this house, “the ___ ___”
  14. 30. New to us in the Yellow House, we got it from the neighbor; it survived each move and sits in the family house today
  15. 31. We had barn owls! They left us…
  16. 33. The number of acres we roamed freely in those golden years
  17. 35. Covered bridge folk
Down
  1. 2. He came over when Finnish pancakes were on the table; Daddy called him “our Edwards” after Little House on the Prairie’s Mr. Edwards
  2. 4. We spread this toy out all over the livingroom from the Futon to the hallway when we played with it
  3. 5. “Pa died of dystentery”
  4. 7. A good reason to stay away from the South side of the big barn…
  5. 8. The tree with enough bough-rooms for all, in which we passed many an hour… called “the ___ ___”
  6. 10. Where our Daddy worked, four on, four off
  7. 12. Our piano teacher and the 16th President have this in common…
  8. 13. The bird our favorite fort was named for
  9. 14. Lurking in the rafters above Grandma’s breakfast room, behind two doors lived a…
  10. 15. Where we kept our bikes, the lawnmower, garden tools and the potato box… “the _____”
  11. 17. A summer pass time for some, chore for others.. both alike reap the reward after dinner; Mommy sent us… “___ ___”
  12. 21. A curiosity by day, our foe by night
  13. 22. A certain English Springer Spaniel
  14. 23. She introduced us to apple butter, enchanted us with her miniature house, her back garden and mousetrap
  15. 26. As sweet as a cookie, with a name to match. Our sweet girl was a patient mama
  16. 27. Classic 90’s top-down tile-based puzzler, we played it on the computer
  17. 32. A song as dearto us as the deer in it’s song
  18. 34. A wintertime chore, every morning depended on.. We used a hatchet to chop…