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