Monthly Archives: May 2003

Covered Bridges

Long wandering rides in the country is one of the things we most like to do. Windows down…hair blowing in the wind and the sweet smell of summer filling the car. Today we looked for covered bridges. Oregon does love … Continue reading

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High Desert Museum Bend, Oregon

These beautiful bronzes of a deer and her newborn twins are at the entrance to the museum. This is one of the neatest museums in the United States. It contains an intriguing mixture of history, artwork and wildlife. Here a … Continue reading

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Cottage Grove, Oregon

This barn has been here for many years and I love the feeling it gives me every time I see it. Talk about a peek back at yesteryear. It looks like a set for ‘Ma and Pa Kettle’. Many years … Continue reading

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How Wet is It?

I don’t want to say it rains a lot in Oregon…but here even the flowers wear boots!

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Pre’s Rock

Steve Prefontaine is still the greatest distance runner America has known. His records are unmatched (the number of American records he held at one time), and his tragic death in 1975 cut short a career that was only beginning. ‘Pre’ … Continue reading

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A Magical Garden in Hendricks Park

In this magical place someone has scattered these tiny elves. You have to look really hard to find them hidden in little out of the way places. What a sweet and whimsical gift to give… We sat for a long … Continue reading

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University of Oregon

Walking the winding paths of the beautiful University of Oregon campus and watching the fresh faces of the students there, made me wish I were back in my own ‘hallowed halls of learning’ once again. I loved every day of … Continue reading

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What Happened Here?

  It looks like this poor fungus was a victim of a ‘drive-by shooting!

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The Apple Tree

        “I won’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else…till Johnny comes marching home…”

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Pioneer Cemetery

This is one of the oldest pioneer cemeteries in the state of Oregon. The first burial took place in 1846. I’ve been in cemeteries in which I felt an overpowering sense of grief but today in this tiny, hidden, mossy … Continue reading

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