Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
13
Aug
Posted by Irene in Day to day, My Home, Travel. Tagged: Cent, central oregon, garden, hiking, Huckleberries, Santiam River. 5 Comments
We had to go slow on our last trip. Back troubles are keeping us from driving for more than 45 min at a time. (Did you know that you are not supposed to sit for more than 45 min at a time? Try it on your next roadtrip.)
I loved it though. We stopped places [...]
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28
May
Posted by Irene in Mushrooms!, Travel. Tagged: Boletus, central oregon, Deschutes, Morels, Mushrooms!, Porcini. 4 Comments
I hope you all had a great holiday weekend. We had a great time up at the Ranch although we didn’t spend that much time actually on the ranch itself. We went hunting.
It was such a fun weekend. On Saturday, we were out in the forest from about 9:30am until 6:30pm. Ms O found the [...]
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25
Feb
Posted by Irene in Friends and Family, Kids, Travel. Tagged: August, Beaches, birthday, Clamming, Cockles, Oregon, Razor, Seven. 13 Comments
August turned 7 yesterday.
I can feel him pulling away more. Not in a bad way. In a good way.
He’s finding things by himself. Testing it out. Truly not needing me.
It feels good. I need to let him do it more often. Not question so much. Not push and prod so much.
It all hit me last [...]
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20
Oct
Posted by Irene in Day to day, Travel. Tagged: camping, Fort Stevens, Oregon Coast, Razor Clamming, Yurt. 5 Comments
I love weekends. I sleep in, eat too much, let my house pile up around me and usually sew a ton.
This weekend was a little different. We’ve just about made this weekend an annual October event at the beach. As I said last time, it’s not the best time of year to be at the [...]
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10
Aug
Posted by Irene in Sewing, Travel, fabric. Tagged: Amy Schimier, Boys clothes, Dan Morris, Pants, Pjs, Robert Kaufman, Timeless Teasures. 7 Comments
I had planned on making everyone pj pants for Christmas. Well, that came and went and so did Spring and most of summer. But before Fall comes, I swore that I would get the pants done. And I did!
This is the first thing I’ve sewn for Chris besides the mushroom bags. [...]
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8
Aug
Posted by Irene in My Home, Travel. Tagged: central oregon, Island Lake, Tree Removal, vacation, Yard work. 1 Comment
After removing this:
We need a little of this:
I have a ton of things to share with you, but my camera seems to forget to take pictures after something is made. I’ll try to catch up on some projects when I return. Have a happy week!
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25
Jul
Posted by Irene in Baking, Day to day, Travel. Tagged: Berries, Cherries, Morning Shade Farm, Recipes, Summer. 8 Comments
I think July has to be one of the best months to live in the NW. You have your pick of fresh foods from cherries loaded on dwarf trees which my littlest can reach to every berry you can imagine to the best veggies nobody can resist.
Last week we picked Ranier, Bing and Van [...]
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7
Jul
Posted by Irene in Kids, Travel. Tagged: Caves, central oregon, horses, Kids, mushrooming, Ranch, spelunking. 6 Comments
Spelunking in Central OR:
After 3 hours we didn’t find any Morels, but kids are still happy:
Catching up with our horse friends:
Feed, bathed and now happily relaxing in the sun:
We hope you had a great 4th of July as well!
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27
May
Posted by Irene in Kids, Travel. Tagged: birthdays, May, Morel Hunting, Mt Hood. 5 Comments
Wonder where I’ve been? Here’s the rundown:
- Wedding in Seattle, beautiful
- Week at Black Butte Ranch in Central Oregon, aaaah
- My 35th Birthday, along with baby sis Liz- on the same day
- Mother’s Day, I cleaned
- Step-sis’ Baby Shower, lovely
- Dad’s 62nd Birthday, hot
- Chris’ and BIL’s Birthday, busy
- 2 hours of tennis lessons [...]
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6
May
Posted by Irene in Day to day, Kids, Travel. Tagged: Black Butte, central oregon, Morels, Noat, Weddings. 6 Comments
Things that are making me happy lately:
New Marriage
New shoes
(These are Naot Gardenia Shoes in Toffee)
New Sunglasses
New Morels
New Baby Geese
New bike trails we have yet to explore!
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