• Daffodils at King Estate

    Daffodils at King Estate

    Fifth and sixth graders from Crow-Applegate Elementary School went on what has become somewhat of an annual visit to King Estate – of course not for any wine-related activities, but to cut daffodils from the winery’s rows of daffodil beds. The winery [...]

  • FROM THE FARM: Bush’s Fern View Farm

    FROM THE FARM: Bush’s Fern View Farm

    We’re highlighting Bush’s Fern View Farm simply because it’s near where we live and they grow amazingly tasty peaches and apples as well as other great produce, like strawberries, melons, “Bodacious” corn and more. It’s been family-owned and operated since 1952. They’re [...]

  • PHOTOGRAPHY: The Land of Frost and Fog

    PHOTOGRAPHY: The Land of Frost and Fog

    It’s amazing the effect that frost and fog has on a landscape. It cloaks it in a decidedly ethereal way – draped in white gauziness above and below. Our son, while we were traveling along Territorial Highway in the Crow area, looked [...]

  • The Launch of Willamette Valley Style

    The Launch of Willamette Valley Style

    We have a notion about the Willamette Valley and the Web. It’s a perfect marriage. The Web was created with the idea of enabling people to connect with the world. And modern communication methods have made story-telling incredibly efficient and effective. We’ve [...]

  • WINE: Harvest Time at Sarver Vineyards

    WINE: Harvest Time at Sarver Vineyards

    It’s been an interesting growing season this year. Crops seem to be ripening two to four weeks later than normal. So it was a bit of a juggling act at Sarver Winery as owner Chris Sarver began to harvest the winery’s 40 [...]

  • TRAVEL: Classic Car Show, Florence

    TRAVEL: Classic Car Show, Florence

    On Sept. 10, 2011 – that’s 9-10-11 – we took a drive out Rt. 126 to the coast of Oregon to visit the town of Florence and hit the beach. We happened upon Florence’s annual Classic Car Show. Fun time and some [...]

 

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/ December 28, 2011 11:16 am

FROM THE FARM: Bush’s Fern View Farm

We’re highlighting Bush’s Fern View Farm simply because it’s near where we live and they grow amazingly tasty peaches and apples as well as other great produce, like strawberries, melons, “Bodacious” corn and more. It’s been family-owned and operated since 1952. They’re closed for the winter, and won’t open till spring, but they still have apples they set out for [...]

/ December 2, 2011 6:58 pm

PHOTOGRAPHY: The Land of Frost and Fog

It’s amazing the effect that frost and fog has on a landscape. It cloaks it in a decidedly ethereal way – draped in white gauziness above and below. Our son, while we were traveling along Territorial Highway in the Crow area, looked at the beauty of the frost and the fog and the sun trying to break through, and remarked [...]

/ November 22, 2011 11:51 am

The Launch of Willamette Valley Style

We have a notion about the Willamette Valley and the Web. It’s a perfect marriage. The Web was created with the idea of enabling people to connect with the world. And modern communication methods have made story-telling incredibly efficient and effective. We’ve had the era of the big portals – Yahoo, MSN, AOL – where these enormous online text factories [...]

/ October 25, 2011 9:46 am

TRAVEL: A Trip to Florence

With summer winding down, we took a day trip to Florence to do three things: enjoy our time with each other, get to the beach for a little renewal and refreshment, and hit Mo’s for a chowder fix!

/ October 12, 2011 9:48 pm

FOOD: Fresh-From-the-Ocean Sushi

East Moon Asian Bistro is a relatively new restaurant that opened earlier this year in the new storefront plaza (officially known as the Madison Farm Shopping Center), which also houses Rita’s Italian Ice, $1.99 Dry Cleaners, Tazo Pizza and several other businesses. We were very interested in it when we noticed it had opened its doors and have spent some [...]

/ October 11, 2011 3:05 pm

MUSIC: Strings are the Thing

Our local elementary school students put on what for many was their inaugural concert. Most of the students playing had never performed before an audience before, and these young children from 3rd 4th and 5th grades, put on holiday concert sure to put a smile on the faces of all attending.

/ September 12, 2011 2:56 pm

TRAVEL: Classic Car Show, Florence

On Sept. 10, 2011 – that’s 9-10-11 – we took a drive out Rt. 126 to the coast of Oregon to visit the town of Florence and hit the beach. We happened upon Florence’s annual Classic Car Show. Fun time and some absolutely gorgeous cars. I enjoyed shooting some abstract images of some of these cool classics. Can you tell [...]