Breakfast at Taylor's

We drove south this morning to Cave Junction to have breakfast at Taylor's.  Famous for their sausages and meats, they also make a big breakfast burrito.....as Robin discovered.

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Naptime for Everyone!

Lunch on the Farm

WL and I stopped by Pennington Farms today for a chile rellano pie and a cookie.  We already love their jams!

Kitchen Troops

We are finding so much great original stuff buried under years of indifferent remodels. In the upstairs bedroom is the Pebbles and BamBam linoleum and today, while getting rid of the wallpaper border in the kitchen, WL came across the original wallpaper.  Very 60's.  Prussian? French soldiers? Jay Ward colonialism. Too bad we cant's salvage any of it.

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Poppies By The Pool

Travesty

Our neighbor on T49 sent some pictures of what the new people are doing to the house.  Supposedly they have a crazy pitbull that cant be allowed to see anything or anyone.  So instead of training the dog, a fortress of redwood is being built around the property.  Including over the back stone wall.  A bit disheartening but we have our new place to think of and hopefully transform.

No More Sunflowers

White Pergola

Finished painting under eaves out front and now tackling a bigger job..... Eaves in the back and changing the pergola from brown to white. Started with the primer on some of it today.

Local Food

We have been very happy with the local produce so far..... chicken that tastes like chicken.  Amazing pork chops.  And for ice cream...... the local dairy's is hard to beat.  We also took a drive out to the Rogue Creamery to test drive some cheese and butter.  Excellent stuff.

From the Many..... One

The house came with 3 exterior coach lights, all in varying degrees of decay.  We were able to make one complete specimen out of the parts.  We sprayed it red, added an LED bug light (it'll save us $151 over it's 22 year life!) and remounted it out front.

We're 35!

The NYT has made the Rogue River one of it's 52 places to go in 2018.  From Switzerland to Columbia to South Korea, our new found home makes the cut.  Read more here

Farewell Brunch

Simone organized a farewell brunch that ended up being a six hour marathon.  It was a memorable, prosecco soaked meal.

Last Meal Brooklyn

After the movers left 235 Adams, I had a fast food lunch before going off to the closing.  Betsy and I celebrated that night with a trip to a local Brooklyn Alsatian restaurant.

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Morning Walkies

Birthday at Schmidts

We drove 30 minutes south of GP to have lunch at the Schmidt Family winery.  Impressive buildings, grounds and wonderful service (thanks Karen!).  We enjoyed a flight of red and white wines but settled on a 2015 Albarino white for our meal.  Delicious.  The spring sun was perfect for our ride home along the Applegate River.

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Contemplating the steps down to the lower deck

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Hanging out in our little cabin by the river

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The Fortune Cookie

Our first meal and Panda Express is giving us some good karma