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2012
Speechless Sunday - Have Your Cake And Eat It, Too! This is my great neice Malan, enjoying her cake at her first birthday party last weekend. I love the shot because it is so full of young wonderment and the abandon of youth. She has no problem diving right in, enjoying something new, forgett...
07/29/2012
One Cool Guy, Up For Anything... Meet Guiness! This guy is one of those pups I would love to take myself if only we didn't already have FOUR rescued dogs. But he just seems so perfect, so ready to fit seemlessly into some lucky person's life. Guiness is a 2 to 3 year old rottweiler/hound mix,...
07/28/2012
New Listing! Rare Pine Grove Find, Stunning Mt. Hood Views This property is a rare opportunity to purchase a view lot in the much desired area of Pine Grove just outside Hood River. These five acres offer an amazing view of Mt. Hood from fertile orchards and meadows in a most charming country...
07/27/2012
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Friday's Foto - Trust Who Your Child Is! I love, love, love this quote and am striving to remember this about our own children (not always an easy task!). To compliment the quote, this is one of my favorite photos of our son, Ben. "To trust who our child is and not who we think he/she should ...
07/27/2012
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Hood River Adopt A Dog Bark In The Park It's almost time for the Hood River Adopt A Dog's annual fundraiser: Bark in the Park (previously known as the dog walk), Saturday, August 4th. The highlight of the day is a 1.5 mile dog walk beginning at 9 a.m., at Waterfront Park and looping back to t...
07/26/2012
The Hood River County Fair is Here! July 25 - 28th We could smell the kettle korn, carnitas and hay before we even went in the gate. Then we heard screams of kids on scary rides, bells ringing as someone wins a game and a rooster crowing somewhere nearby. Colorful banners floated in the wind an...
07/26/2012
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Speechless Sunday - Wired Nation, Indeed! If you follow my blog, you know our boys and I have been on a vacation for the past month (we're heading home first thing in the morning). Last week found us in Moab, Utah, where we, my sister, her family and my parents all stayed together. One day I ...
07/22/2012
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Speechless Sunday - One of a Kind Jeep Here's another very interesting sculpture we came across at The Hole In The Rock in Moab, Utah. It almost seems like a prop out of a cartoon as it reminds me a little of Fred Flintstone's car for some reason. The body is made entirely of license plates, ...
07/22/2012
Hood River County Fruit Loop Cherry Celebration, This Weekend, 21 & 22 This will be another great, not to be missed, weekend on the Hood River Fruit Loop. The Fruit Loop is a unique tour of more than 30 Hood River Valley fruit stands and attractions and this weekend local cherries are at thei...
07/18/2012
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Wordless Wednesday - A Lotta Bull This is a most interesting sculpture we came across when visiting the Hole In The Rock near Moab, Utah last week. It's made entirely of rusted tools, scrap metal and "parts", fit seemlessly together to make a rather impressive bull. I don't know the artist's ...
07/18/2012
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