November Midwestern Love: Take One

Went to Indianapolis and visited my friend Kate, then on to Janelle's in Lafayette, and then my dear friend Laura picked me up in Columbus, OH where I saw lots of Ohio, Pittsburg, PA and a wee part of WV.

Highlights of visit:

-Learning the song Party in the USA while drive w/ top down in Indy

-Fall down Janelle's stairs and busting my ankle...oh....

-Steak n' Shake baby!

-Amish country w/ Laura

-Arriving in WV and thinking "WHAT THE HECK?!"

-Big, old, historic cemeteries in OH & PA

-Delicious olives at market in Cleveland

(I'm a seahorse, she's a lobster. Got it!)

(Michael & Janelle's)

(Carefree in the fall)

(my beautiful foot)

(sandwich goodness)

PUMPKINS & MORE COLORS!

FALL COLORS, PUMPKINS AND LIFE OF CUTE DOGGY!

Fall Fun: October in the Gorge

A day in the Gorge with Dani...apple & pear orchards, lavender farm, winery, fall colors, waterfalls, cute cows...i love autumn and i especially love oregon this time of year.

Visitors Take 17

My friends Janelle and Kelly came to the Pacific Northwest for doggy show and Gypsy and were lucky enough to go up and spend some time with them. We went on a pretty hike in the Puget Sound and much enjoyment was had by humans and dog alike.

Gypsy reunited with her puppy mom Janelle. Cute!

dearest meadow

Meadow, just check out this slug we have to offer....seriously gross! This is one of the smaller ones, but they are all over the place and they leave slim trails. Gypsy tries to eat them and searches for them in the grass. I have seen one similar to the yellow banana looking slug you posted and that was also disgusting. Does anyone know if slugs have eyes?Also, another great thing we have to offer are really cool ferry rides. Oh. This has be the most ridiculous ferry crossing known to man! Yesterday we were driving to go see the Spruce Goose (pause for laughter) and while driving we had to deal with this ferry crossing. Tell me, why isn't there just a bridge to get over?!

Close of Summer

Is it officially fall now that it is September? I'm not going to lie, I'm ready for the summer to be over and for the fall colors to start showing up. Last weekend we had our last summer outing and attended a dahlia festival just outside of Portland. I never realized how many different varieties of dahlias there were or even how much I liked them. The rows and rows of flowers were beautiful and I have added a new flower to my list of favorites. Yes, Gypsy (8 months now) goes everywhere with us.

A Year

So we've now lived in Oregon for a full year and I still think it is great! I love this time of year since we get such wonderful produce. People, look at all this amazing fresh produce I got yesterday at the market. I also love my new market basket I recently purchased-way better than the bags, because nothing gets smashed. Also, just because I think she is so dang cute, here is a recent picture of our pup-pup who will only be eight month this week, but she is already pretty dang huge!