Thursday, July 23, 2009

Covered Bridges & Waterfalls











Cottage Grove has the most covered bridges in OR. This waterfall is about 20 minutes from our house.




Tillamook Train & Cheese








We rode the old steam train & it was neat going around Tillamook Bay. It stopped for half an hour at Rockaway Beach. Later we went to the cheese plant & bought some cheese.




Orchids, Cobra Lillies, & Planter Boxes









There's a place north of Florence, OR called Darlingtonia Gardens where they have these insect eating, odd-looking lillies. Another pic shows the orchids I finally got to bloom in our bathroom. The planter boxes are in our back yard here in Cottage Grove.

Watson, our cat
















Here's a few pics of Watson. He's 3 years old now (2009).

Churches




We like to take drives in the beautiful Oregon countryside & have found a few quaint old churches along the way.

Snow







In Dec., 2008, it snowed quite a bit in Cottage Grove, OR & lasted about a week. We had a few more light snowfalls, but none as heavy as this.

Our Dog, "Moose"
















We adopted Merlin in late Jan. from the Lane Cty. Animal Shelter & nicknamed him "Moose". He was part Chow & Border Collie. We loved him alot, but had to find a new home for him as he was very active & needed a bigger back yard.