99 bottles of beer…
You take one down,
pass it around,
98 bottles of beer on the wall.
Good luck getting that one out of your brain now! Another visit to the Rogue brewery in Newport, home of Brewer’s on the Bay restaurant and the best beer cheese soup EVER!
There are signs of spring here in Oregon, like this gorgeous barrel of daffodils at the Rogue brewery in Newport. Unlike our home in Italy where it’s still been cold and frosty, it was beautifully clear and sunny in Oregon last week. I love seeing these signs of spring, Oregon has such a long and colorful spring. It will be interesting to see what it’s like for us in Vedano… when it starts!
Oh, the wonders of sand.
So much fun to dig in and pile up.
To scratch and to shape.
To feel between your fingers and toes.
To run free as the breeze on.
Beautiful, marvelous sand.
Our little buddy Beckett, playing in the sand on the Oregon coast. Is there anything more fun than sand to a little boy?
Aaaaah, a place that I love. The Oregon Coast. We were on home leave in Corvallis last week, visiting friends, doctors, dentists, property managers and more than a few stores. Patrick took to calling it our “restocking trip.” Very true. But one day, we got out the coast on a beautiful, sunny day. And I was reminded that with all of the exciting places we’ve visited in the last 10 months, there are still many wonderful things about our “real” home here in Oregon.
It’s a bit snowy here in Vedano this morning, so I’m inspired to post one of my favorite snow pictures. This is from Corvallis, last December, right before Christmas break. It was the last day of work before the Christmas shutdown and it was a glorious morning of snow and light, quite unusual to have so much snow in Corvallis. I took a fun hike through the untouched snow outside of work and took some of my favorite snow pictures.
I will go through my pics from last night in Milano and this morning sometime this next week and post some new winter pics from Italy. We’re going to Torino tonight – it’s supposed to have fabulous lights!