Home, cherries and coffee shop presentations :)
Home...as in where I grew up. John Day, Oregon...or more accurately Canyon City, Oregon. Beautiful place - Mom and Dad got this house in 1969...I was 5 and they have done a lot of work to it :). We slaved as kids - yes, I mean slaved. I'm sure I did not like it growing up but today I'm okay with it. I appreciate the work ethic. The yard was a rock pit when we moved in, now it is lush, green and full of different kinds of flower gardens, a fish pond, a vegetable garden, trees and a hammock:). Pure enjoyment. My parents are doing pretty well - they are hard workers. Perseverance must be in their genes, in their general outlook on life - just their overall attitude. The house and the yard/property look good. I'm impressed. So that is good news to me...very good news. Mom and a friend of hers wanted to go pie cherry picking today. So we loaded up the buckets and drove about 45 minutes to Thompson's Orchards on the John Day River...beautiful place. We picke