We spotted a herd of at least 133 elk along the road!
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The Fae Realm Shoppe will be open on Thursday for the Corvallis Arts Walk as well as our usual weekend hours!
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I don’t know if I should go to Oregon for my first solo trip or if I should go somewhere with a warmer beach maybe somewhere tropical but I’m kind of scared of going somewhere like Mexico by myself or Costa Rica or somewhere like that 
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southbound path
#road #mountain #photography #landscape #design #oregon #pnw #pnwlife #interstate #pilotrock
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March 13, 2026 | 07226
The Mercedes G-Wagon is much lauded as a status SUV. Yeah, it’s cool. It looks tough. Not necessarily fitting for a series on cars and car culture but I do think they’re cool. They have personality and they are not subtle. They’re a statement piece.
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March 12, 2026 | 07126
Someone once told me this Fiat looked like a flea. It’s small and it’s cute and I still love them. Even as someone who’s 6’4”!
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March 11, 2026 | 07026
This is supposed to be all about cars but sometimes I can’t resist a classic pick up truck. Especially a ‘Custom Cab” with the cool font.
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overpass days
#overpass #road #mountain #photography #landscape #design #oregon #pnw #pnwlife
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The Sound of Mariachis
This morning dawned with evidence of overnight rain, but as the day continued, we wound up seeing blue sky and sunshine until nighttime fell. Last night’s low was 38 degrees, and the high today reached 56.
My blood sugar was up to 167 today, but that is still far below the numbers over recent days.
Following our coffee and the Saturday online brain games, Nancy and I opted for oatmeal for breakfast, since we anticipated lunch coming and did not want to overeat.
We eventually showered and dressed, and a little after noon, Anne and Joe arrived. We showed them around the new place, and they were impressed.
Then they drove us out to the Bennet Vineyards & Wine Company in Cheshire, Oregon, west of Junction City on OR 36. There was a birthday party with mariachis going on and a food truck was out front selling barbecue.
Nancy and Anne enjoyed a bit of wine tasting. Joe and I went with non-alcoholic drinks, as usual, and we ordered barbecue and shared it with our wives. Then I took pictures of the mariachis during their performance. Later, I posted a trio of images on my Flickr account, the first new photos since January.
After getting dropped off back at home, Nancy and I took a nap. Afterwards, I ran over to Fred Meyers for more cream. They only carry quarts of the brand we usually buy, so we won’t shop there for cream again. I did notice, however, they carry the cold brew I like, so that’s another option.
Nancy put on a pot of rice to prepare for dinner while I was out for cream, but as it was near to being ready, we began to wander about how hungry we were. We wound up eating a little bit, starting with a small salad, then a little serving of rice with Greek chicken.
After clean-up, we began our streaming entertainment for a Saturday night. We started with the first episode in the new series “Scarpetta,” based on the series of novels by Patricia Cornwell, which my father originally introduced me to many years ago. We wrapped up our shows with another episode of “Lincoln Lawyer.”
Tonight will continue with cloudiness, as will pretty much the entire day tomorrow, although rain has disappeared from the forecast until next weekend. For right now. The low will drop to the mid-30s, and Sunday’s high temperature is likely to reach the mid-50s.
Tomorrow is the Fourth Sunday in Lent, and the Vestry has been called to a quick meeting just before the service, which will be led by one of the clergy who have been filling in. We will be discussing the future of the interim position at St. Thomas going to a likely candidate. My other outing will probably be the Sunday evening recovery meeting.
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On this day in 1942, Anne Miller became the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, which was discovered in 1928 by the Scottish physician Alexander Fleming.
March 14, 1833, was the birth date of Lucy Hobbs Taylor, an American dentist, known for being the first woman to graduate from a dental school—Ohio College of Dental Surgery—in 1866.
In addition to Pi Day, today is Bake a Pie in Solidarity Day, National Potato Chip Day, Celebrate Scientists Day, Crowdfunding Day, Dog Theft Awareness Day, Dribble to Work Day, Genealogy Day, Genius Day, International Ask a Question Day, International Day of Action for Rivers, International Day of Mathematics, International Fanny Pack Day, Legal Assistant Day, National Children’s Craft Day, National Learn About Butterflies Day, National Urban Ballroom Dancing Day, National Write Your Story Day, Save a Spider Day, and Science Education Day.
