I look forward to Saturday mornings all week, it’s a chance for The Renaissance Man and I to catch up and check-in. Lately I’ve been making blueberry oatmeal and The Renaissance Man and I set down and enjoy a pot of tea together. This usually involves reading The Newberg Graphic or any other magazines we received in the mail during the week.
I’ve been looking forward to the Newberg First Friday ARTwalk since the last one back in May. I love that each event is a little different, and that featured artists are always rotating. The weather was perfect for an evening spent walking between shops, listening to music, and enjoying the company of fellow art enthusiast.
We spent Saturday out in the backyard prepping the back retaining wall for plants (blog post forthcoming). Thankfully the back retaining wall is mostly covered in afternoon shade, but I was still drenched with sweat and drinking water like a desert traveler.
As I took a quick break to rehydrate, I gazed over the valley and saw a huge plume of smoke off in the distance. The Renaissance Man was running our mini rototiller and I quickly got his attention and got him to kill the motor. Pointing just to the right of Jefferson Mountain and our neighbors TV antenna, I asked “Do you think that’s a fire?”
For those of you that don’t know, The Renaissance Man was a wild land firefighter for almost a decade. He’s my go-to for identifying big plumes of smoke in the distance.
The sun is out, the bees are buzzing, and the blackberries are blooming!
Over Memorial Day Weekend, The Renaissance Man’s “Beekeeping Mentor” from the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program came over to take a look at our hives and to give us some pointers on hive management.
The Renaissance Man loves his ice cream, and when we learned about the Jem 100 Ice Cream Saloon in Newberg, we had to go investigate!
And that’s when it happened. Black. Licorice. Ice. Cream.
I’ve been driving by Recipe, A Neighborhood Kitchen almost every single day since we moved to Dundee. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve leaned over to take a look out the car window and suggest to The Renaissance Man, “We really need to try that place.” Recipe is located in a beautifully restored Victorian house on the corner of OR99W & Washington Street in Newberg, Oregon and it certainly catches your eye as you drive through town.
