Heaven... a mere 7 hours away!

Every year when I go to Oregon, this is what it looks like... green, green and more green.  It is so fun to leave the lovely Oroville (cough, cough) and come here to where it is either green and lush or sandy with an ocean view.  Oh, I know, it rains a lot and the weather is not hot enough to grow tomatoes yet.  How awful!!!  As for me, 65 -80 degree days are perfectly wonderful and they grow enough tomatoes for me in Mexico.  So... this is Jan's view from her deck.  

They live in a small town called Coquille which is about 45 minutes from Coos Bay and the ocean.  The drive from the ocean to their house looks like this... all year long.  If we are green from Feb. to April we consider ourselves lucky.  The rest of the time we are "golden".

This is the garden.  I can't believe I have a friend who LOVES to work in her garden.  And no, that love of gardening is not contagious, because I have not caught any of it.

The red front door.  Why does everyone love a red front door?

Look at these flowers.  They are everywhere around her house.  

Tomorrow we are going to have chowder at the High Tide restaurant that looks over the Cocquille light house.  Sound like fun?