Corner View – Beaches

A Sunny Gift
Charlie the Unicorn *snort* Jennerson
A Good Day at the (OR) Beach
Life is Good, At the Beach
I’m in Love with my Life
Hannah in the Tide Pools
A Day in the Good Life
Tales of Hannah’s ashes scattered on beaches world-wide at Hannah’s Ashes.
For a prairie family, we sure do love our beaches!

Corner View- Cityscape

I love downtown. A lot.
Luckily, so do most folks in Corvallis!

Perhaps later today, I’ll find myself on a high point of the city
and I’ll add more pictures of the beautiful Willamette Valley ♥

Corner View – Coffee

Coffee… it’s what makes me a UU before ever stepping foot in a church!

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
(the tune of holy, holy, holy)
by Christopher Raible

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee,
Praise the strength of coffee.
Early in the morn we rise with thoughts of only thee.
Served fresh or reheated,
Dark by thee defeated,
Brewed black by perk or drip or instantly.

Though all else we scoff we
Come to church for coffee.
If we’re late to congregate, we come in time for thee.
Coffee our one ritual,
Drinking it habitual,
Brewed black by perk or drip instantly.

Coffee the communion
Of our Uni-Union,
Symbol of our sacred ground, our one necessity.
Feel the holy power
At our coffee hour,
Brewed black by perk or drip or instantly.

Here, in my normal (’tis a relative term!) day-to-day life, I enjoy my coffee the most when it comes roasted from Pacifica (our local roaster), purchased fair trade & grown organically – preferably in Coffee’s Home Country of Ethiopia.
Sunnyside Up does that for me, easy peasy! And it looks *so* pretty with my hand made felted Coffee Cozy!

The other day, after Spanish class, we talked about beans… what does frijole really specify? In Mexico, it’s pintos; in Cuba it’s black beans; in Corvallis, it’s Coffee!! ♥
Check out their beans, too:

jane, ladybug-zen, ian, bonnie, esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,

caitlin, joyce, ani, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t.,jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, dongdong, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa, britta, virgina, april, rebecca, b, sunnymama, kyndale, samantha, karen, kristina, angelina, dorit, goldensunfamily, sophie, janet, nicki, ruth, mcgillicutty

Corner View – Great Outdoors 5/13

For your entertainment, I bring you a few glimpses of the outdoors we’ve been lucky enough to witness in the past few weeks:

Our drive from Corvallis, OR to Newport, OR – The Beach Road ♥ Tunison Park, just down the street from our current home.
A regular stop on the Charlie Bike Run. An action shot from a Charlie Bike Run.
Our house is near the far car on the Left.
Cows live in the field on the Right.
New house is ’round the corner to the Right; Last house on the Left.
Idaho, day before yesterday. It was sunny 1.82 miles and 8 curves later.
Montana, just before Idaho.
In the Sioux Falls, SD Sunshine on Monday 5/11/09.
Alex, Me, Eli, Hayden, Elizabeth at the Pavilion to see each other and Rodin.
Baby Breann’s 2nd Birthday Party on Mother’s Day,
playing with her new Golf set with Grampa Santa at Sertoma Park, Sioux Falls, SD.
Fawick Park, Saturday, May 9, Sioux Falls, SD. Naked David’s view of Sioux Falls.
Yes, that is a police officer on the sidewalk.
Last week’s view of Montana, as we traveled East to our Family Gathering.
Better Late than Never ♥ Hope you enjoyed the whirlwind tour! We did ♥

jane, ladybug-zen, ian, bonnie, esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,

caitlin, joyce, ani, couturecoucou, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t.,jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, dongdong, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, ruth, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, amy, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, vanessa, britta, virgina, april, rebecca, b, sunnymama, kyndale, samantha, karen, kristina, angelina

Corner View – Modes of Transportation

Above is a typical view of the DaVinci Days Parade in Corvallis every July. Lots of kinetic transportation, along with every other imaginable variety of alternate fuels!
Below, are some of my personal favorite modes of transportation, used frequently in our pedestrian & bike friendly community ♥


Check out the view from their corners, too:
jane, ladybug-zen, ian, bonnie,esti, sophie, cele, modsquad,

caitlin, joyce, ani, couturecoucou, kim, a day that is dessert, natsumi, epe, kaylovesvintage, trinsch, c.t.,jeannette, outi, schanett, ritva, dongdong, francesca, state of bliss, jennifer, dana, denise, cabrizette, bohemia girl, ruth, dianna, isabelle, amber, a girl in the yellow shoes, mister e, janis, kari, jgy, jenna, skymring, elizabeth, audrey, allison, lise, cate, mon, victoria, crescent moon, erin, otli, amy, ida, caroline, lisa, dorte, kimmie, la lune dans le ciel, nicola, malo, samantha, kyndale, capturereflection

Corner View – Breakfast

We’ve got Breakfast Standards around here!
Our Standard Breakfast rarely varies &
cannot be done more perfectly than at Sunnyside Up…Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Fruit & Bacon for the BoySometimes combined as: Grape + Raspberry Jelly + Toast + Bacon = YUMMY!
Scrambled Eggs, Dry Toast & Bacon for Mama. AND some fair trade, organic, locally roasted, coffee!
Where did breakfast find you today?

Check out Breakfast with these guys:
jane,
ladybug-zen,
ian,
bonnie,
esti,
sophie,
cele,
modsquad,
caitlin,
joyce,
ani,
couturecoucou,
kim,
a day that is dessert,
natsumi,
epe,
kaylovesvintage,
trinsch,
c.t.,
jeannette,
outi,
schanett,
ritva,
dongdong,
francesca,
state of bliss,
jennifer,
dana,
denise,
cabrizette,
bohemia girl,
ruth,
Hahamommy (diana),
isabelle,
amber,
a girl in the yellow shoes,
mister e,
janis,
kari,
jgy,
jenna,
skymring,
elizabeth,
audrey,
allison

Next week: Transportation
The NEXT week: Shopping

My Corner View

I just love new posts at LadyBugZen ♥ They’re full of inspiration and peace and beauty. Today was no different. From Japan, she led me right on over to Spain; where, once again I am inspired!
Here is my contribution to the Very First Corner View from Corvallis, OR:
Just after typing that paragraph, Kat and Marley came to squirrel me away for some girl time at Sunnyside Up ♥ Perfect timing, yet again, Universe!We enjoyed volcanic whipped cream (with our breakfasts) in our little corner of the Cafe
(doesn’t that guy at the table remind you of Richard Belzer?)Here’s a glimpse out the window at the downtown Corvallis SkyNow you, what’s going on in your corner of the Universe?