Author Archives: flaskey

Cheese and Chickens

Posted on August 8, 2010 by flaskey

We took a cheese class together this past Saturday at HipCooks Portland, where we made fresh cheeses. We made 5 cheeses: mascarpone, ricotta, goat cheese chevre, mozzarella, and a fromage fort. The fromage fort was our favorite and super easy … Continue reading →

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In the House Planter

Posted on July 29, 2010 by flaskey

Can you tell we are Thai and Italian? Not pictured are the heirloom tomato plants, which are not in a planter.

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More Neighbors

Posted on July 25, 2010 by flaskey

More pictures of some of our very very close neighbors of the home…

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What a difference 12 months makes…

Posted on July 15, 2010 by flaskey

Last July when P and I were looking at houses and came across the one we finally bought, I took a video of it while walking up to the main deck. We ended moving into the house in September and … Continue reading →

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Oregon Lavender Festival

Posted on July 12, 2010 by flaskey

The second weekend of July was the Oregon Lavender Festival. Since we already were going to rent a car to run some errands in preparation for a party we are helping host next weekend, we decided to make it a … Continue reading →

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Neighbors

Posted on July 3, 2010 by flaskey

Here are some photos of some of our other tenants/neighbors around our home. We will update later with more of our friends.

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Peony and Iris Farm

Posted on May 31, 2010 by flaskey

Today P and I finally made it to the Peony and Iris Farms down by Salem. After many weeks of spring rain, we took the first weekend where the weather prediction at least promised “mixed” since particularly the peonies are … Continue reading →

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Mom & Ron’s Visit from Pennsylvania

Posted on May 19, 2010 by flaskey

My mom and Ron both came out to visit Pech and I in Oregon. I’ll write more up for this, but at least split the photos out by day. Edgefield and the Historic Columbia River Highway. Coast trip our first … Continue reading →

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Portland’s Cheers To Belgian Beers

Posted on April 30, 2010 by flaskey

A couple friends of ours from Chicago are currently here enjoying the food and beers of Portland and tomorrow we’ll all be going to Portland’s Cheers To Belgian Beers. What makes this an interesting event beside the fact that it’s … Continue reading →

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New Gutters!

Posted on April 10, 2010 by flaskey

We finished the 2nd of our 3 big tasks for the house this year (the last will be getting the house cleaned and painted) which was to remove our old gutters and get new ones installed. The old gutters were … Continue reading →

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