Dorris Ranch

It was such a beautiful weekend that Shana and I decided to get out and go for a walk so we headed to this neat place called Dorris Ranch. It is a old Hazelnut Ranch from 1903 that is now a historical area with running trails that go between the hazelnut trees and down by the willamette river. It is a truly beautiful place. They even have days where they have "living history" when poeple dress up in period costumes and act out the days of the old ranch. It is still a working Hazelnut ranch as well. I love finding fun little places like this and exploring my new town.

Our new friends, and Harlie's new entertainment!

In the last couple weeks, Shana and I have been building up our new obsession. Our fish tank! I never thought I would love it s much, and the little fishies. It is a really nice 30 gallon fresh water tank with live plants and a new little cave that we randomly found in the dirt outside of our gym haha, SCORE! We have named the two fish we can Identify. The girl is Molly and we are hoping she will have babies soon and the boy is Noah (who wont leave molly alone!). We have a bunch more but they are so small and are still growing. Not only is it fun for us to have the aquarium, Harlie is obsessed with the fish! She sits and stares into the tank all day. Once we had the lid of and she was caught with her paws in the tank.. so we make sure the top is on at all time now lol. My favorite is when she walks behind the tank and it looks like she is in swimming with the fish. We are going to start introducing more fish within the next couple weeks. Im really excited to get a algie sucker! I definitely never thought I would become a "fish person" but it might have happened. It is just so pretty! Here are some fun pics...















Yay for Fishies!!!!

Spring is here!

The other day I was in my kitchen and I turned around to look out our sliding glass door when I noticed that our tree has exploded. It was all branches a few days ago and now it is beautiful, filled with these wonderful white blossoms that literally came over night. Shana and I were so excited that we decided to take some pictures. It makes cooking a lot more fun when we can look outside and see this beautiful tree. Spring has certainly arrived!



we keep the birdies happy

Our little front yard :)
Just driving around Eugene I can see signs of spring every where. All the pink and white trees, dafodills and tulips pop up everywhere like weeds, I feel truly blessed to live in such a beautiful city where there are actual seasons :)

New Roomate! Introducing... Shana!

So I moved into my new apartment and I LOVE it... and I love my new roomie as well! Her name is Shana, 21 from none other than Simi Valley. She is introducing me to the vegan lifestyle. I love trying the new foods but I think it will be hard to give up my meats and dairy so for now I have just added vegan foods to my diet. Today we went for a long walk along the amazing bike and walking paths just across the street from our place... these paths go from along the beautiful river to the forest to these great fields with wild flowers... and it is all just steps from our apartment. Shana also has a cat named Noodle... Harlie and Noodle are working on being friends but Harlie likes to play (pounce) and Noodle is a big scardey cat lol. Anyways life is good in apartment 115 as we all make this place home :).



Here is a pic of the bike path and the running path right next to it..

Harlie's first snow...

Oregon welcomed Harlie with a bit of its odd weather, but she sure was curious!!! What the heck is that white stuff!?

Traveling Kitty...

I finally finally finally got to bring Harlie (my cat aka child) to Oregon with me. It was quite an adventure for her. I gave her some kitty downers to make the trip a little more comfortable. She was mostly out of her crate and would find the silliest places to sleep, Im sure the poeple driving next to me got a kick out of her sleeping on her back in the back window. She has adjusted very well to the Oregon life and I absolutely LOVE having her here. She always puts a smile on my face when I come home.

Harlie Driving..

Watching the world go by...

California for Spring Break...

I finally finished my first quarter at Lane and got to go home for my almost 2 week break. It didnt feel like two weeks at all and I barely got to see everyone I wanted to see, but I still had a nice time. I hate the drive though and next time I will definitely be flying. I got to spend a lot of time with Jim which was nice. We went to the beach one day and drove up bouquet canyon to the creek another... lots of fun stuff. I also finally got to meet Mr. Weston Paul Newman ... such a cutie. It was very hard to leave my parents again. I wish they would just move up here to Oregon.. It would make life a thousand times better but o well.. Here are some pictures of some california adventures.







I wish I could have seen more people and other people more often.. hopefully next time!