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Olson birthday & Memorial Day retreats! SUCH FUN! Swimming, croquet, campfires, hikes, rafting, eating, drinking, visiting on the patio.
OLSON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK VII – MINI-REUNIONS IN SHADY GROVE – By Lorelie Olson Read More »
Our gardens in Ponderosa and Everett attract a variety of birds, butterflies and bees. Key attractions afor the beds are several water features, while the butterflies and bees appreciate bright blossoms! Join us as we visit these garden habitats in high summer.
OLSON GARDENS IX – GARDEN HABITATS FOR BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES & BEES -By Lorelie Olson Read More »
We soon found our neighbors friendly, helpful and ready to enjoy spontaneously gathering together for afternoon happy hours, potlucks, and conversations about our community, PONDEROSA. Within a few months we became involved with the PONDEROSA COMMUNITY CLUB and our circle of friends grew to include property owners through out the community. We were on our way to becoming “locals.”
SHADY GROVE VI – CELEBRATIONS & HOLIDAYS WITH NEIGHBORS – by Tim & Lorelie Olson Read More »
Meet Agnes, an ordinary gray tabby with an extraordinary talent for mischief and adventure.
If you missed Chapters 1 -3, you might want to read them before continuing to Chapter 4.
After you have read them, read Chapter 4 and follow Agnes’s adventures when she escapes from the confines of the motel room.
A NOVEL -AGNES ON THE MOVE – CHAPTER 4 – BY LORELIE & TIM OLSON Read More »
Our destination was a dream trip to the North Carolina Outer Banks, with its famous beaches, lighthouses, wild. ponies, and. legends.
All four Olsons: Jerry, Keith, Tim and Lorelie, traveled to this unique shoreline area along the Atlantic Ocean. Our experiences were as varied as the scenery!
NORTH CAROLINA EXCURSIONS I – OLSONS ON THE OUTER LIMITS Read More »
The lines “Waves the only sound I hear; white foam melts into the sand” are the descriptive lines beginning Cathy’s poem, “Beach Meditation.” The poem moves from the description into an inner meditation about transitions that all of us make during our lives. We are asked to join in this meditation with the poet.
CATHY ROSS – POET – “BEACH MEDITATION” Read More »
In Beaver Valley a brief spring becomes a long summer in late May. It is in this crease between spring and summer when the valley bursts in splendid color from the fresh green tips of the conifers’s branches and leaves of the deciduous trees to the variety of colors of the flowering shrubs and wildflowers. In Shady Grove Garden we add eye catching color to the native plants with cultivars including perennials, shrubs, annuals and flowering trees.
Do join us in enjoying the lovely colors in SHADY GROVE GARDEN this Memorial Day weekend.
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OLSON GARDENS VII – SHADY GROVE GARDEN IS COLORFUL FOR MEMORIAL DAY Read More »
Long before we enjoy the first bite of a ripe tomato, Cathy writes a poem about the planting of tomatoes in the northwest.
CATHY ROSS – POET – “PLANTING TOMATOES IN THE RAIN” – A POEM FOR SPRING Read More »
During our visits to the Carolinas we traveled to many unique gardens. We invite you to join us in our tours of these historic Southern landscapes.
APRIL COLOR IN NORTH CAROLINA GARDENS Read More »
We welcome Patricia’s poem that expresses the joy we feel when we look out our windows in the morning and find that the birds have returned!
PATRICIA ANN HAMMILL – POET – “LITTLE BIRDS” Read More »
