A MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY – BY LORELIE OLSON
The sun was shining on fresh snow at Stevens Pass as we headed east to our mountain cabin. When we arrived it was almost dusk, and the cabin was a welcome sight.
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AT HOME
OUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS FROM NORWAY – PHOTOS BY LORELIE OLSON, KARL OLSON, & TONI OLSON – TEXT BY LORELIE OLSON
Each December we set up our small Norwegian tree, display festive objects from Norway,
THE ANGELS OF CHRISTMAS – BY Lorelie Olson
Hark the Herald Angels Sing! sang my fourth grade chorus of us girls dressed as angels with white cardboard wings. That was the beginning of my lifelong fascination with Christmas angels.
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“O CHRISTMAS TREE” – LORELIE & TIM OLSON
Over the past many years, our Christmas trees have been symbols of family traditions and reflected our home spaces and life stages.
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SHADY GROVE – II – BY LORELIE & TIM OLSON
IN 1995 WE FOUND OUR NEW HOME IN PONDEROSA IN THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
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SHADY GROVE – BY LORELIE & TIM OLSON
More than thirty years have passed since we turned left at Coles Corners and drove through Beaver Valley and up a windy Camp 12 road taking us into Ponderosa. In Ponderosa we found a cabin on the river.
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mar vista home by the sea
A family home can be long time in the making and the following is a narrative of how steadfast persistence and dedicated friendship can lead to the creation of a wonderful home for our extended family on the central Oregon coast.
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