Our country home, “Shady Grove,” became a welcoming place for all family and friends. With a new screened porch and comfortable guest spaces, we were ready to entertain outdoors and inside!!
SHADY GROVE V – CABIN, HYTTE & GARDEN WELCOME GUESTS Read More »
Mid-May to Mid-September is SUMMERTIME in Beaver Valley. In the spring wildflowers – especially lupine, balsam root and nootka roses invite us outside to enjoy the blue, yellow and rosy pink colors of the flowers and warmth of the sun.
Right from our front door trail trails invite us to hike up the ridge, along the river and into the forests that surround us.
Soon, friends arrive to enjoy the bounties of this place with us.
SHADY GROVE IV – GUESTS & SUMMER FUN -BY Lorelie & Tim Olson Read More »
We welcome you to the third post about our home in Ponderosa. The current post features the first two years when a retreat cabin became our home!
SHADY GROVE III – OUR PONDEROSA HOME – by LORELIE & TIM OLSON Read More »
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.
A MOUNTAIN HOLIDAY – BY LORELIE OLSON Read More »
Each December we set up our small Norwegian tree, display festive objects from Norway,
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.
THE ANGELS OF CHRISTMAS – BY Lorelie Olson Read More »
Over the past many years, our Christmas trees have been symbols of family traditions and reflected our home spaces and life stages.
“O CHRISTMAS TREE” – LORELIE & TIM OLSON Read More »
IN 1995 WE FOUND OUR NEW HOME IN PONDEROSA IN THE CASCADE FOOTHILLS.
SHADY GROVE – II – BY LORELIE & TIM OLSON Read More »
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.
SHADY GROVE – BY LORELIE & TIM OLSON Read More »
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.
mar vista home by the sea Read More »
