Weekend Away

So, we got away for the weekend... and went to Roseburg, OR, with Jason's cousin and her family for Graffiti Days.  It's a huge "cruise in" with hundreds of cars on display.  In the evening they all cruise around the downtown area.  It's great!   We had a great time, although it was 100 degrees while we were at the car show, so we escaped to the shade often!  This is one version of my favorite car, a '57 Chevy Nomad (I'd prefer the Belair edition though).  It's beautiful, the perfect color!

Jason's aunt and uncle live on the Umpqua river, so Sunday morning we walked/hiked down to the river and took a few pictures.  It was beautiful, and so peaceful to hear the water flowing all the time.

On the way home, we convinced the guys to stop by a couple of lavender farms as the 2010 Oregon Lavender Festival was in full swing.  This farm was just outside Springfield.  It wasn't very big, but they had some nice things.  I bought some soap, lip balm and some lavender short bread cookies.

We stopped for lunch at The Wagon Yard BBQ just outside of Springfield.  It was really good!  It's a hole in the wall little restaurant in the middle of nowhere, but they had GREAT food!

This little lavender farm was beautiful!  The whole setup was amazing.   

I didn't get pictures of all of it, but the little sale barn they had was really pretty.  The wood shown here was from the old barn that they demolished. They did a beautiful job with everything.  I would love to have some lavender plants.  I'm hoping to plant some this fall.  We'll see how that goes. :)

Someday I'll have a cute little shop like this.  In the meantime... I dream!

On another note, the garden is doing well and the tomatoes have recovered from being nearly drowned by the tons of rain we received until the end of June.  Things are really looking up!

Hope you're having a great week!