Grants Pass is a jewel on I5 just north of Medford.
"It's the Climate" shouts the banner. It's a familiar saying to Southern Californians and while I still prefer Weather over Climate it was a beautiful day today in Grants Pass.
We parked the Musemobile two blocks from the Farmers Market and I took this shot of some red stems, blue berries and a green bug on the way there.
I'm not prepared to say Oregonians are weird but we are all unique individuals.
Even our tomatoes are uniquely individuals.
Our peppers are pretty when peacefully, placed near uncovered peds (feet)
This cool guy very nicely playing the Beatles on his hand made Dulcimer so I increased the weight on his turned over hat. The Appalachian dulcimer, a fretted, plucked instrument which is also referred to as a mountain dulcimer or just a dulcimer.
Now this is a standard farmer who looks like he belongs in Kansas. His eggs looked as great as his smile. (Yes he IS smiling)
Someone should tell this pet Grasshopper/Cricket to be careful playing instruments at a farmer's market...
With a booth for insect eating plants nearby. The man in the booth suggested (I overheard this conversation) 2 Tablespoons of soy sauce and about 1/2 cup of vegetable oil in a container with steep sides for killing earwigs.
Some kids are just plain pampered but I think this idea was more for mom's sanity.
We were invited to visit the Butte Creek Mill for some grain on an upcoming stay in Eagle Point for a Vince Gill concert nearby. It looks like a great place for photographs.
OK so I got a picture of me taking a picture of both sides of this lady's head in one shot.
Of course there were flowers...
...and some great art. There are two markets actually going on here. The Growers Market and The Artisan & Crafters Market. These art works are part of a musician series by Kurt Mottram.
Here is a quote:
I wish I'd gotten this gentleman's name but he does marvelous metal sculptures. One I took a picture of I'm not going to show here because it's a utilitarian thing that could be used in most cities and I would hate to see it reproduced because of my image. He was a very interesting person to talk with.
As we left the market area I took this shot through the opening in a produce cart larger but similar to the one my grandfather used to sell produce on the streets of Houston, Texas.
Of course this is a great Dalmatian Fire Plug.... OK I get it dog-fire plug-fire plug- firemen-firemen Dalmatian.
A bear with an eagle on it's back? Must be a Grant's Pass thing. They were also the guys that greeted J.F.K. on a campaign appearance all (Except Kennedy) dressed as Cavemen. This is a jumping off place to visit the fascinating Oregon Caves.
Sunny Valley is a little north of Grants Pass and we stopped there to see the Grave Creek Covered Bridge. But first a little history (ugh reading but just grin and bear it)
"In the fall of 1846, the first emigrant train from Fort Hall, Idaho, to travel the southern route to the Willamette Valley camped on the north side of this creek, then Woodpile Creek. Martha Leland Crowley, 16 years old died of typhoid fever during this encampment and was buried 150 feet north of the creek on the east side or a white oak tree that was later removed for the present roadway, thus the name "Grave Creek".
When James H. Twogood laid out his land claim in the fall of 1851 and filed it on May 1st 1852, he named it the Grave Creek Ranch in memory of that unfortunate incident.
McDonough Harkness, his partner, was the first postmaster of Josephine County in the newly named town of Leland on March 28,1855. Harkness was killed by the Indians in April 1856 while riding dispatch for the Army during the second Indian War of southern Oregon which started in October of 1855.
A stockade was built around a log wayside and the hotel building at Leland. The small town was the gateway to the lower Rogue country where Indians retreated so it became the gathering point of a large force of regular army and volunteers and was known as Fort Leland.
A major encounter of the war took place some 8 miles west of the Fort known as the Battle of Hungry Hill. This ill-fated engagement produced some 37 dead, wounded and missing. Some of these soldiers were buried north of the Fort at the corner of the present Leland road and old Pacific highway.
The last remnants of old Leland are the three large maple trees to the north on the east side of the road and the Ft. Leland rock-lined well on the west side of the road both on private property. In 1860 the Grave Creek Ranch became an overland stage stop for the California Oregon Stage Line. A new hotel known as the Grave Creek House #2 was built and operated until it burned down in December of 1875. A nearby farmhouse was enlarged enough to accommodate the stage company and was known as the Grave Creek House #3 or Harkness Inn. President Hayes, his wife and entourage spent the night here on September 28,1880.
Throughout the years the Grave Creek watershed was home to hundreds of gold miners. Many millions of dollars worth of gold came out of this area."
I did my usual crawling around underneath the bridge for the next few shots. This is the underside of the bridge from the creek bed. Elmer Nelson built the bridge for $21,128.65 in 1920.
I got low to shoot some pictures of the creek flowing over the rocks.
I'll count these as my artsy pics
And I really like this shot of an old fence post. I guess I just like the little things in life I used to walk by and never notice their beauty. It really comes from using the camera for a long second look.
Scrabble Score ~ The Scrabble Queen is back with a resounding 423 to the Contender's measly 292
Quote of the Day ~ on this date 07/28 The Hamburger was created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut, the year was 1900.
"It's the Climate" shouts the banner. It's a familiar saying to Southern Californians and while I still prefer Weather over Climate it was a beautiful day today in Grants Pass.
We parked the Musemobile two blocks from the Farmers Market and I took this shot of some red stems, blue berries and a green bug on the way there.
I'm not prepared to say Oregonians are weird but we are all unique individuals.
Even our tomatoes are uniquely individuals.
Our peppers are pretty when peacefully, placed near uncovered peds (feet)
This cool guy very nicely playing the Beatles on his hand made Dulcimer so I increased the weight on his turned over hat. The Appalachian dulcimer, a fretted, plucked instrument which is also referred to as a mountain dulcimer or just a dulcimer.
Now this is a standard farmer who looks like he belongs in Kansas. His eggs looked as great as his smile. (Yes he IS smiling)
Someone should tell this pet Grasshopper/Cricket to be careful playing instruments at a farmer's market...
With a booth for insect eating plants nearby. The man in the booth suggested (I overheard this conversation) 2 Tablespoons of soy sauce and about 1/2 cup of vegetable oil in a container with steep sides for killing earwigs.
Some kids are just plain pampered but I think this idea was more for mom's sanity.
We were invited to visit the Butte Creek Mill for some grain on an upcoming stay in Eagle Point for a Vince Gill concert nearby. It looks like a great place for photographs.
OK so I got a picture of me taking a picture of both sides of this lady's head in one shot.
Of course there were flowers...
...and some great art. There are two markets actually going on here. The Growers Market and The Artisan & Crafters Market. These art works are part of a musician series by Kurt Mottram.
Here is a quote:
"Kurt Mottram a notable and potentially rising talent worth watching—was also there with prints from his series of pen & ink musician portraits, along with a few of his recent oil paintings."
I wish I'd gotten this gentleman's name but he does marvelous metal sculptures. One I took a picture of I'm not going to show here because it's a utilitarian thing that could be used in most cities and I would hate to see it reproduced because of my image. He was a very interesting person to talk with.
As we left the market area I took this shot through the opening in a produce cart larger but similar to the one my grandfather used to sell produce on the streets of Houston, Texas.
Of course this is a great Dalmatian Fire Plug.... OK I get it dog-fire plug-fire plug- firemen-firemen Dalmatian.
"The famous spotted coat is unique to the Dalmatian breed; no other purebred dog breed sports the flashy spotted markings. The breed takes its name from the Croatian province of Dalmatia, where it is believed to have originated."
A bear with an eagle on it's back? Must be a Grant's Pass thing. They were also the guys that greeted J.F.K. on a campaign appearance all (Except Kennedy) dressed as Cavemen. This is a jumping off place to visit the fascinating Oregon Caves.
Sunny Valley is a little north of Grants Pass and we stopped there to see the Grave Creek Covered Bridge. But first a little history (ugh reading but just grin and bear it)
"In the fall of 1846, the first emigrant train from Fort Hall, Idaho, to travel the southern route to the Willamette Valley camped on the north side of this creek, then Woodpile Creek. Martha Leland Crowley, 16 years old died of typhoid fever during this encampment and was buried 150 feet north of the creek on the east side or a white oak tree that was later removed for the present roadway, thus the name "Grave Creek".
When James H. Twogood laid out his land claim in the fall of 1851 and filed it on May 1st 1852, he named it the Grave Creek Ranch in memory of that unfortunate incident.
McDonough Harkness, his partner, was the first postmaster of Josephine County in the newly named town of Leland on March 28,1855. Harkness was killed by the Indians in April 1856 while riding dispatch for the Army during the second Indian War of southern Oregon which started in October of 1855.
A stockade was built around a log wayside and the hotel building at Leland. The small town was the gateway to the lower Rogue country where Indians retreated so it became the gathering point of a large force of regular army and volunteers and was known as Fort Leland.
A major encounter of the war took place some 8 miles west of the Fort known as the Battle of Hungry Hill. This ill-fated engagement produced some 37 dead, wounded and missing. Some of these soldiers were buried north of the Fort at the corner of the present Leland road and old Pacific highway.
The last remnants of old Leland are the three large maple trees to the north on the east side of the road and the Ft. Leland rock-lined well on the west side of the road both on private property. In 1860 the Grave Creek Ranch became an overland stage stop for the California Oregon Stage Line. A new hotel known as the Grave Creek House #2 was built and operated until it burned down in December of 1875. A nearby farmhouse was enlarged enough to accommodate the stage company and was known as the Grave Creek House #3 or Harkness Inn. President Hayes, his wife and entourage spent the night here on September 28,1880.
Throughout the years the Grave Creek watershed was home to hundreds of gold miners. Many millions of dollars worth of gold came out of this area."
I did my usual crawling around underneath the bridge for the next few shots. This is the underside of the bridge from the creek bed. Elmer Nelson built the bridge for $21,128.65 in 1920.
I got low to shoot some pictures of the creek flowing over the rocks.
I'll count these as my artsy pics
And I really like this shot of an old fence post. I guess I just like the little things in life I used to walk by and never notice their beauty. It really comes from using the camera for a long second look.
Scrabble Score ~ The Scrabble Queen is back with a resounding 423 to the Contender's measly 292
Quote of the Day ~ on this date 07/28 The Hamburger was created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut, the year was 1900.
"It was not her sex appeal but the obvious relish with which she devoured the hamburger that made my pulse begin to hammer with excitement." ~ Raymond Albert Kroch (October 5, 1902 – January 14, 1984) was an American entrepreneur, famous for significantly expanding the McDonald's Corporation from 1955.
