KOHD news came by the shop today to do a little interview and take a few shots of our historic homestead... they're doing a story tonight on historic sites in Bend (at 5:15 and 6:45pm), and our farmhouse location is certainly one of the charming old places still standing. When people first find us, they're always surprised: you just don't expect something so old and funky and sweet tucked in behind big box stores and two malls. At one point, the homestead property included all the land from about where Izzy's Pizza is, to north of the Cascades Village mall, and went east to about Boyd Acres Road. All that's left is the little postage stamp piece of land (less than 1/2 acre) we're on. We still have the gorgeous old growth pines surrounding us, a garden, and a regular wildlife habitat, from ducks to deer. You just wouldn't expect to see all that across the street from a Macy's (and now, Kohls).
Here's a shot of Pomegranate in December, covered with snow. Right now, our garden is just brown sticks, and I can't wait for some greenery to appear. Too bad, if the film crew had just waited a month or so, we'd have some glorious blooming bits. I especially love the wild rambling rose bushes that just explode in yellow blooms, year after year, without us doing anything to them. Plus lilacs, crab apples, snowball bushes, lavender... c'mon spring!
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