SSG loves country roads and farm stands and decided to hit the road yesterday to see what she could find.
"Open" is such a good word when it comes to farm signs don't you think?
Jossy Farms is in the Willamette Valley and grows apples, pears and PEACHES.
FARM FRESH. RIPE. PEACHES. Internets. It's worth shouting.
I think you'll agree?
A late summer day, walking through a peach orchard? 
B-L-I-S-SAnd please note Oregon's sunny skies. SSG would like to be balanced on her Oregon weather reporting because ... ahem ... she hasn't always been. Namely in DECEMBER 2008 (she's looking at you 2 week "Artic Blast".)
After this, an SSG can get a little hungry--she had heard a Sonic Burger came to town and was near where SSG was. SSG is nothing if not a fan of research.
Do you guys have Sonics near you? It was DELICIOUS--especially this frozen strawberry limeade slushy thing. Just typing that made SSG wonder if they're open yet. Which isn't a problem unless ... you know, it's 8:30 a.m. and 20 miles away. WHICH IT IS.
(But SO worth it.)
I swung by an apple orchard on my way home and grabbed some McIntosh apples to make some applesauce. Because YUM.
And these ...
Dahlias are SSG's favorite flowers. I think they look much happier at Chez SSG in a Bonne Maman jam jar, don't you?
Nothing cuter than flowers in a jelly jar. I think the residents of Chez SSG agree.
