A Winner and a Sign in the Middle of Nowhere

Congratulations to Linda from A La Carte! Linda is a long time member of One Gal's Trashy Pals and is the winner of the vintage valentine goods I posted about here.

(Linda, send me your address and I'll get your stash in the mail.)

For years I have passed this sign on the way to the coast. It's just outside of Banks, Oregon. On Saturday afternoon, at a moment when the sun was actually shining, I stopped the Dodge long enough to get out and take a picture.

What used to be Heritage Farms is now a gravel and rock business, but lucky for us, the gravel and rock people never bothered to remove the Heritage Farms sign. Here's the other side...

Corn and grapes and an orange and a peach!...Created and attached separately to the background for a 3-D effect. Love it! Now, I just have to figure out how to get it in the back of the Dodge.

Next post...The junk I found in Tillamook County!

My favorite place in Oregon

Once upon a time, there was a magical place called Cart M. It was in a small town called Manzanita, on the Oregon Coast.

It was a cross between a dump, a recycling center and a thrift store! People came from miles around just to see it!

They had very special things there...like an avocado green toilet with a wooden seat!

And a big, beautiful piece of art made from thousands of recycled cans!

They made it very easy to figure out where to put stuff.

There were wonderful things to see inside the thrift store too! Like...

I always wanted a planter made from a cup and saucer and rick rack and pennies! Hooray for Cart M!

Gigantic Marshmallows in Tillamook County

Have you SEEN these on the way to the beach? My kids tell me they are bales of hay, but I say NO! They are obviously enormous marshmallows waiting for some hot coals, large Hershey bars and graham crackers the size of carpet samples. It just shows to go ya... you never know what you might find just a few miles from downtown Portland!