Serendipity Sunday-Angels Among UsThis is a short story. We bought our first horse trailer yesterday. The weather for the entire day was horrendous. Rain, cold, wind, totally not the kind of day you want to be picking up a large trailer and driving through rain torrents and windy roads for two hours one way. We braved most of it until we reached the last half hour of our journey home to our ranch. We're on a very narrow, two-lane "highway" (Hwy 47 going towards Mist, OR) that creeps up to an elevation of 1320 feet with sharp hairpin turns. Scary drop-offs, incredible slopes and alders that lean towards the road on the steep hillsides.Treacherous at times. We're winding up the hill and a snow plow passes on the other side. A minute later we come upon a huge tree that had JUST fallen acro... 12/13/2015

A Victorian in Mist,Oregon  MLS#10069763 is a delight to behold. It's the first Victorian home I've listed and getting to know the history of this gorgeous property was equally as much fun as it was to take the photos on that perfect blue-sky day last fall. 69355 Highway 47, Mist Oregon $325,000 3BR, 3BA Approximately 1500 sq. ft. located on 3.92 AC w/year round creek Built in 1870, the current owners have much history to share with new owners, both written and in photos that will go with the home.   Here is what Louise Green, the seller, shared with me about this wistful (Mistful?) property: "The old Magnussen place was built from local fir and some cedar in the 1800s. Lars Magnussen came here as one of the first pioneers of the Nehalem Valley.  He brought his bride here from Norway an... 03/12/2011