Portland lunch and shopping

Today we had a fabulous lunch at where my nephew works - at The Front Room. I had corn beef hash and biscuits, and of course, a blood orange mimosa. For dessert (you *can* have dessert at breakfast FYI) I had a short stack of buttermilk pancakes. So very very good! Here is the front of the lovely corner building.

We also stopped by Walgreens - my allergies are a bit riled up, so I needed drugs. BUT LOOK WHAT THEY ALSO HAD!!!

They don't sell this stuff at the Austin Walgreens! 

Chickenz!

We went to let the chickens out today, and they were more than ready to be outside! Here they are at the door of the coop.

They have a netting over them because of the hawks! They love to peck around in there and get corn snacks too! From left to right:  Emmy, Skrilliex, Hoogly-Boo and Pewdiepie.

Arrival

I was SO ILL when I landed in Portland. Motion sickness is horrible. I guess the plane was smaller than the first, and the pilot was not making any smooth motions it seemed. So when I got off the plane, I was green around the gills to put it mildly. My sister and I had to sit in the terminal / baggage claim area for a while so that my stomach could calm down. I started to feel better after about 20 minutes.

We then went to Whole Foods to pick up a few things for me to eat while I'm here. I got things my husband wouldn't like and I don't normally get, like stinky cheese, olives, and an entire container of roasted garlic! Yum!

We came home and my sister made clam chowder - SO GOOD! We sat around the table for a while and messed with the dogs. This is Miss Nattie.

I went to bed early with a headache, hoping the next day would be better!

Eggs

We went out to check and feed the chickens last night and we found these. I LOVE this place..

Accommodation and decoration!

My sister always sets up HER ROOM for me to stay in while I'm here. This time it was decorated for Halloween!

ALWAYS she put fresh flowers.

She also did quite a bit of decorating around the rest of the house - here is the beautiful, gigantic fireplace!

It's lovely and very Halloweenie here!

Starting Out!

Starting out on a trip to see my sister in Maine! Airport waiting means magazines - the only time I buy them. Today I bought:  Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving issue (pie!), Scientific American (because it has an article about the bennies of meditation), and Elle's Decor (to get decoration ideas and because they didn't have Southern Living). I would really like something minty to chew on, but it was just too early to buy candy.