Community Pride, LaGrande, Oregon

The City of La Grande, Oregon is a family oriented small-town.   

It is the closest thing to Mayberry that you’ll ever see.  

 This town has a huge sense of community, neighbors are warm and friendly, 

and children can play as freely as we did 50 or 75 years ago. 

 

The first settler was in 1861 and during the 1860’s & 1870’s 

the town grew rapidly due to the many gold mines in the region 

and the rich soil with its agricultural capabilities.   

Today it is also the home of Eastern Oregon University, 

where our daughter attends nursing school.

This post is about the beautiful homes.  
 Some homes are small one and two bedroom cottages.   
 Some are mansions (at least in my definition), and no cookie cutter look a-likes.  
 Better yet, there are no neighborhood distinctions.   
 In one block you can see anything from one bedroom cuties to a 6 bedroom 
three story ginger bread home.  
 I love this town and I hope you enjoy this tour of homes. 

Even this tiny little brick house was charming.  
I personally would remove the chain-link fence 
and maybe replace it with a short brick flower bed or a wood fence, 
but I think it has potential to be a show stopper.
Our daughter's home is also a fixer upper,
someday when she is through with school 
and has more time for her re-do,
I'll post before and after photos. 
It is like the one above, in the sense that it needs a little love
and it will be a truly lovely cottage.

 I had to take these two barn photos, aren't they wonderful?

 The population is just above 13,000, 
and the town is nestled a beautiful valley in
 the Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon. 

I hope that I did not bore you with so many photos.  

 Believe me I could have taken photos all day long.  

 Driving through La Grande is like watching the fireworks on the Fourth of July.   

You keep seeing one beautiful home after another 

and you can never decide which is your favorite.  

While I was gone on my road trip, 

I had many wonderful comments left on my pillow post.   

I will be visiting each one of you this week,

 as I get my laundry and yard work done.   

We had a three day wind storm and our backyard is covered in tree branches. 

I picked a good time to be gone :)

I also received a few more followers while I was away, 

and I want to send out a warm welcome to them.

Have a wonderful day and keep smiling. 

I love reading comments, so please let me know you visited, by leaving one :)

Your blogging sister,