Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Newest Addition to the Averill Family

Please, welcome the newest addition to the Averill family. His name is Scout. He is an 8-month old Pembroke Welsh Corgi, born July 17, 2008. And he is Natalie's little guy.

You might notice that he still has his tail. I cannot believe that most Pembroke Welsh Corgis have their tails bobbed (more accurately and more graphically, cut off). His is just incredibly cute. It gets very animated when he is excited. His wagging tail tells you his mood, which is always ready to have a good time.

He loves the ball, as you can see from the picture. He loves his adopted brother, Ernie. He just aggravates Ernie to death, but I don't see Ernie running away from Scout like the other dogs do. Scout is low to the ground, short stubbly legs. He looks like an out of control torpedo as he scurries about.

Natalie got him down in Hugo, Oregon. Hugo is in the coast range north of Grants Pass which is north of Medford. There is a sign on the road telling you when you are in Hugo. It's just hard to see any difference between it and the rest of the country around it. No stores. No post office. Nothing but an occasional house. And, now, one less dog.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Yeah Averill Blog!

Brad, thank you so much for starting this blog. I am looking forward to reading it and posting often.
I think often of the farm where I grew up and to some extent mourn its passing. I'm happy that it is now public land so that I can go there whenever, although I live pretty far away and rarely do go there. I miss the daffodils that Papa and Gram planted along the road Up-On-Top. I miss fishing and watching tadpoles grow in the pond. I miss the curly grass on a hillside above Oak Ridge that overlooked our farm.
Today I got a postcard from Gordon Stevenson wonder if I'm a relative of his. He encouraged me to check out www.averillproject.com but I haven't done it yet.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Welcome to the Averill Family Blog


This blog is for the Averill Family that grew up at 6189 Stanford Road, Peninsula, Ohio 44264. That would be David Averill, now a professor at Ross Medical School in Dominica (no - not The Dominican Republic!); Mary Beth Averill, now a writing coach in Northampton, Massachusetts; and, Brad Averill, owner of Widltime Foods (http://www.wildtime.com) in Eugene, Oregon. Of course all their family, friends, cousins and so on are welcome to join in.