Albion, California - March 21st 2009

The coastline between our place and the village of Elk.

The view from the porch, this morning.

I’m not even sure where to begin. We’ve arrived at our housesitting assignment and it’s the most amazing place. I think it’s accurate to say that Mendocino County is like no place else on earth.

There’s the coastline which is so rugged that you might think you’re on the East Coast. There’s the lifestyle which is casual and friendly. There’s the history which includes the famous hippy culture of the 1960’s and ‘70’s and, believe it or not, the filming of a very popular television show, “Murder, She Wrote”. The little town of Mendocino was the setting for the New England village of Cabot Cove where Angela Lansbury (aka Jessica Fletcher) solved a crime every single week!

Then, there’s our setting. It’s a real, honest-to-goodness cabin built by the homeowners more than thirty years ago. The kitchen countertops are thick slabs of redwood. It started as one room with a sleeping loft and a bathroom and it has evolved into a cozy home with a beautiful view of their ten acres of redwoods.

Here are just a few photos that I took, yesterday, and this morning I couldn’t wait to photograph the view from our little front porch!

That’s all for now. We’ve arrived just in time for the 27th Annual Whale Festival and I’d like to make it into Fort Bragg for the Chowder Tasting which starts at 11 a.m.

The icing on the cake would be if we could actually see a whale or two.

Stay tuned…