Jeff & Joan Stanford: FOREST REFLECTIONS
We often write about connecting to nature and making decisions to lessen our footprint. Doing this here – for example, our organic farming, landscaping with trees, even if they [...]
We often write about connecting to nature and making decisions to lessen our footprint. Doing this here – for example, our organic farming, landscaping with trees, even if they [...]
Last week, during Spring Break, we hosted families enjoying time together. Some of our best reviews are from children. They leave us drawings and notes that we treasure. They [...]
The trees are in bud, the daffodils, camelias, Australian teas blooming, and our clocks have sprung forward. We welcome the rebirth of the trees and the colors of the [...]
Not long ago one of our guests asked to show us something. We thought he intended to recommend a book he believed should be offered in our bookshop. We [...]
For the first time in our innkeeping lives we did not send a Holiday card featuring art by Alex and Kate when young children. Over the past few years [...]
We are so excited to welcome the newest members of our family! Four rescue Donkeys!Sid was hoping we'd name them Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, and [...]
Spring’s return in the Northern Hemisphere is a celebration of vibrant renewal – awakening from winter. But there’s a deeper message, regardless of one’s faith: the affirmation of change, [...]
Winter has descended on much of the country. People hunker down, finding cozy corners in front of fireplaces, with a comforter, perhaps a book. Here, it is different: Nature [...]
"You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming." - Pablo Neruda ~ Trees are in bud and bloom, fat robins hopping and days lengthening: [...]
Celebrate the Air! Mendocino's air is magnificent, cleansed by sun and sea spray over 5,000 miles of Pacific Ocean. And, when we first arrived, the Coast air was a [...]