My Hometown: Mendocino, CA

News flash: 

Mendocino Farmhouse style shoot just got posted on Green Wedding Shoes!! ...  click here!

 

Main Street - Mendocino, CA

When I say I grew up in the small town of Mendocino, most people look at me with doubtful eyes and wonder if it is true...believe me, kids do grow up here! I moved here when I was 8 and had the best carefree upbringing a country girl could wish for; building forts in the trees, collecting sea glass on the beach and falling asleep to the frogs croaking in our pond.  I have visited my parents over the years and thought someday I will return to live the good life again.  Well, the time has come....I'm heading home to help my Mom with the B&B and Farmhouse weddings and going to run Clever Girl from the North Coast.  I will of course still do events where ever my clients need me; most of which are in the wine country anyway, but I will no longer be a city mouse / hooray!!  Stay tune for an amazing style shoot by Edyta Szyszlo (photographer featured here) + me...it is pretty darn cute & features some local folks.....check in often to see when the shoot will post.

Meanwhile, come visit me or my Mom or both, the chickens, have a glass of wine in the meadow and watch our practically tame deer eat grass 5 feet away from your toes...not kidding!     -your clever girl, Karin

Moose Cafe, one of my fav restaurants in town

 

Heeser Bluff, right below where I went to High School

Noyo  Harbor

Catch a Canoe at the mouth of Big River

Big River

Now entering my family home/Mendocino Farmhouse, where I was raised

The farmhouse is surrounded by redwoods.

Farmhouse eggs...gotta try them.

Two baby chicks....too sweet for words!

Mom's Dottie running free in the vegetable garden.

Abalone shells on the fence, a local tradition.

The barn where Mom & I used to have our milk goats, Capricorn & Margaret.

Cedar Cottage in the barn.

Pine Cottage in the barn.

The kitchen where I ate many meals with my family.

Collection of cast iron pans

My Mom, Margie,  is famous for her fried chicken dinners - yum yum!

View of the farmhouse from the meadow across the pond.

                                     Photos by Edyta Szyszlo Photography - San Francisco, CA