Spring is the favorite season for these innkeepers, and spring in the Willamette Valley is spectacular!  The daffodils are blooming and soon the tulips will be showing their beautiful colors.

We extend a warm welcome to you, our guests and invite you to take advantage of our spring tulip special: 

Stay with us during the month of April and receive 10% off your first nights stay,  20% off  the second night, 30% off of the third night.

After a cozy night in our comfy beds, come down to the great room where the morning fire glows in the wood stove and the smell of fresh coffee invites you to sit and relax before breakfast.  You will be served breakfast with the “Feller House flair” that is most attractive, healthy, and tasty!  Spring will show itself on your breakfast plate as well with fresh herbs and violas or maybe violets!

After breakfast, take a jaunt out to the tulip fields and enjoy spring color at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival and enjoy our countryside as well.

Winter is a good time to quilt and there is plenty to see and do around the Willamette Valley when the quilting subject comes up!

The annual “Winter Winds Quilt Shop Hop” begins on February 6th and runs through February 16th. It is a chance to be inspired by the many quilt displays in the 16 featured shops as well as taking advantage of sales and free patterns and chances to win great prizes.

Last year, my daughter and I and a friend visited all of the shops on the Willamette Valley path and were loaded up with ideas and two of us even won generous gift certificates!

The 41st Annual Quilt Show and Workshop is scheduled for February 21 – 23 at Zion Mennonite Church in Hubbard and will showcase about 100 beautiful quilts as well as workshops for learning new techniques. They even serve a great homemade soup lunch.

Our little town of Aurora has a rich history of quilts, some of which can be seen at the Aurora Colony Museum.  Sure to delight and inspire also, is a beautiful coffee table book, “Aurora An American Experience in Quilt, Community, and Craft” written  by Jane Kirkpatrick, a popular Oregon writer.

At the Feller House Bed and Breakfast, you are likely to see a quilt on the table at breakfast.

Traveling back roads through farmland about six miles to the south, you will find the back entrance to a large upscale cluster of nearly 100 stores, a popular destination in the beautiful Willamette Valley and the largest tax-free outlet center in the western US.   Most travelers find it while traveling Interstate 5, but if you stay at the Feller House Bed and Breakfast, you can be there in a few minutes and enjoy the farmland views too!

Friends from Tokyo

As innkeepers at the Feller House, we have met new friends from Japan, Canada and the U.S who have come to enjoy the tax free convenient shopping at the Woodburn Company Stores.  The 388,000 square foot center draws over 4.4 million visitors a year traveling in RV’s, tour buses and automobiles.   In 2011, the mall opened at midnight on Thanksgiving to kick off the Moonlight Madness Black Friday 24 hour sale and drew 60,000 shoppers during that period.  The North Face outlet was second among its peers nationwide during the Moonlight Madness sale in 2011.

Woodburn Company Stores has also gone “green” with charging stations for electric cars and a new state-of-the-art LED lighted billboard which also announces community events.

Photo courtesy of Woodburn Company Stores

Come and stay with us at the Feller House, enjoy our hospitality, and we will direct you to the back gate!

Hello, my name is “Kitty” and I am just waiting to greet our next guests…it’s my favorite pastime.  Because I live outdoors, I love it when guests wander in the gardens and go for walks because I love escorting them around our property.  I have been here since this old farmhouse became a bed and breakfast and I think it is the best thing that has happened here since Mr. Feller built it in 1865! Since I am a newcomer from that perspective, I couldn’t say for sure, but life IS good on the farm now that I meet so many new friends! Come and visit and I will show you around!

I love our guests!

When visiting the Feller House Bed and Breakfast, guests can meet the gals who will furnish their fresh eggs at breakfast if they choose or just enjoy the farm fresh eggs in the morning.  Della, Orpha, Goldie and others are our friendly hens.  Guests just might even hear our rooster reminding us it’s morning,

One sunny day earlier this month, I was entertained by several finches enjoying the sun and the water in the bird bath.

They were flapping their wings and splashing water on themselves and each other like it was the last they would see….just really enjoying themselves.  I don’t mind washing dishes when I can be entertained at the same time!

Fall is in the air…it’s a good time to visit the Willamette Valley!   There are many ways to get a “taste” of our bountiful valley.  Many fruit and vegetable stands and markets are overflowing with wonderful produce and many of our restaurants are featuring locally grown produce.  Aurora’s annual quilt show is another way to get a “taste” of local history and art.

Aurora Colony Museum will be displaying vintage, antique and new quilts in its quilt show “Bountiful Oregon” from October 14th to 23rd from 10 to 4:00 daily.  Visitors will be able to see quilts, demos, and a featured quilter, shop in the country store, and enjoy the coffee shop all in one visit!

Make your reservation at the Feller House and receive two free tickets to the quilt show.  Mention our Quilt Show Special for your tickets.

We have added four new feathered friends to our chicken coop!  Guests will be happy that we now have enough for them to have farm fresh eggs for breakfast.

Our community garden is rewarding us with lots of veggies to share with members as well as adding to our breakfast dishes.  The goats love it when we have extra for them too!

Two weeks ago we had two new baby goats born so there is plenty of frolicking going on in the pen.

Can’t forget Kitty….she lives outside and is always the first to greet our guests.

Swan Island Dahlias in Canby, Oregon is the largest and leading dahlia grower in America with over 40 acres and 350 varieties of dahlias.

It has been a family owned business since 1927 and is celebrating their 84th season.  Visitors can walk through the sea of color free of charge.  The annual Dahlia Festival is held on August 27, 28, and 29 and September 3, 4, and 5 this year.  It features indoor displays as well as the display gardens.  During the festival, guests can have lunch or snacks from one of the many vendors.

Swan Island Dahlias is only 10 miles from the Feller House, so plan your stay now!

Looking for something fun to do this summer?  Why not take a little trip to Butteville and step back in time.  The Historic Butteville Store, established in 1863 and operated by the Friends of Historic Champoeg, is the oldest continuously-operating business in Oregon.

Play a game of checkers and have an ice cold drink or ice cream cone.  The store also features delicious homemade soups, sandwiches, salads, and desserts, and on Saturday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 you can enjoy live music and dinner (reservations are required.)

While visiting, check out the great selection of Oregon history, and nature books,  unique gifts and French Prairie grown and produced agriculture products.

For more information, visit the store website: http://buttevillestore.com/

The Historic Butteville Store is located just three miles from Feller House Bed and Breakfast…why not make it a overnight too!