FRIDAYEXTRA !
The Daily Astorian
Friday, January 30, 2015
Weekend Edition
CANDYMAKER TWISTS,
TURNS TAFFY TO 12
On the road to the Super Bowl, locals create new delights
K
elli Truax Taylor of
Bruce’s Candy Kitchen
shared how the candy-
makers decided to honor the
Seattle Seahawks: “We first
made our 12th Man taffy
last year for the Fourth of
July parade! My husband,
Brian, and I came up with
the idea. I think I asked him
if he could put a 12 in the
taffy we would throw in the
parade, and he did it! Our
float’s theme for the pa-
rade was a Seahawks’ Super
Bowl victory. Brian was so
excited after last year’s Su-
per Bowl win that he had
wanted to have a parade
through town. That didn’t
happen so he settled for a
float in the Fourth of July
parade.
“After the amazing vic-
tory in the NFC Champion-
ships this year, we discussed
what new flavor(s)
we
would be adding to our se-
lection and again we thought
of the 12th Man taffy in hon-
or of the Seahawks heading
to another Super Bowl.
Submitted photo
The final roll of Bruce’s Candy Kitchen’s saltwater taffy
flavors to create the 12th Man taffy in honor of the Seattle
Seahawks return to the Super Bowl.
JEFF TER HAR — For The Daily
Astorian
Submitted photo
Bruce’s Candy Kitchen not only offers 12th Man taffy, but
also other candy creations just for the Super Bowl.
“We are big fans of the
’Hawks, and since last
year, we’ve been making
lots of fun different candy
mixes with Seahawks col-
or.
The flavor is 12th Man
Winning (strawberry ba-
nana), we will keep mak-
ing them until Super Bowl
Sunday, and heck, maybe
after that in honor of back-
to-back championships! Go
Hawks!”
Bruce’s Candy Kitchen is
getting in the Seattle Sea-
hawks 12th Man spirit with
these special saltwater taf-
fy creations.
Bruce’s Candy Kitchen
not only offers 12th Man
taffy, but also other candy
creations just for the
Super Bowl.
Submitted photo
in the
garden
Ŷ
with
Vickie Abrahamson
Q: You have gardened in Minnesota and now in
Gearhart. Describe your Minnesota garden in contrast
with your Gearhart garden.
A: Gardening in Oregon seems to be a competitive
sport. Everywhere you look there’s a Master Gardener
or MG wannabe with awesome knowledge to share. In
Minnesota a garden has a very short growing season. It is
survival of the wind-chilled fittest. One doesn’t dare plant
until around mid-May which means its a feeding frenzy
on Mother’s Day to buy the most mature bedding plants
to gain a head start on a luscious looking garden. Min-
nesota plants are typically underachievers until the first
of August. I remember the first seed I sowed in Oregon
soil was a cosmos. I returned from Minneapolis about a
month later and that seed was a full flowering wonder as
tall as me. Amazing turbo growth. A Midwest garden is
heavy on phlox, garden rue, geraniums, petunia, cleome
and mosquitoes. I never met a slug until I moved to Gear-
hart.
Folks are warning me it is unseasonably warm, but
what pure joy to be deadheading hydrangeas and check-
ing if the daffodils are pushing. This week a primrose is
blooming by my Gearhart front step, my neighbor’s rosy
camellias are opening. Could winter soon be over here?
It’s just revving up in Minneapolis.
Q: What has been your biggest gardening chal-
lenge in Gearhart?
A: I think my No. 1 biggest headache is playing whack
a mole. No. 2 is sand, sand, where did the topsoil go?
Q: How do you find the right plant, to plant in the
right place?
A: I have a love affair with lavender, beach roses, box-
JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian
Vickie Abrahamson, of Gearhart, stands in a designed piece of her backyard garden. The design, outlined with lav-
ender and boxwood, reflects the design of the Celtic-style cross and moldings on her house, an old church.
wood and hydrangeas. Any place where I can wedge in
another plant is the right place for me. A piece of advice
from an old friend guides my planting — “When you walk
through the garden it’s wonderful to have a relationship
with your plants.”
Q: What is your design philosophy? Is there a de-
sign element that is unique to your garden in Gear-
hart?
A: Hard to describe my design ethos, if I even have
one. Maybe symmetry meets chaos? If there is too much
manicure in a garden I know I am a bit uncomfortable.
There is a design element that holds sentimental value
in my back garden. My husband was a Bauhaus ruled
architect with a love of straight lines and grids but also
a keen sense of whimsy and adventure. On our first trip
to Oregon we fell in love with an abandoned Episcopal
camp church on a corner in Gearhart. We transformed
it into a home and as a home it begged for a garden.
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