We just returned from Portland, Oregon, home of cool things--excepting the weather this week. According to the news, Portland gets about 14 days of 90+degree weather a year, and we just happened to hit three of those days. It was great to spend three days with JAM, though. This picture above shows a cedar branch in an art park--the photo was taken by J.
Another cool thing in Portland. This happens to be a tile in the bathroom at The Chart House.
I don't love shopping, but if there's a Crate and Barrel anywhere close, I'm there. Honestly, where else can you find a dish brush THAT cool?
Friday morning found us in Boring, Oregon, for berry picking. I had been thinking that raspberries in Oregon were so plentiful, they would just jump off the bushes into your bucket. Not so. We had to do some searching, but they were there if you looked hard. The blueberries were another story. We picked 4 pounds in 15 minutes.
12 pounds of raspberries, 4 pounds of blueberries--all at $1 per pound!
This is a really big raspberry!
And a hugemongous blueberry!
Saturday morning found us downtown, for a bike ride along the river.
Then we hit the farmer's market.
Time for a mini-cookie break!
It's jam making time. M didn't have a potato masher, and we wanted the jam chunky, so we improvised, using a zip lock bag and gently squeezing.
Exact measurements are important!
One of my favorite pictures!
Here we are, at the Chart House for dinner, with a natural looking picture.
The view was spectacular!
After dinner, we visited an art park. There are several installations of "natural" art, none of which we took pictures of, but I do like this picture of K, M, and J.
What are we all looking at?
This.
After fireworks, we celebrated with a cool red, white and blue dessert--vanilla bean ice cream topped with fresh raspberries and blueberries--and some granola. A celebration in every bite!We had a great time!
We just returned from Portland, Oregon, home of cool things--excepting the weather this week. According to the news, Portland gets about 14 days of 90+degree weather a year, and we just happened to hit three of those days. It was great to spend three days with JAM, though. This picture above shows a cedar branch in an art park--the photo was taken by J.
Another cool thing in Portland. This happens to be a tile in the bathroom at The Chart House.
I don't love shopping, but if there's a Crate and Barrel anywhere close, I'm there. Honestly, where else can you find a dish brush THAT cool?
Friday morning found us in Boring, Oregon, for berry picking. I had been thinking that raspberries in Oregon were so plentiful, they would just jump off the bushes into your bucket. Not so. We had to do some searching, but they were there if you looked hard. The blueberries were another story. We picked 4 pounds in 15 minutes.
12 pounds of raspberries, 4 pounds of blueberries--all at $1 per pound!
This is a really big raspberry!
And a hugemongous blueberry!
Saturday morning found us downtown, for a bike ride along the river.
Then we hit the farmer's market.
Time for a mini-cookie break!
It's jam making time. M didn't have a potato masher, and we wanted the jam chunky, so we improvised, using a zip lock bag and gently squeezing.
Exact measurements are important!
One of my favorite pictures!
The view was spectacular!
What are we all looking at?
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