Lan Su Chinese Garden

Right in the middle of Chinatown (but of course), Portland boasts the lovely Lan Su Chinese Garden.

Clear, cold, colorful New Year’s Eve

I stood in the middle of the Hawthorne Bridge last night and took lots of blurry photos. I don’t know if it was the vibrating bridge that shook a little more each time a car pounded past me, or the dry cold air blasting into my face that had me in tears the entire time. […]

Scenes from the Willamette

I was saved from the creepy people!

Bird Cache

I should have been focusing on my work, I know. But sometimes it’s much more interesting to gaze through the window at the backyard. One of the ubiquitous Western Scrub-Jays was digging with its beak. He must have been hitting a small rock in the soil, because it went “tink, tink, tink,” as the bird […]

Dragon Boats on the Willamette

The Dragon Boat Festival is held in September, and presented by Dragon Sports USA.

We Are Portland Proud!

My Tara was in the parade for the first time this year!

Avenue of Roses Parade

It was the kind of parade that makes you feel like you’re in a neighborhood.

Raccoons Coming Out My Ears!

I am so excited to get this in the mail, you can’t even know.

Bricks Cascade 2014

These were geeks with a capital G.

Back Yard Characters

It’s hard for me to think of chickadees as big mean birds, since they’re about 2 1/2 inches tall.