Posts Tagged ‘Portland’
We made use of the perfect weather to go to Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. I guess I’ve forgotten to realize that it’s definitely spring (weather has been strange here — it sprinkled snow 2 days ago!).
Needless to say, there were lots of tulips.
But I really loved the gears on their collection of antique tractors!
These gears look heavy and I love the colors of the peeling paint too.
Tulips aren’t really my favorite of flowers but the field was lovely and kids had lots of fun. The Pacific Northwest makes me love spring, not because it rains a lot in winter (which I don’t mind at all) but because it really is beautiful here. And I’m grateful for Immi, Ashland and Lucian — without them, I probably would just spend all my leisure time indoors with tea and craft and miss out on such a perfect day.
We found a candy-shop/cafe/bakery that takes decoration to the extreme! This is their bakery area — they make gluten free baked goods.
And the stairway to upstairs area look like this:
…And here’s upstairs.
I got so distracted by all the faeries and unicorns that I don’t remember the name of this place! Immi loved this place of course, we’ll have to come back for lunch some time.
We spent our Saturday at Sauvie Island which is a cluster of farms (many of these farms have veggies and fruit picking) and markets just 20 minutes drive from our place. It’s the most beautiful summer’s day in Portland — not too hot in the sun, not too cold in the shade and with blue sky and perfect breeze.
Pretty flowers (you can cut these yourself to purchase by the bunch).
There are sunflowers too.
And then we drove around the island for a few minutes and found a U-Pick farm (they grow all kinds of fruits and veggies that can be picked and paid for by the weight — like a grocery store that grows on earth). Blueberries and Blackberries are in season now!
These are the most gorgeous black berries ever, and they taste amazing!
We were told that blueberry season is ending soon, but we still found plenty of delicious blueberries.
It makes me happy that, living here in Portland, our kids get to experience simple and wonderful things about nature — like that yummy things grow on earth (and not in grocery stores pre-washed and packaged in plastic!) and that ever changing edible blessings comes with continuously cycling seasons.
Todd’s picking up pizza for us and we (Immi, Ashland and I) are waiting in the car. I rolled down the window to snap this fun junktique shop located on Hawthorne.
I never get bored of waiting in the car in fun areas of Portland, there’s so much to see even if I don’t step out!
We’ve had what feels like a really long week and decided to finish off our Friday with a spontaneous adventure! We were looking for entry points to the massive Forest Park‘s (5,100 acres inside of Portland!) hiking trails with car parking spots for future hiking missions.
We are making the loop around the park and ended up in a neglected sort of industrial area.
…And we passed by the bridge that crosses over into Washington State!
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