Vacations are supposed to help you “get away” from the every day and relax. Vacations are supposed to be rejuvenating. Vacations can allow you to experience something you have not experienced before.
Do you ever have one of those days or one of those moments when you think or even remark out loud “Wow, I get to live here?” I did today. Continue reading “Lunch on The Columbia”
I am sure that almost all of us have seen them. Advertisements that we can have others do our shopping for us. Some of those ads are even quite humorous like Walmart’s Supper Bowl ad with the different cars from movies and television. I guess I had never realized that this is actually a big deal, that these shopping services are used. Continue reading “Grocery Shopping Services Is a Thing?”
With Fall comes changes in the colors that God’s nature puts on display. Continue reading “Fall Colors”
I took an early morning walk around the new Vancouver Waterfront Park. You now have a nice unobstructed view of the I-5 bridge and the Columbia River. Continue reading “Vancouver Waterfront Park”
It’s a Christmas tradition in my family started so long ago I cannot remember when it began. My Papa, my grandfather on my mother’s side, used to greet everyone with “Christmas Eve Gift!” on Christmas Eve and only on Christmas Eve. I do not know why he did it I just know he did. And of course since he did it year after year others picked up on it and started greeting Papa and others too with “Christmas Eve Gift!” It became a Christmas contest. You see once you are “gifted” by someone you cannot in turn gift them. So, the tradition is to “gift” someone first before they “gift” you.
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We visited a local artisan this afternoon who was hosting their annual Fall Open House. Typically this Open House is more about the pottery and craft items but today we saw some nice plantings as well. Continue reading “Fall Sightings”
Shopping at the garden nurseries in Portland this time of year is like walking through an explosion of color. Today we needed to get out of the house and walk around. If you need to walk around you might as well do it among color that stands out. Continue reading “Nursery Shopping”
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