Of course the first pic I took was of their scruffy little dog. And crap, I can't remember his name now!
Charles and my mom, checking out the family history he has researched. He went and visited the Norwegian town where our family 'originated'!!
Meeting the elite
No matter what they insisted, their backyard was gorgeous and full of flowers
This is not a weed- swear.
Gorgeous roses
The backyard landscaping
Huge beautiful ferns
I loved that this little ground cover is creeping up the front sidewalk
Mom on a beeline to the birch tree- she adores them!
Front of the house- and you can't even see the 3rd garage!
More unidentified plants
I love lots of color in the garden!
How cute is this tree?! Very cute.
Their compost area. ::swoon::
A nice little sitting area. (Jen- her flower pot is checkered like the ones we made with Donna yea long ago!)
More color
Gotta get that PacNor purple in there!
Teeny tiny strawberries. They were called something fancy schmancy like "heirloom strawberries" and they were delicious!
Prehtay
Oooo, so nice!
More roses- they had just been trimmed back, though
Mom and Carol walking in the backyard
Neat garden glass thingy and some more delicate flowersOkay, okay...you were so patient with me through the parade of plants, now here is the food!
The salmon, pre-grilling
Yay for family!
Picture perfect meal- literally! Do I keep eating out of Homes and Gardens Magazine??
Dessert- and confirmation that we are related. :)
The salmon, pre-grilling
Yay for family!
Picture perfect meal- literally! Do I keep eating out of Homes and Gardens Magazine??
Dessert- and confirmation that we are related. :)My trusty passenger got some picture of Portland on our drive home:
Is this a giant chairlift?? Must investigate.
Portland's twin towers...
Cool industrial looking machine :)
Can't really see Mt. Hood in the distance, but trust me- it was there, and it was beautiful.
Car blocking the mountain. But also, isn't this a great shot of this car? Looks like a Saab. Sponsorship of blogs- the next big thing. ;) DO YOU HEAR ME, SAAB?!
Bridge- and home!
LE FIN
Is this a giant chairlift?? Must investigate.
Portland's twin towers...
Cool industrial looking machine :)
Can't really see Mt. Hood in the distance, but trust me- it was there, and it was beautiful.
Car blocking the mountain. But also, isn't this a great shot of this car? Looks like a Saab. Sponsorship of blogs- the next big thing. ;) DO YOU HEAR ME, SAAB?!
Bridge- and home!LE FIN
Who is the elite person with bush you mentioned? Also, I think its pretty childisah to play with your food . . .
ReplyDeleteHey. That "chairlift" is for the hospital. They had no room to build a parking garage up on the hill that the hospital sits on so they built it down below and you can take the giant gondola's up th hill to the hospital. pretty inventive if you ask me!
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