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| Teri, Erika, Malea, Bob Carlson |
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| Portland, Oregon |
Teri has beautiful flowers all over her yard.
Opps. This Post is supposed to be just after the visit with Marty and before we went to Olympia.
We drove to Portland Oregon to visit my cousin Teri, her husband Bob and their 2 daughters, Eliza and Malea. We were able to park right in their yard on their big driveway. What a wonderful time we had. We didn't want to leave. Teri welcomed us with her own floral bouquet. She sells flowers in a market in Portland. Bob is a K-12 science teacher. Eliza graduates from high school in a week and is very creative and smart. Melea has spent almost 2 years in India and makes beautiful hand painted glassware with India influenced designs of hers. Their Springer Spaniel, Ollie won our hearts.
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| peonies in Teri's garden |
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| 7 chickens in the coop |
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| hens and chickens |
The made us a delicious fresh King Salmon dinner. What a treat.
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| Eliza served water |
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| Malea made Sourdough Bread |
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| Farmer Bob |
In the morning Teri, the dogs and Norm and I went on a lovely forest hike right behind their house. It was the Tryon Creek Forest- equestrian and running too. Ferns, moss, tall firs, wildflowers, etc. There was also a wonderful Nature Center where we saw a lot of cute Owls, woodpeckers etc. After lunch we went
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| I love this silly face. He is showing a Horse Tail plant. |
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| We watched this tiny bird go in and out of the hole to feed the young birds inside |
Teri suggested a great rooftop Garden Restaurant for dinner- The Noble Rot. A great view of downtown Portland. And great food!
We wanted to stay here withTeri and Bob. We love them....and Portland. It's a lot like Boston.
Later we went to Washington Park to to the Rose Test Garden. Thousands of beautiful rose bushes, trees, arbors, plants. WOW. I must have taken 200 photos of the roses! Good research for me.
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