I’ve been away from my post for a couple of days due to an overnight trip to Portland on Sunday. I thought I would have ample opportunity to take photos both days we were there, but that wasn’t the case. But I did take my daily photo each day. I’m cheating a little bit and combining the two days into one post.
Portland is a very interesting city. I would love to spend several day there to just walk around and take photos. It’s a city that invites walking. We had dinner at a small restaurant in town and I noticed a bicycle “sculpture” on the corner. It was made up entirely of small children’s bicycles.
We had a little time to stop at a lavender farm in Hood River. It was a small farm, but still a very pretty setting. If it had been a clear day, Mt. Hood would have stood out much clearer in the background. But as it was, there was a blanket of smoke covering most of Oregon over the weekend.
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Portland Oregon… and Mt. Hood.. nice place and I like it.
Great shots …. the skyliner is really good …. my pick must be the golden bike against that dramatic sky – wonderful … the lavender I can smell all the way over here.
Thanks, Viveka. I love the smell of lavender. It smelled really nice there. 🙂
Yes, I love it too – soporific – I have a very tiny pillow with lavender inside one of my pillowcases – it make me sleep so good. I started with after my cancer treatments, I had problems with me sleep for a couple of months and I got the little pillow over internet and it works wonders.
I should give that a try. I sometimes don’t sleep very well.
Wow what a lovely set of photos… I just love all those kids bikes…
Thanks, Rob. It was an interesting sculpture. Bicycling is very popular in Portland so I don’t know if that was the inspiration for that sculpture or not.
Love the pictures! My favourite is the last one with the lines if colour. 🙂
…lines OF colour…
Thank you. I think it would have been even prettier if the sky hadn’t been so hazy.