We ended up doing two hikes yesterday. The first hike we were going to do turned out to be mostly closed due to a wash out. The Gorge had a really tough winter and a lot of trails are full of debris and landslides. So, after the section we could do ended up being really short, we headed down the road a ways and did a second leg. 

It was really hot and we were both thankful for the waterfalls and cooler sections of the hike. There were quite a bit of people out and we ended up seeing some kind of unusual things... Here they are, in order of weirdness:

1. A cat on someones shoulders.

2. A mom reading to her son, not back off the trail, but literally on the trail.

3. Someone listening to rap rather loudly on their phone. No headphones.

4. A stroller - note this is a very, very rocky trail in most places. She didn't look like she was having much fun...

Anyway, it was entertaining to say the least and we felt like we had one some sort of hiking Bingo.

New print in my Etsy shop! I thought that Mother's Day card would make such a nice print, so I made one and it's now available in my Etsy shop!

It was absolutely beautiful in Portland yesterday. I spent some time outside working in the yard and playing with Chloe. She loves the sunshine and savors every opportunity she has for a good lay about in it.

We did watch the Super Bowl too. Nate and I actually won a super bowl party at our neighborhood bar in a raffle. We don't really like football but it was still fun to invite some of our friends to the bar to watch the game and the commercials on a big screen. I wasn't even really paying attention to most of the game until the half time show, and I only really watched that because Beyonce was in it! And she's going on a world tour! What?! She's not playing Portland, unfortunately... I've already looked into it. 

Maybe one day she'll come here... Oh well :) Happy Monday, peeps. Hope it's a good week.

It felt down right spring like today! 55 degrees and so much sun! Wow. Made me want to get out there and soak it up. I would have loved to be out there working in the garden or going for a nice long run. However, I had way too much to do today to do any of that. I did manage to get a nice sun shiny walk with Chloe. She didn't even need her little fleece coat!

Tomorrow looks like more rain and grey clouds. I'm okay with that though. After that horribly hot summer, I'm still enjoying the rainy grey days. 

I've got my Mother's Day cards all done and the images sent to the printer! I'll share pics of them with you once I've gotten them in my hands. 

Hope the week is going well for everyone!

Nate and I went to Sauvies Island to pick out some pumpkins on Sunday. As we were driving home, we came upon this field full of geese. There must have been thousands. People were pulled over on the side of the road videotaping them. It was beautiful and very loud.

We're so lucky to live in such a beautiful area. Sometimes I forget that. I often think about moving away just because it's become so expensive and crowded here. But then we go somewhere like Sauvies, which is just 15 - 20 minutes from our house, and I can't imagine living anywhere else.

We are really lucky to live here.