A day in Portland

It is about time that I get caught up on my blogging. Where does all the time go? Sunday the LOVE OF MY LIFE and I went to Portland. Who knew? What a great city Portland is - I had no idea! We went sightseeing all day and worked a lot into a short amount of time. First stop: JAPANESE GARDENS - unbelievable!!! We walked up to the top of the hill - small mountain really - and it was breathtakingly beautiful. Following are some pictures I took - while we were there about two hrs., and it was so peaceful , these gardens are in the city where all the action is, but yet on this hillside and small mountain there was complete serenity. I am so glad we stopped there. Second stop - POWELL'S BOOK STORE - a whole city block of books in this bookstore - can you even believe it all you book lover's out there? What a great experience - you could spend six weeks in this place and not see it all. It is definately a city of books!!!!! It has the red room, green room, blue room, purple room, well you get my drift. My husband actually hung out with me for three or four hrs. in a bookstore - a really big sacrifice for him - I doubt I will ever get him in another book store! We had a bite of lunch in the gold room (cafe) and roamed around checking out lots of books until he - my honey - dragged me out of there to hit the road back to Corvallis. We were in the Pearl District, that is the artist's community, and the shops were all closing - it was Sun. evening remember. The sun was setting and the light just bounced off of the buildings. We had to make a quick turn and I said STOP,STOP,STOP!!!!! There was an outdoor florist - hundreds of the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen, so I got out and picked out a bouquet - very large to take back to our upstairs apartment. Then we hit the road and made it back in time for my guy to get some shut eye before Mon. morning classes he had to teach. The end of a perfect day and so much to be thankful for - we love and serve an amazing GOD - HE has created a gorgeous , beautiful, and unique world!!!!! Back to Corvallis - the university valley town that we have both come to love!!!!! More later on the travels of cowgirl Georgia - - and the Love of her Life - cowboy Steve.

NOTE: Do you see the butterfly in one of the pictures? Also in the picture of Portland- note- Mount Hood in the background. That is where we will spend next weekend GOD willing. Later y'all!!!!!