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Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. are all about family and spending time at home. According to a recent report, most Americans would 
rather be at home at this time of year.
Last week I was out trying to take Christmas pictures for my new photo blog - Lake Oswego Living.A Photo Blog. I took 18 pictures and not one turned out. I’m still practicing and trying to figure out this whole photography thing.
Edenberry Drive, one of the streets directly behind my house in Westlake always has great lights. Our own little Peacock Lane right here in Lake Oswego, if you will. On that photo disaster night, there was a tour bus in front of me with folks from an Assisted Living Residence driving around with seniors and people also walking the neighborhood looking at the lights on Edenberry Drive. All this leads me to believe that people are staying home for the holidays and that due to the economy they are taking part in all the festivities right here in town. It’s free and can be a family event.
In year’s past, driving from the office to home I would always make a stop through Edenberry to check out the lights. I’ve even included that area in my walks and did that one year in snow just to see the lights shining and reflecting back on the white stuff. Our local news stations had a story about Edenberry’s lights one year. Surfing the net the other evening, I found where one of the local walkers’ groups has a route to lead you on a walk and a 10K through the neighborhood to view the lights too. You can check out the walk’s route to view the lights here or contact the group to see when they’ll be walking. They have the streets listed with the light displays. If you don’t want to walk the route, stay in your car and drive the neighborhood.
I really wanted to get Edenberry’s pictures on here or on my photo blog. Maybe next year I’ll be a better photographer. Sorry, but you’ll have to get out there and walk the neighborhood. If you live on Edenberry, send me some pictures and I’ll post them here on my blog. Perhaps you’ve had better luck than I have had in taking pictures. Enjoy the lights at Edenberry or in your own neighborhood this weekend, the weather shouldn’t be too bad.
If you’re still thinking about decorating your own home and haven’t put up your lights yet, the Zoo will recycle your old Christmas lights. Read about it here.
P.S. After I had already written this post our local Lake Oswego Review had an article in their Thursday edition about the Edenberry lights. I wanted to link to the story but there is no link that I could find. You can buy the newspaper all across Lake Oswego.
UPDATE: Found the link for our local Lake Oswego Review article mentioned above. Updated: 12/26/09
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Located in Mercantile Village, right off Kruse Way and Boones Ferry Road in Lake Oswego, is the Booktique. There have been on-going discussions about it moving to another location. However, now due to an agreement with Providence Hospital who owns the premises, the Booktique is staying at its location in Merchantile Village.
The Booktique is a used library book store that profits from people donating books and people who buy them. The monies from those sales are given to the Lake Oswego School Foundation.
This is one of my favorite places and I’ve been going to this book store probably for as long as it has been open – 17 years. Over those years, I have purchased many books from this store for myself and donated books from my collection to them as well. Other people I know have done the same thing. Not always will you find the book you might be looking for, but you will always find a treasure. Books start at $.50 and can be purchased for considerably more than that if they are a collectible.
It’s a fun place to hang out on a rainy day and there’s the Blue Moon Coffee Shop plus a deli all in the same location. They are closed on Monday’s but go there and buy a book or two on one of the other days. They have a children’s nook loaded with books for the kids too. You might just find that perfect Christmas gift there for Uncle Charlie while you’re at it.
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Willamette Shore Trolley Website
All Aboard! The Willamette Shore Trolley is about to commence their Christmas schedule. Ride the rails from Lake Oswego to Portland, along the banks of the Willamette River, with a stop in Johns Landing to view the Christmas ships parading up and down the river. Call to make reservations (503) 697-7436.
‘The Willamette Shore Trolley has been providing scenic trolley rides on a 6-mile section of historic rail line between Lake Oswego and Portland, Oregon since 1987 and is operated by volunteer members of the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society (a not-for-profit Oregon Corporation. 501c3).
Ride our authentic antique trolley car along the shore of the Willamette River. During your journey you’ll ride through parks, by stately mansions, over several bridges, including the 686 foot Riverwood Trestle, and through the 1400′ Elk Rock Tunnel.
The line was opened for service from Oswego (now Lake Oswego) to Portland on July 4th, 1887 as a narrow gauge steam railroad known as the Portland and Willamette Valley Railroad.
It was later purchased by the Southern Pacific and standard-gauged around the turn of the century.”
I’ve taken this trip and it is a fun way to celebrate the holidays with the entire family, out-of-towners and the children. It also runs during the summer months and I’ve never done that. Next summer I’ll take that trip to take some pictures along the way.
Source: Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society
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The other day I saw a bird in my yard I’d never seen before. It had white polka dots on its sides, chocolate brown on its head and top body, and black on its underside. I need to find him in my bird book to see what it was and what kind of food to leave out, if any, for him to return, although I think he was feeding on the bugs in my yard. I don’t use chemicals in my yard and am grateful when they eat the insects.
Now that the weather is getting colder…brrr…it’s also time to think of your pets and the wildlife outdoors. The Oregonian’s Home and Garden issue recently said not to forget to feed the birds in their December garden planner.
Did you know that the Audubon Society of Portland has a Christmas Bird Count?
The 110th Christmas Bird Count season is upon us. All over the Americas, Audubon chapters will be conducting one-day bird counts between Dec 14, 2009 and Jan 5, 2010. Audubon Society of Portland held its first Christmas Bird Count in 1926. This year our 84th Count is on Saturday, January 2, 2010. Birders will comb the parks, open spaces, wetlands, rivers and neighborhoods all over Portland looking for birds. At the end of the day we’ll get together and share what we found.
The Christmas Bird Count is a great way for birders of all levels to enjoy a day in the field and sharpen their birding skills. You will also have the opportunity to meet others who share your interest in birds and to discover some good local spots to find birds. And you will contribute to scientific knowledge. In fact, the Christmas Bird Count is one of the best ways for the amateur birder to advance ornithology: the data are sent to the Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University, where over the years Christmas Bird Count records have been used to study changes in bird populations and wintering ranges. A recent study of CBC data shows that most birds are wintering farther north now than they did 40 years ago, perhaps the result of global warming.
Each Christmas Bird Count attempts to count all the birds in a 15 mile diameter circle on one given day. In addition to the Portland Count, roughly 50 other Counts will be conducted in Oregon and SW Washington this year during the 3 weeks surrounding the holidays.
Want to participate in the Portland Christmas Bird Count? Check out the map of the Portland CBC (on their website above and pick an area you would like to help cover. It does not need to be where you reside.) Contact the area leader, who will tell you where and what time to meet on January 2. The area leaders will put together teams to balance birding skills and cover as much of their area as possible. Most teams go out for the whole day, 7AM until 4PM, but you can usually make arrangements if you need to stop earlier. Can’t decide which area? Contact Wink Gross, at winkg@hevanet.com or 503-226-3842.
There are also birdwalks co-sponsored by the Audubon Society and Backyard Bird Shop. For information on those bird walks around the Portland area, go to the Backyard Bird Shop for more information.
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From now until January 4, you’ll see the snow on my blog posts. I love looking at it plus we’re supposed to get a light dusting in the higher elevations and our temperatures are starting to drop…it’s getting cold out there!
If you’ve read my blog, you’ll know I’m all about buying “local” and I’ve written about award-winning artist Ann Munson. Now there’s “the best art sale ever” at her greenhouse in West Linn:
Recession Era Art Sale is THE BEST SALE EVER! What do artists do when economic times are tough? They GET CREATIVE!
Come buy from fifteen local professional artists at the 3rd annual seconds and steals sale Saturday, Dec. 5, 9-4 and Sunday, Dec. 6, 11-4.
What will you find? Beautiful blown glass with booboos only a glass blower would understand. Slinky silky lingerie whose designer has moved on to working with wood. Mittens, fingerless gloves and even slippers made from the leftover sleeves of the felted sweaters from pillow projects. Christmas ornaments and fabulous cards. Clay pieces from sublime to whimsical to intensely colorful for table, wall and garden. Concrete featuring native flora and living exotic plants. Pearls straight from China, worked into fabulous jewelry on the long plane ride home. Every medium imaginable for affordable holiday shopping!
To find the sale or for more information: 1335 S. Woodbine Rd., West Linn, OR 97068 www.annmunson.com
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I’m loving our Fall weather. If you’ve noticed, I haven’t written much about real estate lately. That hasn’t been on purpose, but I guess I’ve just been enjoying our Fall. I’ll get back to real estate again soon, promise.
However, several months ago, I wrote that Tryon Creek State Park had great hiking and it is also on this list of 5 Fall hikes to enjoy. Below are some hiking spots indicating the level of difficulty for each hike. This week we’re supposed to have nice weather, so take some time to get what may be our last glimpses of Fall here in the Pacific Northwest.
As mentioned in the post referenced above, I’ve hiked in Tryon Creek State Park and at the Hoyt Arboretum. I’ve biked in Champoeg State Park along the Willamette River but have never hiked there. McIver State Park in Estacada is also a great spot. The only place I haven’t been to is Anderson Park in Banks. This time of year would be beautiful at any of these sites. Take some time to enjoy our area before the frenzy for the holidays gets even worse.
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Last year at this time I wrote about the importance of patronizing local retailers in your area. Here we are still with hard times facing many people particularly small business owners and the owners of retail establishments. Did you know Portland has a program where you can get rewarded for doing your shop
ping locally? KGW recently posted a story about the “Choose Local” Program.
Card holders register and can surf the Choose Local website, filled with hundreds of deals from restaurants to travel and tourism. The discounts are usually 10 to 15 percent.
Several months ago I wrote a post about the green shoots in downtown Lake Oswego. Just know, this is the first Christmas for many of those new store owners and they’d appreciate it if you’d shop Lake Oswego this year. One of those new stores is Ferguson’s Fragrant Nursery on A Street. 
I stopped at their nursery right before Thanksgiving and they were already set up for Christmas. The smell of the Christmas trees and all their fragrant plantings was wonderful. They have everything you need to decorate your tree and home not far from where you live..right here in Lake Oswego.
If you’ve never shopped there, now’s the time to support them and the other stores in Lake Oswego.
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A couple months ago I received an email from a reader about the holiday event posts I had written last year. By far those posts get the most hits of any others. What the reader at that time didn’t realize was those dates were for 2008 and were not pertinent for 2009. I indicated to him that I would probably write a new holiday post for this year.
Inasmuch as the economy has affected many of our citizens, I’ve decided to do a post about mostly “free” family fun events rather than those costing a lot or any money. There are some links at the bottom of this post to check out other sites. Here’s the link to my Christmas Tree Farm Guide for U-Pick farms from last year.
LAKE OSWEGO (City of Lake Oswego Website)
- Fill a Stocking, Fill a Heart – Deadline December 5. Pick up an empty stocking at Lake Oswego City Hall, Adult Community Center or the WEB and fill it with basic household items with a few special gifts for those in need.
- November 27. Annual Tree Lighting
- November 28 & 29. Heritage House Art Show & Sale
- December 5 & 6. Holiday Market Millennium Plaza Park
- December 12 & 19. Carriage Rides Downtown Lake Oswego, Millennium Plaza Park
- December 19. Christmas Ship viewing
- Lake Oswego OregonLive event list
PORTLAND
- November 27. Pioneer Courthouse Square Annual Tree Lighting
- November 27. Holiday Parade (aka Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade) 503-248-5489
- November 28. Dickens Carolers
- November 29. Arts Bazaar
- December 2-6. Holiday Ale Fest
- December 8. Sellwood Marimba Band
- December 8-11. Holiday Artisan Market
- December 3-5. Multnomah Arts Center Winter Arts & Crafts Sale
- December 15-31. Lights on Peacock Lane
- Thru December 20. Christmas Ships on the Willamette River
- Through December 24. Portland Staturday Market
WEST LINN (City of West Linn website)
- December 5. Tree Lighting
- December 12. Holiday Parade
- December 13. Holiday Tour of Homes
- West Linn OregonLive event list
TIGARD (City of Tigard website)
- November 27. Bridgeport Village Tree Lighting
- John Tigard House Museum. 12 noon – 4 p.m. throughout the holidays
- December 4. Tree Lighting. Liberty Park Downtown Tigard
- December 5 – Tigard Public Library – 13th Annual Mitten Tree Kick Off (Donate hats, mittens & scarves) 1:30-2:30 pm
- December 5-6. Purchase a Wristband and take part in Cancer Association JoyRx for children/families at local hospitals @ Bridgeport Village
- Free Holiday Concert - December 6
- The Sharing Tree – Washington Sq. Gifts donated to local charities
- Thru December 1. Breakfast with Santa. Washington Sq. Mall
OTHER HOLIDAY SOURCES OF INFORMATION
- Ainsworth Holiday Home Tour
- Holiday Bazaars
- Portland Classical Chinese Garden
- OregonTravelDaily.com
- Kink FM/Holiday-Events
- Oregon Live Event Guide
- Portland Monthly Magazine Events
- Oregon Convention Center Calendar
- Friends of Tryon Creek State Park
- Pioneer Courthouse Square
- Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District
- Oregon Zoo Events
- Around The Sun Free Events
- Travel Portland Event Calendar
- Travel Oregon
- VIA-AAA Oregon
- OMSI Events
- Washington Sq. Events
- KGW Events Calendar
- Jenkins Estate
- Children’s Museum
- Oregon Children’s Theatre
- Oregon Ballet Theatre
- Oregon Symphony
- PDXPipeline
- NW Childrens Theatre
- Portland Japanese Garden
- Berry Botanic Garden
- Oregonian – Home & Garden Events
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One of the activities Oregonians like to do in the Fall and Winter months is head to the movies. According to statistics I found, there are 112 movie theatres in Portland with 600 movie screens. Each theatre averages 5.4 movie screens per theatre.
A theatre I go to frequently, and a favorite of mine, is the Joy Theatre (now called the Joy Cinema & Pub) in Tigard. Not only is it close to my home, but it provides an intimate experience unlike those “big box” movie complexes. It’s more of a neighborhood-type theatre. However, all the popular and current movies are shown there as well.
It had been on the historic site list for Tigard but looks like it was removed from its Historic Places list in 2007. Unfortunately, I don’t know why even though I’ve tried to do some research.
The theatre was built towards the end of the Art Deco movement in 1939 and is an example of the Art Deco Modern Style.
“Art Deco style” gets its name from the ‘Exposition des Arts Decoratifs’ which took place in Paris in 1925. This particular style was first fashionable between 1920 and 1940. It was often used in cruise liners, and many Hollywood movies of the 1930s portray it perfectly. Although often confused with the Art Nouveau style, Art Deco style is more modern and clear in its outlook. As with all styles, it was heavily influenced by ideas and fashions of the time. Archaeologists were making new discoveries in the near East and Middle East. Their influence can be seen in pyramid designs. African safaris were popular, and Latin American culture provided a mystique which Western nations lacked.
Here’s the link for the Joy Theatre and show times. Check it out.
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Check out my Lake Oswego Living.A Photo Blog later today, there will be a new photo posted. Every Monday a new one will be added.
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This Fall must have been the prettiest we’ve had in a very long time. At least, I don’t remember having one this nice where all the leaves
were in their finest colors.
were in their finest colors.Here’s a list of some places you can drop off your leaves. By now, hopefully with the rain all the leaves have fallen off the trees. I had already loaded up 15 trash cans of leaves and the other day had around 7 more. I think I’m done raking now. However, I have a compost pile and it will love my leaves! If you don’t have a compost pile, here are some sites locally for you to take your leaves:
2009 Leaf Depot Locations
- Lents Park – SE 92nd and SE Holgate, in the eastside parking lot
- Stanton Yard – 2929 N Kerby, west of Emanuel Hospital
- Westmoreland Park – SE 22nd and SE Nehalem, in parking lot next to the baseball field
- Gabriel Park – SW 42nd and Vermont, in the upper parking lot
Only leaves will be accepted. No other yard debris will be allowed. Please contact Metro Recycling at 503-234-3000 or use your curbside yard debris container for this material.
2009 Leaf Depot Fees
- $5.00 per car load
- $10.00 per truck, SUV, or trailer load
- $20.00 per truck and trailer (5 cubic yard maximum)
- No commercial loads – these individuals will be referred to small local businesses, commercial recycling centers, or Metro.
SOME ADDITIONAL SITES
Metro South Transfer Station, Oregon City (503) 234-3000
Pacific Land Clearing & Recycling Center, Oregon City (503-656-7793)
S&H Landscaping Supplies, Tualatin (503-638-1011)
LAKE OSWEGO
The City of Lake Oswego does not have a leaf drop off program. Residents should use compost bins, take leaves to a drop off site designated by METRO or use the yard-debris containers provided by Rossman Sanitary Service. Rossman customers who require additional collection can also use “Kraft” bags available at most home improvement stores.
WEST LINN
Leaves may be disposed of in your yard debris container provided by your garbage hauler or you may take leaves and other yard debris to the Dan Davis Recycling Center located at 4001 Willamette Falls Drive. Call Dan Davis Recycling for hours, rates, and information (503) 655-1928 or visit their website http://www.plcrecycling.com/dan-davis.html Call West Linn Refuse & Recycling for curbside recycling information (503) 557-3900.
TIGARD
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Courtesy chromaonline.com
The other day I wrote a post Fall Leaf Lovers…I don’t recall as beautiful a season as we’ve been having this Fall around Portland. Almost any road you go down, there are leaves in every color imaginable. At this time of year, you also hear a lot about the pumpkin patches on Sauvie Island. During the summer months, the Sauvie Island farmers offer their homegrown fruit and produce in open-air stands all summer into the early autumn. Perhaps what you didn’t know is that Sauvie Island also offers bicycling around its quiet byways, canoeing on tiny Sturgeon Lake or quiet Multnomah Channel, or birdwatching of those that migrate on the island making pit stops twice a year to rest and refuel.
Courtesy rootsweb.ancestry.com
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their trek through the Northwest in the early 1800s, somewhat disgruntled wrote about the fact that they and their party couldn’t sleep “for the noise kept up during the whole of the night by the swans, geese, white and grey Brant, ducks on a small Sand Island….They were immensely numerous and their noise horrid”.
You can hear them too, because on October 24, from 8 to 11 a.m., the Audubon Society will be on the Wapato Greenway, on Sauvie Island listening for the song birds and early waterfowl.
About Sauvie Island
Multnomah Indians
The original inhabitants of Sauvie Island were the Multnomah Indians. Numbering about 800 in population when first recorded by Lewis and Clark in 1805, the Multnomah Indians enjoyed the island as a luscious hunting, fishing, and plant-gathering ground in the summer and fall. The island referred to as Wapato Island in the Lewis and Clark journals because of the large beds of wild potatoes, or wappato as named by the native Multnomahs. Unfortunately, the Multnomah Indians were decimated by smallpox and malaria introduced with European exploration to the region. Today, the county in which Portland and much of Sauvie Island lie, together with the channel running along the western side of the island, named for the Multnomah Indians.
Laurent Sauvie
Laurent Sauvie, for whom the island is named, was a French Canadian employee of the Hudson Bay Company. Sauvie oversaw dairy farms on the island for the Hudson Bay Company and supplied goods for Fort Vancouver.
The Oregon Trail
By 1856, most of Sauvie Island was staked out by settlers who had crossed the continent via the Oregon Trail. The settlers were attracted to the fertile soil enriched by seasonal flooding in the winter time, superb hunting, and excellent fishing. During this time, the Bybee-Howell House was built on the western side of the island, where it still stands today.
Sauvie Island Courtesy Department of Oregon Fish and Wildlife
In the 1930’s the Army Corps of Engineers implemented a system to control the annual flooding of the island, and by 1950 the Sauvie Island bridge was constructed to connect the island to mainland. Both of these feats removed the last obstacles to full settlement of the island. To preserve the natural wonder of the area, Oregon Parks and Wildlife set aside 12,000 acres as the Sauvie Island Wildlife Area. This has ensured public access to the lakes, beaches, wildlife, and plants that make the island a unique natural experience.
Today
Courtesy of blog @ oregonlive.com
Sauvie Island is still agriculturally vibrant. The island continues to provide local farmers with the most fertile soil and best growing conditions. The vast farms are a visible reminder that Sauvie Island is still a land apart. In recent years the island has become known for its U-pick options and farm stands along Sauvie Island Road and Gillihan Road. From peaches to pumpkins, there are fruits and vegetables to be enjoyed all season long. The island has also become a recreational get-away for Portlanders offering some of the best hiking, beach access, hunting, and street cycling around.
This Fall take a drive over to Sauvie Island and experience all that it offers!
Sources and Links:
National Geographic: Lewis and Clark Journal Logs
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/journals_maps_13.html
National Geographic: Multnomah Indians
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/lewisandclark/record_tribes_095_13_25.html
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: Sauvie Island Wildlife Area
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/
Sauvie Island Research Group
http://sauvieisland.org/about-sauvie-island/
Source: Information researched and compiled by Katrina Lorne
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Tired of the usual tourist traps or the same places you keep visiting with your children? Here are some out of the ordinary local farms to go to instead. Your trips will be educational, I guarantee.
Rossee Possee Acres Elk Farm. Working elk farm, petting zoo located in Molalla. 32690 South Mathias Road, Molalla, OR. 97038. Check on hours before heading out.
The Willamette Egg Farm. One of the leading producers of shell eggs and processed egg products in the Pacific Northwest. Open
to the public on Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 10 a.m. Located between Canby, Molalla and Woodburn. Egg processing plant. 31348 S. Hwy 170, Canby, Oregon. (503-651-0000). Did the chicken come before the egg? Or..?
Magness Tree Farm. An internationally recognized 80-acre demonstration forest and outdoor education site. Includes a large natural area, stream, 9 forest management zones, 2.5 miles of hiking trails, the historic “Clatskanie” fire tower, recreation field, picnic shelter and rustic log cabins for youth group camping, outdoor schools, and retreats. Open daily. Free to the public, a charge for group tours. Guided tours every Sunday at 2:00.
Alpenrose Dairy. Portland’s popular kids’ attraction and working dairy since the nineteenth century. Florian Cadonau, who in 1891, owned a dairy farm near what is now Southwest Thirty-fifth and Vermont in the heart of West Portland.
Southern Oregon Souay Sheep Farm. British Soay sheep are being kept in the US as part of a global conservation effort to preserve this historical archive, with all of its diversity, as an undiluted genetic reservoir for the future. Southern Oregon Soay Farms, P.O. Box 1382, Merlin, Oregon 97532 kathiem@soayfarms.com (541) 955-8171.
Oregon Oyster Farm. Since 1907, the oldest oyster farm at the Oregon coast at Yaquina Bay. Oysters in the Shell, Oyster Meat, Oyster Cocktails, Smoked Oysters, Steamer Clams, and More! 6878 Yaquina Bay Rd., Newport, Oregon 97365 (541) 265-5078.
Zenger Farm. A working urban farm promoting sustainable food practices, youth education, environmental stewardship, and community and economic development. 11741 S.E. Foster Road, Portland, Oregon (503) 282-4245.
Pholia Goat Farm. Farmstead handmade raw milk aged goat cheese. Wine tasting, hay rides, baby goats, milking for the kids and cheese tasting. Classes on cheesemaking too. 9115 W. Evans Creek Rd., Rogue River, Oreon 97537 (541) 582-2883).
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Regular readers know that I dislike graffiti and have written a couple of posts about it. I think it makes a community look dirty, unkept. Now from Los Angeles comes word that a tagger received a 3 year 3 month jail sentence.
‘…..Sheriff’s officials said they had evidence that Yazdani had marked hundreds of freeway overpasses, concrete walls and
transit buses across the state and southern Nevada. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies and officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers identified at least 20 “Buket” scrawlings along a stretch of the river spanning a couple of miles, causing an estimated $60,000 in damage.”
Here’s some more information on what Los Angeles is doing to deal with those pesky graffiti artists.
To report graffiti in the Tigard area – call the non-emergency Police Department # 503-629-0111
In addition to the other jurisdictions and their abatement programs I have written about, the City of Portland also has a graffiti abatement program and on October 17, 2009 a Portland southwest neighborhood will be cleaned of their graffiti.
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Picture of Autumn in Lake Oswego (City-data Website)
Autumn declares its arrival with leaves turning bright crimson, vibrant orange and vivid yellow and it’s one of my favorite times of year. We here in Oregon are fortunate to experience all four seasons and Fall is now in full swing. With schools in session, there is a brief lull before the holidays. Take a trip on some of Oregon’s winding roads that loop and twist through shades of dark green evergreen trees, amid the colored leaves of big leaf maples, alder and mountain ash sometime this week as it’s supposed to be sunny pretty much for the next seven days.
There are some great sites throughout all of Oregon to view the fall leaves. I have a Fall video link on my side bar under my new videos category for viewing. Pretty much anywhere in Oregon you’ll see the changing of colors, however, here are some places of particular interest:
- A drive thru Oregon’s Coast Range
- Forest Park (southwest Portland)
- University of Oregon (Eugene)
- Oregon State University (Corvallis)
- Lewis and Clark College (southwest Portland)
- Marylhurst University (Lake Oswego-West Linn-southwest Portland)
- Reed College (southeast Portland)
- Tryon Creek State Park (southwest Portland)
- Mary S. Young State Park (West Linn)
- Highway 242 – the old McKenzie River Highway from McKenzie Bridge to the top of McKenzie Pass
- Hoyt Arboretum (southwest Portland)
- Japanese Garden (southwest Portland)
- The western section of the Columbia River Gorge (between Portland and Hood River).
- Cook Park (Tigard)
If you want to bring the fall into your own yard, here are some trees recommended for planting:
- Autumn Blaze Maple
- Autumn Flame Maple
- Autumn Purple Ash
- Cascade Snow Cherry
- Chantileer Pear
- Dawn Redwood
- Emerald Queen Norway Maple
- Frontier Elm
- Japanese Stewartia
- Milky Way Kousa Dogwood
- Red Sunset Maple
- Scarlet Oak
- Seiryu Japanese Maple
- Tamarack or Larch
- Vine Maple
As they say on a popular TV show – “Take some time to enjoy the view!”.
Source: In part – Off the Beaten Path – Myrna Oakley
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Once Fall is here, it seems the year is almost over because the next several months seem to whizz past us so 
quickly. However, Halloween comes first and is just around the corner. Since Monday’s are my “fun” day, here are some tricks and treats for you. Also, check out some of my past posts:
- Halloween and Haunted Houses (2008)
- Fall Festivals and Events (2008)
- Pumpkin Patches (2008)
- All-Hollows Eve (2008)
There is lots of concern and talk these days about living “green” – reduce, reuse and recycle. Therefore, to help make your Halloween green, here are some tips:
- Buy organic and local. Visit one of the many pumpkin patches I wrote about last year on this blog. After Halloween, break your pumpkins or gourds into pieces and place them in the woods or a field far away from your house to feed deer or other animals providing them with their own Halloween treat of seeds and pumpkin flesh. Or, dry the pumpkin seeds for the bird feeder.
- If you purchase bales of hay to decorate your porch, buy barley hay which can later be composted and used as mulch for your garden or flower beds.
- There have been dentists in our area who buy back unused candy to avoid trips later to their dentist. Or, Wheels on Meals and children’s charities appreciate donations of unused and unopened candy. You can also crush hard candy and use them as toppings on your Christmas cookie dough before baking or as dessert toppings.
- Reuse old clothes from around the house for costumes. Here’s some tips for “green” costumes. If you’re out of time and need a last minute costume, here are some ideas for eco-friendly costumes.
- Donate any costumes to children’s hospitals or any number of charities.
- Instead of purchasing a plastic container or plastic pumpkin to collect those goodies, craft a treat bag by sewing a drawstring on old pillowcases and let the kids decorate them with non-toxic markers or paints instead. Or let the kids decorate brown paper bags you’ve recycled.
- Bake cupcakes without paper muffin cups or make other healthy snacks or treats and make your own goody bags with the kids and especially include Monster Toes!
- Use nature’s bounty for decorations utilizing Fall leaves, hay bales, corn stalks and more of the pumpkins,gourds and apples. Make old- fashioned candy apples as the treats. Help the kids make a scarecrow, or two.
- Craft – Buy or make decorations that can be reused. There are many outlet stores locally where you can buy inexpensive items and decorate further for Halloween to make them look like something out of a magazine.
- Check out this website – Green Halloween - for more eco-friendly ideas.
- There’s an eco-friendly website that lists “green” crafts, projects for Halloween.
- Recycle items from around the house. Use old milk bottles and use as luminaries to light your walkway or cut off the top and use as a plastic bucket for the treats. Use egg cartons to create decorations like this bat.
- When buying treats, buy in bulk or products with limited packaging. Or, better yet give non-food treats like funky pens or pencils.
- You can also reuse a brown paper bag by crafting items that can be reused later for other purposes like this grocery bag.
- Don’t litter with left-over candy wrappers, figure out a craft project to use up all the wrappers. While in Hawaii last year, there was a cart in the local shopping mall that had purses and other accessories all made out of recycled candy wrappers, juice containers, etc. that they were selling.
- Walk, don’t drive to neighborhoods for trick-or-treating. Better yet, have a masquerade party for the kids.
- Trade decorations or costumes with the neighbors or family. Get more mileage out of what either you or they already have.
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Did you know that Lake Oswego once had a covered bridge? According to an out-of-print book I refer to many times in my blog, Oregon’s Iron Dream by Mary Goodall, in the 1900s there used to be a covered bridge from Lake Oswego to West Linn over what the Native American Indians referred to as Waluga Creek, later called Sucker Creek by early settlers a
nd referred to today as Oswego Creek, near the main highway to West Linn. The creek flows into Palisades Pond and Lake Oswego, then pours into the Willamette River. The covered bridge was close to or in what today is George Rogers Park. There’s a picture of it in my book that’s different from these, but here are the pictures from the City of Lake Oswego’s Historic photo gallery. I’ve tried to reproduce the one I have but it is old and haven’t been able to
do so.
Image from Covered Bridge Society Website
Although the Lake Oswego covered bridge is long gone, there are still many covered bridges remaining from a bye-gone era in Oregon. I’ve been to many of them. My favorite, however, is the one along the McKenzie River. On road trips, I’ve tried to see as many as I could and I know of families who have taken the kids as a summer vacation to see all of them.
Now you can see at least five of them at the Covered Bridge Festival next weekend. I think I’ve seen at least that many so far.
COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL – SEPTEMBER 21:
For some Fall fun, this September 21st, the Covered Bridge Festival takes place with a tour of 5 bridges, music and more:
Where: TimberLand Park, Albany, Oregon
When: Third weekend of September
Saturday, September 20th, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 21st, 9:00 to 5:00 p.m.
We feature a passel of old fashioned FAMILY FUN; from Guided & Self-guided tours of 5 beautiful covered bridges & their folklore, (reservations preferred, 503-399-0436) $10.00 fee, Live Music, Living History Displays and information, Vintage Cars & Bicycles, Lots & Lots of Children’s activities, rubber tired train rides $2.00 ea, hand crafted arts & crafts, drawing for the new Covered Bridge Quilt, one of a kind.
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Farmers Markets are extremely popular not only in Oregon but throughout the United States. Fall’s just around the corner and if you thought you’d only be able to pick up fresh produce in the spring and summer months in Oregon, think again!
I’ve written past posts (one last year in May and this year for Mother’s Day), on the spring and summer farmers market but with Oregon’s mild climate, there are plenty of local farmers that can provide you with the freshest and best throughout the year. In addition, some of the farmers markets are open year-round so you can stock up whenever you want.
The Oregon Farmer’s Market Association provides listings of those farmers markets throughout Oregon and the Portland Farmers Market website provides Portland information. Here’s a list of farmers markets around Portland that continue beyond September:
- Hillsdale Farmer’s Market - open thru November
- People’s Farmers Market - open year-round
- PSU Portland Farmers Market - open through December 19
- Downtown Market - open through October 28
- Ecotrust Market - open until September 24
- Eastbank Market - open until September 24
- King Market - open until October 25
- Beaverton Farmers Market - open until October 3
- Cedar Mills Farmers Market - open until October 24
- Hillsboro Winter Market - open until December 12
- Lake Oswego Farmers Market - open until October 10
- Wilsonville Villebois Farmers Market - open until October 18
- Gorge Grown in Hood River - open until October 3
- Gresham Farmers Market - open until October 31
- Hollywood Farmers Market - open until November 21
- Montavilla Farmers Market - open until October 25 and on November 8 and 22
- Parkrose Farmers Market - open until October 31
- Hood River Harvest Festival - October 16-18
- Canby Farmers Market - open until mid-October
- Clackamas Farmers and Artists Market - open through October 28
- West Linn Farmers Market – open until September 29 503-550-7133
- Sunnyside Grange Farmers & Artists Market - open until October 25
- Milwaukie Farmers Market - open until October 25
- Oregon City Farmers Market - open until October 31
Updated 9-25-09
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Oregonians love their dogs. There are many local parks around Portland that welcome dogs. As summer is winding down and the “dog days of summer” are coming to an end, many people are staying closer to home this year for vacations and holidays. Labor Day’s just around the corner, so you might want to take your dog out for his/her day in the park. If you have friends visiting who have dogs over the upcoming holiday weekend, or if you’re new to our area and aren’t familiar with all the local dog parks, here’s a list of places to take your pooch.
PORTLAND
The City of Portland’s website has their off-leash areas, dog parks, maps, and the rules for their parks. Here’s their list of “dog friendly” parks:
- Alberta Park - Portland
- Arbor Lodge Park - Portland
- Argay Park - Portland
- Brentwood Park - Portland
- Cathedral Park - Portland
- Cherry Park - Portland
- Chimney Park - Portland
- Couch Park - Portland
- Council Crest Park - Portland
- Creston Park - Portland
- Dakota Memorial Dog Park - Portland
- East Delta Park - Portland
- Fernhill Park - Portland
- Frazer Park - Portland
- Gabriel Park - Portland
- Grant Park - Portland
- Hazeldale Park - Portland
- Hillsdale Park - Portland
- Hondo Dog Park - Portland
- Irving Park - Portland
- Laurelhurst Park - Portland
- Lents Park - Portland
- Lynchwood Park
- Memorial Park - Portland
- Mt. Tabor Park - Portland
- Normandale Park - Portland
- Overlook Park - Portland
- Sacajawea Park - Portland
- Sellwood Riverfront Park - Portland
- Sewallcrest Park - Portland
- Wallace Park - Portland
- West Delta Park - Portland
- Willamette Park - Portland
- Wilshire Park – Portland
- Woodstock Park – Portland
TIGARD
The City of Tigard has their dog parks as well:
- Ash Street - Tigard
- Potso Dog Park - Tigard
- Summerlake Park - Tigard
LAKE OSWEGO
The City of Lake Oswego’s recent Hazelia Field Dog park has won a national award in 2008.
- Hazelia Field Dog Park – Lake Oswego
WEST LINN
West Linn’s Parks and Recreation site have their dog parks/rules listed as well.
- Mary S. Young State Park - West Linn
Many of the parks have special “doggie” events such as Woofstock in West Linn that is held in the summer.
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It’s that time of year again for the Dahlias. It always reminds me that Fall is just around the corner. In another post of mine, I indicated that my 
father introduced me to the love of gardening and his favorites were roses and dahlias. If you’ve never been to the Swan Island Dahlia Show it is a “must see”. The dahlias are incredible and some the size of a large dinner plate. You see all the amazing varieties and colors in one place.
Head on down to Canby this weekend and see what I mean. Here’s a video to entice you more. They ship worldwide so there’s no excuse not to fill your garden with these blooms. I plan on going this coming Monday!
Annual Dahlia Festival 2009
Saturday, Sunday, & Monday August 29th, 30th, 31st & September 5th, 6th, 7th
Swan Island Dahlias
Indoor Display Hours 10:00am to 6:00pm, Field Hours 8:00am to 8:00pm
** FREE ADMISSION ** FREE PARKING **
**HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE ** RAINBOW OF COLOR
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CNN’s Money magazine just rated West Linn #64 and Lake Oswego #79 out of its “Top 100 Best Places to Live”. You can read it here.
One of the wonderful features of living in this small city – Lake Oswego – is its accessibility to parks. My house sits within a couple of blocks of Westlake Park – one of the many parks within the City of Lake Oswego. Besides a play area and picnic area, there’s a softball field where summer concerts are held. Here’s Westlake Park’s Summer Concert schedule.
I’d have to say my favorite park is one of the City’s newest parks – Foothills Park. (See photo below). It sits along the Willamette River which makes it an ideal place to watch the boats pass. There’s a large covered picnic area, plus a small pool of water circling part of the picnic facilities. As with the Westlake Park, concerts are also held in Foothills Park during the summer months. Here’s the Foothills Park Summer Concert Schedule.
If you’re looking for a place to go this summer with the kids, there are a multitude of parks in the City of Lake Oswego’s system with each one offering something different:
CITY PARKS
- FOOTHILLS PARK
Foothills Park (City of Lake Oswego Website)
Located on the Willamette River, north of Roehr Park. “Views of the river from a covered platform; a ring of basalt columns engraved with the poetry of William Stafford (the Stafford Stones); a timber and stone picnic pavilion with a stone fireplace; pathways, a reflecting pond, and a grass amphitheater.” 199 Foothills Drive.
- FREEPONS PARK
Hemlock Street and Bickner Road
- GEORGE ROGERS PARK
Baseball/softball and soccer fields, picnic shelters, access to the Willamette River, a memorial garden area, rest rooms, playground and outdoor tennis courts Ladd and South State Street in Old Town
- GLENMORRIE PARK
Highway 43 at Brookhurst Drive
- GREENTREE PARK
Carter Place and Greentree Road
Located on Oswego Bay and in the heart of downtown Lake Oswego. Open fireplace, reflecting pond, sculpture, trees, tables, plaza
200 First Street and Evergreen. Here’s the Summer Concert Schedule for Millenium Park.
- PILKINGTON PARK
19043 Pilkington Road
- ROEHR PARK
5065 Oswego Pointe Drive in the Foothills Area
- ROSSMAN PARK
Fourth Street and C Avenue
- WALUGA PARK
53 acres of active and natural passive areas, including two lighted baseball fields, picnic shelters, playground and open play areas, and nature trails. 15533 Quarry Road and Waluga
- WESTLAKE PARK
Melrose Street and Fosberg Road
- WESTRIDGE PARK
3400 Royce Way
- MCNARY PARK
Kerr Parkway
- RED FOX HILLS PARK #3
- RED FOX HILLS PARK #1
- PENNINGTON PARK
Boones Ferry Road
- SOUTHWOOD PARK
62nd and Pamela Street
Stafford Road and Rosemont Road in the Stafford-Tualatin Valley area
- CAMPBELL NATIVE GARDEN
Upper Drive in the Lake Grove area
NATURAL AREAS + OPEN SPACES
- WOODMONT NATURAL PARK
Atwater Road
- COOKS BUTTE PARK
Delenka Lane in the Palisades neighborhood
- IRON MOUNTAIN PARK
Natural area and wetlands with a system of informal pathways and wildlife viewing
Iron Mountain Boulevard adjacent to the Lake Oswego Hunt Club in the Lake Grove neighborhood
- BRYANT WOODS NATURE PARK
Childs Road and Canal Road
- SPRINGBROOK PARK
Among Lake Oswego’s oldest and largest natural areas. Informal trails, native plants, trees and wetlands, two miles of newly-constructed park trails connect surrounding neighborhoods, schools and indoor tennis center. Friends of Springbrook Park on Diane Drive in the Uplands neighborhood
- CANAL ACRES
Childs Road and Canal Road
- KERR OPEN SPACE
Off Kerr Parkway
- SUNNYSLOPE OPEN SPACE
Childs Road and Hilltop Road
- ELLEN BERGIS NATURE RESERVE
Hwy 43
- CORNELL NATURAL AREA
Cornell Road in the Hallinan Heights neighborhood
- IRON MOUNTAIN CREEK
- BETH RYAN NATURE RESERVE
- LAMONT SPRINGS NATURAL AREA
Lakeview Blvd
Stafford Road and Rosemont Road in the Stafford-Tualatin Valley area
- RIVER RUN PARK
- SOUTH SHORE PROPERTY
South Shore Boulevard off McVey-South Shore
- FIRELANE PROPERTY
Rosemont Road
- BROCK PROPERTY
Rosemont Road
- PALISADES RESERVOIR
Bergis Road
- HART PROPERTY Hwy 43
Enjoy these wonderful parks in Lake Oswego and concerts this Summer!
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