Spring Colors & PNW Beauty (Portland, Forest Grove: to live in, prices, garden)

[deegers]

Originally Posted by hymalaia

hey, this is for "spring photos". It's clearly summer. j/k, I'm actually starting to see some autumn color. It's kind of depressing to see how fast these cycles go. Oh well. Good coverage of the Hawthorne area, very close to where I live. Portland has a nifty housing stock, doesn't it? Good colors. You are correct that cloudy days are good for photos. Personally I think it's better looking in general. The sun just tends to suck the color outta everything when it's not filtered through some clouds.

hehe, good point! But, since this is a photo thread sticky, I thought to keep all my photos centrally located for anyone to stop by our forum and get a feel for the area. I"ll probably add autumn and winter photos as I get them too. I think others should do the same.

Glad someone else agrees with me those cloudy days have their benefits. There is such a thing as too much sun out here in the desert. Yuck!

I'll actually be posting a few more from outside the city, but I had to go to bed last night...

[KarlaT2]

Originally Posted by mamh

Karlar
Thanks for posting the pictures from Oregon Gardens..I volunteer in the gardens once a week and never get tired of walking there it on my way to the market garden..It seems it changes every week..
Thanks again....

You are welcome! I absolutely love that place. Even my 9 year old daughter asked to go back. We went 4 times! LOL. You are lucky to be able to experience that so often. In fact, Silverton is top of my list when I can ever move back just so I could have proximity to both the Gardens and the Silver Falls. I saw you got free yearly memebership if you volunteered a certain number of hours. Nice deal! You are very lucky.
I'll post more later. I have lots!!!!

[KarlaT2]

Here are some of my personal favorites. Lovely country roads in front of my sister's house.

[KarlaT2]

More Oregon Gardens

[KarlaT2]

Last one - I promise!! LOL.

[deegers]

Wonderful Karla! Where is this OR garden? I will be adding some country photos of my own soon. Where were in the country?

[illinoisboy]

Very nce pictures everyone! I love those bungalows especially, deegers! Very nice and colorful! Same with the stores, and the flowers, too!

[KarlaT2]

Originally Posted by deegers

Wonderful Karla! Where is this OR garden? I will be adding some country photos of my own soon. Where were in the country?

Thanks!
Oregon Gardens is in Silverton. It's beautiful.
I was in the area etween Canby and Molalla (Macksburg area specifically) and southeast of Molalla. Family is spread out bewteen Molalla, Canby, and now sister in SE Portland. I'm not a city person, so the country ones are my faves.
Waiting more pictures from you!

[deegers]

Forest Grove Farmland (for those who don't know,Forest Grove is a suburb furthest west against the Cascade Mountains) Sorry for some fuzziness



Raspberry fields on a farm my boyfriend lives on.





Christmas tree field on same farm



Wheat field on same farm



In Forest Grove, when the Portland gray comes to town, it looks more magical than depressing...





Forest Grove sunset



Pace of life...laying in a hammick facing the horse pastures



Two young female throughbreds in one of the two pastures on the farm

[Wicked Felina]

Beautiful pics, deegers and karla. Thank you!