One of East Portland’s best spots without a doubt is Leach Botanical Garden. Full of ever-changing greenery, particularly from across the Pacific Northwest, you can find it on SE Claybourne Street, just a little off SE Foster Road and north of Mount Scott.

It’s springtime in Oregon and that means of course it is time to return to the annual Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in the farmlands outside of Woodburn.

The Willamette Valley of Oregon, where I live, got walloped by a big ice storm this Valentine’s Day weekend, 2021.

This wonderful little museum is located, let’s be honest, in the glorious middle of nowhere, half an hour east of The Dalles.

Smack in the middle of the delightful town of Silverton sits the Oregon Garden. It’s about 80 acres of beautiful trees and flowers of more varieties than I can count…

One of the best hidden gems in Milwaukie, Oregon…

Not only was it pouring rain in the dead of winter, but more importantly about two thirds of the place were closed for a massive renovation project…

A fun, little cowtown… or rather sheeptown: the area is famous for its wool production

Exploring the areas around Cape Henlopen and Rehoboth Beach…

Relaxed splendor just west of downtown. And this trip includes the Refashioning Beauty exhibit of art by Noritaka Tatehana…