More things to like about where we live

Nothing against the other places I’ve lived (and being an Air Force brat, I’ve lived in a few), but I have never really enjoyed where I was living till now. Now part of that may be attributed to the fact that I have the good fortune to not have to go to work everyday, so I have time to enjoy my surroundings. Nonetheless, almost everyday, I see or hear something new or different that makes the decision to move here all the better. Mind you they aren’t always big…

There are the parks.
Last week, we went to Foothills Park, a Lake Oswego city park. It’s not big, but the footpath goes along the Willamette so there’s lots to see. Along the way we saw a couple of egrets on the rocks.

We also saw a building that has piqued our curiosity along. We saw it from the back on a walk in George Rogers Park. Was it a city building or a home? It’s one of two concrete buildings in the park. I’ve often seen the other riding along Highway 43. I can’t even think what to search on in Google…

Mary S Young Park gets a mention because it is but a mile from the house and walking there you can practically forget were smack dab in the middle of a developed town.

…and the dogs in the park
Mandy is enjoying getting out, and is getting used to the cool smells in the dog park at Mary S Young.
 

Berries
I had my first boysenberry on Wednesday from South Barlow Produce we found at the West Linn Farmers Market. We also got some huge blueberries and raspberries. To give you some perspective the blueberry was about the size of a dime.

Theatre
Last year the Clackamas Repertory Theatre put on a production of “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!” We’d seen the off Broadway production and saw it again in San Jose, and this was the best of the three. On Sunday, we saw “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)” and it was great. There are still two performances left…

“Singin’ in the Rain” caught our eye in the West Linn Tidings. Put on by the Broadway Rose Theatre Company, it was an enjoyable performance, highlighted by Daniel Lee Robbins as Cosmo. The Oregonian’s review really sums up the performance.

The second performance in the Broadway Rose season is “Cole” which we saw last night. Once again we were not disappointed. Great music, great singing and a little tap number by Meredith Weber. It runs through next Sunday.

Yarn
The Portland area is a veritable mecca of knitters and yarn shops. Alas! yesterday began the closing sale at Lint so soon, we will be one store less.