Portland Oregon

Aunt Nettie welcomed us all in this manner (copying our outfits then tossing us in the air)

Notes being taken on our first of many brunches, this one at the Tin Shed. Go go eggs, go go avocado, go go on a base of hash browns

Lucius getting wild at the Ace hotel lobby (whilst Papa pulls yet another face)

Congratulations Raegen & Morgan! What a handsome couple. What a lovely, intimate, sweet wedding m'dears.

For example: a fine array of cakes from the Bakery Bar.
Coconut, Raspberry, Carrot and Espresso Chocolate (the winner)

And a most gorgeous jacket designed by the bride herself

Spot the impostor

Grandpa Lucius meets the Pickle

Grandma Lucius and L jr with her new frock

Well trimmed hydrangea highlights of color at the Japanese Garden (reportedly the best outside Japan)

With Forest Park in the background- the largest city park in the U.S.

Well maintained indeed

Pickle

Stumptown coffee rules

The Pistils Nursery on Mississippi, is well nice

They have fine garden goods and beautiful poultry. This lovely has metallic silver legs!

Papa mastered the art of the picking up a sleeping tiddler and getting her home and into the cot without stirring

An older lady up the street from Anette took a drive with her leg in a cast (to get cat food). Instead, she lost control, hit Todd's (Anette's fiancee) parked car and sent it skidding down the road. Much curtain twitching and neighborhood gossip action ensued

It made a mess of both vehicles, but she escaped with just one more fracture than she had before

We took a drive to Hood River country, an hour east of Portland, finding this art deco gem, the Vista House, along the way

The view from the House

Bridal Veil Falls

Little worlds of moss. Tres popular in Oregonia

More temperate rainforestness

The Gorge is teeming with watersports types

Alex and Neil surfed at Short Sands beach, an hour and a half west of Portland, despite reports of great whites in the area (and a dead seal with a large bite from its neck rolling around on the shoreline). This is the 'Job Done' shot

Pickle was not impressed

We then stayed at Coast Cabins in Manzanita, the sweetest town on the Oregon coast

Fire, sushi, beer and hot tubbin was had. Thanks for joining us Alex and Alessandra

Apres afore mentioned hot tubbin

GOONIE ROCK!!!!! (Neil was tres excited about this)

More brunch, this time with Keryn & Tom in the garden at Merriweathers

Lucius enjoys her first sauna experience at the McMillan/Klinker residence