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And the day came when I met one of my sheroes and we took a selfie. Thank you @cherylstrayed for rocking my world today. #wildlunch #bradleyangle #worldrocked #awesomesauce
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These are branches stripped from our street trees. I gathered them off the ground after I saw an older neighbor of ours rip them off the trees and throw them down as she walked her dog by our house this morning. We have been irritated in finding these lat
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Grateful to the amazing #greenpeace activists hanging from the St Johns bridge today in protest of Shell. What a beautiful sight to see.
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Between the peanut tree (claredendron) and the jasmine in full bloom my olfactory senses are in overdrive this evening. I have always wanted a scent-filled garden and wow, we've got it.
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Today I had an amazing #serendipitious moment with a woman I've known since we were 8 years old and who lives in Vermont and we played at this piano @pianopushplay and it was #magic here in #Portland and there is so so so much more to say but I'm now out
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Hydrangeas are off the hook this year. This is just a trimming from the floppers. Also, these are very formal horticultural terms I use. Watch out.
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An abundance of riches. Old fashioned roses from the garden this evening. And yes, they are very, very fragrant.
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Precisely why we've been cutting back the old lilac: to get blooms precisely at nose level. You know, for lilac huffing. #todaysbloomday #gardensecrets
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The hummingbird buffet is officially open for the season. This honeysuckle has been trained 20 feet up a tree and its bright blooms and nectar attract hummingbirds from all over. #todaysbloomday
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Look up, Portlanders, look up. The Empress trees are blooming right now, giant lavender blooms that rain down to the ground like the jacaranda trees of my childhood. Today I found out they are scented!
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Lily-of-the-Valley is so tiny yet it's fragrance fills a room. A friend visiting the garden recently deeply inhaled one and exclaimed "aaah, dear aunt Gladys" So yes, it's an old fashioned flower and scent. #todaysbloomday
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I'm at the Empire State Building in NYC eating peanuts I brought back from Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. #werd
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So many are loved and remembered tonight. Elgin, marge, joe, Leola, marc, Greg, Jill, mike, grace and Elda. My heart swells with remembering all of those gone.
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Some light reading on the drive home. Note I'm reading this AFTER hiking the Grand Canyon.
