Bogart the Carpenter

Sunny Saturday – time for a walk in the park… literally! Forest Park is just truly lovely.  It’s still really wet and mossy, but the sun is shining and I’m ready to roll. As you already know, I am quite the connoisseur of sticks (and pine cones – but that’s another story).  And the downed…

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Sunday in the Park with Mama

When walking through NW Portland, you can see many interesting things.  Today I noticed this: It’s actually pretty darned cool – made of weird metal pieces – and wasn’t scared of me at all.  Unlike most birds. It was another sunny day here in Portland – cold but sunny – and since yesterday we hit…

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A Forest

Saturday morning.  Portland.  Fall.  Yet it’s still really warm.  And sunny.  What to do? Pick up a trusty stick – not just any stick will do – it’s gotta be IMPRESSIVE And rather than let your mama decide which way to go, just start running in the direction you want to go.  If your mighty…

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Beat the Heat

Today it was *only* in the 90s.  Basically, winter is here – compared to earlier this week.  It’s still too darn hot for my taste (and mama is not exactly a sun-goddess) so when I’m due a nice, long walkie and it’s scorchingly hot where to go? Well, first things first.  It’s Saturday morning.  That…

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Hiking Forest Park

Mama promised me last weekend when we finally found the entrance to Forest Park that we would come back the following weekend and do a REAL hike.  Surprisingly, I did not have to remind her. It’s another hot day here in Portland, so walking in the relative shade and coolness of the forest is fantastic.…

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Dog Day: Afternoon

I thought the excitement for today was over.  But no… we decided to try to find the entrance to Forest Park again, taking advantage of the relative grey-ness of the day, and SUCCESS! Instead of crossing the bridge like we did last time, we took the stairs down, and boom – FOREST! I can already…

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Nature Boy

Portland is FULL of parks.  The humans here are pretty darned smart about setting aside LOTS of areas for hiking, walking, and biking in nature.  Today I visited another new one for me – Forest Park. This park is HUGE in comparison to the forest area that I walk in everyday.  Over 30 miles of…

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