Spring is here!!
 

Yesterday the mercurey hit 80 in Portland! I spent a few hours wandering the Pearl, and people were out and about in droves!

Portland is a town filled with public fountains that invite play. Jameson Square, just a few blocks from me, has one of the most kid-friendly of these fountains. It was filled with kids of all ages yesterday - great fun to watch!

see you at the zoo

ron

Spring you say?

Here is what I woke up to this morning and no, that ain't cherry blossoms covering the ground.



Apparently I will have to wait a bit for spring.

We are having an early "June Gloom" here in the OC. 70* and cloudy. Hey, at least it's not snow or heat! ;)

My favorite is the Keller Fountain...although the Salmon St. is safer for kids.

Of course, some of the best fountains are those little ones called Benson Bubblers:)

Spring is def here, too. Not that we get much of a spring. For the next couple of weeks it will be warm enough outside for shorts, but not enough for a/c. After that it will just be hot.

Salmon Street is still a little intense for 2-6-year-olds. Besides having some pretty high pressure streams, it tends to fill up with rowdy older kids. Jameson Square is great for the preschool crowd.

A great secret Erin and I found is the Lovejoy Fountain. Secluded evough that even on hot summer days there's usually not many people there.

No - find it yourself!

ron

http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/...PropertyID=242

Found it:)

I have an 11 year old now...so Salmon St. is perfect for him(although he actually prefers the one at the Rose Quarter). Wish I would have known about the Lovejoy 3 or 4 years ago as we did the fountian thing a lot more back then.

!@#$%
 

No, it's not. We have snow flurries and a high of 25 today. Gloat all you want.

I'm there with you.

We had more snow on the ground on Easter than we did on Christmas.

Apparently the first thing our 4 year niece from Anchorage said upon arriving at LAX and going outside was, "No snow!!!"