Just Chillon
I haven’t given any reading updates lately, plus it’s been about a week since I posted photos of the Great Outdoors, so I figured that I would do both.
Sebastian and I have been reading the classic Goodnight Moon most nights at bedtime. He loves looking at the drawings and the more read it, the more he pays attention to it. We’ve also been reading Lord Byron’s The Prisoner of Chillon, which we just finished this evening. It’s quite good; I recommend it to everyone. Several weeks ago we also started reading War and Peace. Yes, that War and Peace. We got through Chapter 1, but we haven’t yet started Chapter 2.
Juliann, Sebastian and I loaded the car up on Sunday and headed out to the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. This week’s trip was quite a bit closer than the previous few – it was a 15 minute drive to the park in Southeast Portland (we live in Northeast). I expected it to be nice, but it was even nicer than I had expected. It was different levels (all stroller/wheelchair accessible) with very nice bridges and waterfalls and great landscaping. I heartily recommend it to anyone willing to pay $3 to spend an hour or so walking around some really beautiful rhododendrons and azaleas and other nice flowers and trees. Sebastian stayed awake for the entire excursion and he enjoyed the brightly colored flowers and the wildlife and the ponds and waterfalls.
This past Thursday, one of my oldest and dearest friends just happened to be in Portland on business so we got together and hung out a bit. I’m glad he got a chance to meet Sebastian (and vice versa). We got a chance to eat some Thai food, drink some fancy beers (some too wheaty, some too stout) and talk about fatherhood and recommendation engines and Shanie and her sheets. A grand time was had by all.
So here are some photos of various things. As usual, please visit the photoblog to catch up on all the photos, the below which are just a sampling.
