from today

Oregon Gardens has a children's garden filled w evergreen apiary animal shapes: dolphin, bird, llama & bear... It was like the scene in the scary movie, The Shining, where jack nicholson chases people thru the house's garden, a spooky apiary shrubbery; but more fanciful than scary, and much cuter!

Reminded us of a favorite feature of the rural roadways of Willamette Valley that we recognized during BHWalking Corvallis to Portland/09. Many, many householders create folk art in their yards or make their yards into personal- expression-folk-art. Clever, touching, sometimes corny creations, and all exude a sense of generosity.