Jude turned ten years old on March 12#daffodils#everyyear
Have you read Ramona the Pest or any books by this author? Beverly Cleary lived right here in NE Portland. Her books are set in this neighborhood. There is such a power of place in her writing that I feel I am IN her books when I am here. Add kids named Zoe, Everett, Auggie and Jude (above) and you expect Ramona and Beezus to come running around the corner any minute.
Portland is a city of neighborhoods. Quiet streets, gardens in the front yard and small, storybook houses. We stopped by Jude and Auggie's old house on the way home to take a photo and kids and parents appeared out of (seemingly) nowhere.
2 comments:
This is right out of Beverly Cleary's books! The kids, the neighborhood, the weather....you're right! Some things are timeless...especially in Portland's Hamblet neighborhood!
Lucky are those that are able to grow and bloom in one place!…and the neighborhood will flourish.
Plus sunshine and flowers in March. Wonderful.
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