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Pumpkin Patch Instameet, October 2016

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Pumpkin Patch Instameet, October 2016

Just before Halloween 2016, the Portland Instagram group had a fun little instameet at Fir Point Farms in Aurora, Oregon. Pumpkins were everywhere of course, but so were goats and bunnies and horses and donkeys... plus games like Cornhole and badminton. We feasted on ice cream, donuts, freshly pressed cider. Probably the most fun though was the corn maze -- so beautiful!

Nice person in Portland, Oregon, and beyond.

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Portland Tweed Ride

For the seventh year, about a hundred bicyclists dress in their finest tweed and ride together through downtown Portland, Oregon. It's all in good fun... and good style. Learn more at the Portland Tweed Ride's website. 

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Portland Tweed Ride
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Swan Island Dahlia Instameet, August 2016

We in the Portland Instagram group had an instameet today at the Swan Island Dahlia Festival in Canby, Oregon. There we saw thousands of gorgeous dahlias in the blazing summer sun. 

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Swan Island Dahlia Instameet, August 2016
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A Day at the Fair, Sept 2016

My friend, Rosemary Stafford, and I spent a seriously fun day at the Oregon State Fair in Salem, the capital city. There were many carnival rides, fried foods, happy fair-goers, musicians, artists, gorgeous show animals (like pigs, cows, rabbits, pheasants, horses), you name it. I wish it were going on every weekend! It brings up such happy nostalgia from my early boyhood on a Kansas farm.

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A Day at the Fair, Sept 2016
EventMorgan Stone GretherLan Su Chinese GardenLan Su Chinese Garden, portland, oregon, instameet, event

Lan Su Chinese Garden Instameet

The Portland Instagram Group held a fun instameet at the Lan Su Chinese Garden , a great little oasis of calm in the hustle-bustle of Old Town Portland. It had been foggy and drizzly all morning, but when we gathered the sun came out and it was lovely.  Here are some unedited snapshots...

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Lan Su Chinese Garden Instameet