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Happy birthday, Kirsten! Wow, that’s cold. It got about 0 C in Portland with a big headwind and I thought I was going to freeze even though I was all bundled up. Do you have any plans for another bicycle tour?
2 years agoKristen’s a 2/22 baby? Happy birthday!
2 years agoI wondered myself at the time. It was obviously an event because there was music and thirty or forty others dressed outrageously like this. I almost asked someone but it felt too intrusive. Susan Carpenter’s comment led me to it though: it’s Tutu Tuesday!
2 years agoI am curious if something an event was happening at the Tom McCall Waterfront Park, or if that is the trendy way to dress for the cold. Either way I loved it.
2 years agoLots of very cool two’s. A very Super Tuesday for us too … It’s Kirsten’s birthday today. She’s not 22 though, so we’ll have to settle for the current outside temperature of -22 C!
2 years agoOh, of course! That’s what’s going on: it’s Tutu Tuesday: https://www.oregonlive.com/events/2022/02/portland-celebrates-tutu-tuesday-on-22222-with-countdown-to-222-pm.html
2 years agoBrilliant. I wish I’d thought of that.
2 years agoTwo tutus
2 years agoA perfect match. This is really amazing. I’m going to have to go out here again before leaving town. I’m really curious how long they’ll stay matted like this.
2 years agoLook at the red alders! https://emswcd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Red-alder-2.jpg
2 years agoAgreed
https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/33300/view/alder-catkins-and-cones-alnus-glutinosa-
It will definitely have to get a solution to the homeless situation. It’s not safe to bicycle on most of the bicycle paths.
2 years agoI think these are alder catkins.
2 years agoI don't see the expected red on the painted turtle shells, but then I do see bright stripes on their heads. Western pond turtles don't have yellow stripes.
Invasive red-eared sliders have bright red on their heads, so they are out, unless the photo just does not show the red.
https://audubonportland.org/our-work/rehabilitate-wildlife/education-animals/bybee/#:~:text=The%20Western%20Painted%20Turtle%20is,with%20vegetation%20and%20muddy%20bottoms.
https://www.fws.gov/cno/newsroom/highlights/2021/western-pond-turtles/
Tutu Tuesday on 2 22 2022. I am swooning. What a great idea.
2 years ago