In the Eye of the Beholder
We all see beauty but we may see it differently than the next person. It’s what makes us the same but also very different.
The changes in the season as the trees turn color:
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| Overlook at Washington Park |
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| Entrance to Japanese Gardens at Washington Park |
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| Washington Park statue |
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| Smokey Lentil Soup |
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| Chocolate Dream Torte (truly heavenly!) |
The unexpected surprise of a delightful idea on what to do with odds and ends such as salt and pepper shakers:
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| Salt & Pepper chess board |
Another stop I made during this day trip was to a book store. Not just any book store but Powell’s Books, or Powell’s City of Books, a store which claims to be the biggest in the world. (If anyone knows of a bookstore larger than this, please, please let me know.) While I might not actually make the claim that the store is beautiful, I will say it is amazing, incredible, stunning, unbelievable and just plain astonishing to a book-lover like me.
Imagine that!
After my trip to Portland, I came across another very cool fact regarding Powell’s Books. There is a sandstone carving outside one of Powell’s entrances called the Pillar of Books. This sandstone carving depicts a stack of eight of the world’s greatest books and the sandstone actually came from the quarry from my hometown. That is a cool fact on a personal level and one reason I would view the pillar differently than someone else. However, I did not get to see the Pillar of Books for myself because I entered the store from the other side of the block.
