tennis!

Liesl has decided that tennis is her new favorite sport. We played on Friday morning and again on Saturday, both times at Lost Park, and again today at Mitchell Park. We can walk to Lost Park along our local trails -- its about a mile - which adds to the charm. We were out so early on Saturday that we saw many birds just waking up.

                                            A red-headed woodpecker --

An owl perches on the horizontal branch, about the midpoint of the branch in the photo.

                                        A field of yellow-orange wild orchids --

I went for a long bike ride on Saturday afternoon, all through Beaverton and down into Hillsboro on the Rock Creek trail; Sebastian played knockout (basketball) with his friend Nick all afternoon. Steve and I made an amazing blueberry galette with the berries we picked on Thursday, and we all played basketball together after dinner. It was a sweet weekend day.

                                    Praying to the blueberry pie gods...