I was devastated to learn that Libre was closing, and that Saturday, 4/4 would be their last night. If you don’t know, Libre was a dessert and cocktail bar with heavy Mexican culinary influence. The cocktails and desserts were truly works of art. It was in my Top 10 of favorite bars/restaurants for sure.

Someday Bar is a wonderful little wine bar, tucked away in an alley off Division Street, between SE 36th and 37th. They have a small food menu that changes frequently, and they have a great rotating menu of wines by the glass, and even by the half-glass.

Steve, my daughter, and I went to see the cherry blossoms down at the Waterfront.

My oldest daughter and I had a day of vintage/thrift shopping and lunch in Portland yesterday. We went to a huge three-story warehouse in the SE industrial district called Memory Den Vintage Mall. I think we must have spent about four hours there.

I saw this daffodil while walking the dogs. I thought it must have been placed on tope of the bush by someone, but no, it is growing right through the bush.

Things have been really hard, and when things are really hard, I turn to the trees.

As per tradition, we went to get our Krampus holiday photos taken. This was the first year Steve came along too.

We found out recently that we are not likely to get our permits and licenses in place in time for harvest, so we’ve been struggling with what to do. It didn’t seem likely we could find a place to make it this late in the game.