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Playing in the Rain

Terra

by Terra
Milwaukie, OR
Walking home from school one day in the 3rd grade, my sister and I jumped into the deep rain puddles, splashing dirty water all over our clothes and giggling. Oregon was the perfect place for me; I loved the rain. I adored it. I had always found the rain to be soothing, the [...]

Only Oregon

Jessica Bigham
Oregon

by Jessica Bigham
Oregon City, OR
Welcome to Oregon! Everyone see’s that green sign as they enter this state. Wonder if they know, what they should expect? Waking up in the morning knowing that the chance of rain is almost a 100 per cent. You hope every day that maybe it won’t rain, [...]

Slippery When Wet

Anthony Peterson
West Linn, OR

by Anthony Peterson
Oregon City, OR
As every U.S. citizen knows, especially Oregonians, Oregon is known for its rainfall and year-round green environment. It seems this beautiful state receives most its precipitation during the winter months. For someone who lives in a warmer climate, our winter months may be over three fourths of the year. Since we [...]

It’s Our Fire

Kelsey
My Home

By Kelsey Jensen
Oregon City, OR
The leaves slowly begin to die as the bitter cold wind nips at them and at my nose. As the leaves’ color progresses into a red-yellowish sight, the trees seem to freeze and shiver from fall’s harsh declining degrees. From my little blue room window I see the sadness [...]

Oregon Rain

Eli Hermanson
oregon

by Eli Hermanson
Oregon City, OR
Outside the air was fresh and crisp like breathing in cold air from a freezer. It is early morning and outside there is a thick layer of snow on the ground and some in the trees. The snow was covered with a ½ in. layer of freezing rain last night. I [...]

Moving To Oregon City

julia
Oregon

by Julia
Oregon City
One sunny morning my mom came up to my sisters and me; she said two words, “We’re moving.” After that day we had to pack all of our precious stuff in boxes. That’s all we did for three months. We had to pack and pack. I was getting tired of packing, but we [...]

Miracles of Weather

Jeanette Roberson
oregon city

by Jeanette Roberson
Oregon City, OR
Waking up to the raindrops hitting the hard glass window next to your bed. The sound is incredible; it’s like someone in the sky is dropping millions of marbles and they’re about to break your window, causing the sound to increase.
The sirens pulling up to my house echoes around the world, [...]

Summer Days

Kayla Livesay
Oregon City

by Kayla Livesay
Oregon City, OR
During the summer my backyard was where I stayed for all hours of the day. To me there was no greater place. It had a swing set, trampoline, sand box, and a little pool with a slide. My sister and I would be outside for hours at a time playing in [...]

The Rain, Snow, and Heat! Why?

Damion Kirkwood
oregon

by Damion Kirkwood
Oregon City, OR

When I moved from Alabama to Oregon I noticed a big change in weather. Somehow I grew accustomed to the weather more quickly than I had anticipated. The weather was colder, wetter and greener. It changed so often that it became a headache within my mind, making it harder to [...]

A Perfect PNW Wedding….What else would you expect in Oregon?

Ian and Emily Bachtel
Historic Overlook House, Portland OR

submitted by Ian and Emily Bachtel
Portland, OR
The photo says it all!

Oregon Start to Finish

Shayla
Waldport

by Shayla
Waldport, OR
I didn’t move here, I was born here. I don’t know anything else. I live on the coast where it’s sunny one hundred days out of the year. That’s a lot of rain and it’s also cold. During our summers 70°F is hot. If you subtract weather from the equation you get smoked [...]