My husband and I left Bakersfield CA in 2020 because our oldest daughter suggested we move to Oregon. Oregon? We’d never been here! But she and her husband were coming to Villebois in Wilsonville and we knew we needed to live near one of our kids. Plus, much as we loved Bakersfield - and we did - it was getting WAY too hot. So here we are in the most beautiful state, in a lovely small city, living across the street from the Graham Oaks Nature Preserve. Wow! I’ve entered some exhibitions, sold some photos, and taken so very many because the environment is beautiful and always changing. We have seasons here! Something Southern Californians don’t fully experience. So here is a taste of Wilsonville, and perhaps the coast will show up here and there.