tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post2566972138144232731..comments2024-03-28T13:54:16.110-07:00Comments on danger garden: The Grottodanger gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-31557911373135718442010-07-10T06:52:18.410-07:002010-07-10T06:52:18.410-07:00Wait, a turtle?Wait, a turtle?Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563840922463701366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-38852771822020977932010-07-07T17:31:38.413-07:002010-07-07T17:31:38.413-07:00Rainforst G, and all of this just miles from my ho...Rainforst G, and all of this just miles from my home!<br /><br />Laura S, thank you! And I'm sure you are right about the shade.<br /><br />Laura, that's what the sign meant right? :)<br /><br />Grace, we have an older couple (both in their 80's) here on our street who moved to the neighborhood because their house was torn down for I-205. I read once that they almost put it along 42nd ave? Or was it 39th? Anyway....yikes! To close!<br /><br />Patricia, HA! Thank god I didn't here that until after we visited otherwise I would have walked through the place singing that tune (we may have been asked to leave). Well now I want to go back and try to find the pond (and the turtle). I don't remember seeing anything like that. Rocky Butte must have been quite the wild place! (maybe it still is?)<br /><br />Darla, thank you for coming along!<br /><br />myimaginarygarden, I want that fence as the gate to my backyard garden! Wouldn't that be lovely!danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-1324986942318278112010-07-07T07:27:13.977-07:002010-07-07T07:27:13.977-07:00I enjoyed your tour of The Grotto. I especially lo...I enjoyed your tour of The Grotto. I especially love that fern frond-like iron fence. Lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-41911672900196364542010-07-07T04:37:10.450-07:002010-07-07T04:37:10.450-07:00what an interesting place. glad you took me on a ...what an interesting place. glad you took me on a tour..Darlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09976608531478457839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-43313332585245890062010-07-06T19:17:53.850-07:002010-07-06T19:17:53.850-07:00I drove by The Grotto just today and suggested we ...I drove by The Grotto just today and suggested we stop. Bill said, "Har har," and I drove on imagining Cartman singing "In the Ghetto." (It just happens.) The Grotto was on our regular outings-circuit when I was a kid. I guess they had to put up with six-kid Catholic families. The best part, there was a fountain and pond at the top of the elevator with a big turtle, a real one. (Don't tell Megan. She'll wanna go right now.) Oh, and my sister's graduation ceremony from Marycrest High School (as in all-girl Catholic) was held at the Grotto--complete with full mass--and then they all went to Rocky Butte and got drunk!Patricia C, Portland ORnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-81626169242052370112010-07-06T18:34:32.392-07:002010-07-06T18:34:32.392-07:00Goosebumps here too, and it's pushing 90 degre...Goosebumps here too, and it's pushing 90 degrees so that's saying something! This little Yucca spotlight was like God's way of saying, "Hi Loree!" How cool. <br /><br />The juxtaposing of futuristic and almost-ancient rock buildings is quite, um, interesting, each in its own way. <br /><br />The maidenhair ferns in the cave are beautiful.<br /><br />Love the ironwork. Love that sign, especially with your "no pointing" comment. Priceless. <br /><br />Yep. Laura beat me to it. Gopher plant. One of those, "once you have it you'll ALWAYS have it" plants. <br /><br />As a teenager I lived on 105th and Prescott Street, less than a mile from the Grotto but I never visited. [This was pre-I-205 days and I remember the controversies over people having to have their homes torn down.] My high school baccalaureate was held there but I didn't attend. I got drunk and cited for open container on Rocky Butte but probably should have been visiting the monastery a few feet north. So thanks for the new and pleasant twist on old memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-43599698923498683112010-07-06T17:32:55.580-07:002010-07-06T17:32:55.580-07:00Interesting place. The sanctuary/meditation room w...Interesting place. The sanctuary/meditation room while beautiful doesn't seem to fit, does it? What were they thinking? <br /><br />The sign is cool. No pointing! Har!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152576863110442101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-34436894412685132582010-07-06T16:20:26.851-07:002010-07-06T16:20:26.851-07:00Nice tour! That's Euphorbia lathyrus, common n...Nice tour! That's Euphorbia lathyrus, common name Gopher Purge. It looks a little lanky from the shade...Laura Livengoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101658363604076352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018965493805276234.post-31912803183392877532010-07-06T15:02:31.426-07:002010-07-06T15:02:31.426-07:00Wow! What an unusual combination of sights... art ...Wow! What an unusual combination of sights... art deco castle, intergalactic spaceship landing pad, hilarious sign, really cool shots of indian pipes, and a sign from the heavens that yuccas are somehow important to you! Who knew?Steve Asbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095474295719758914noreply@blogger.com