Hooray! We have a winner! It’s enough to inspire hope for our education system. Sorry though - no prizes, but plenty of glory.

Rachael would be 59 and in two years the next prime is 61.

Mike

Sooo close! Rachael liked Jen a lot already, but this will throw her over the top! Only missed it by a few decades! Give Jen credit though for knowing 37 is a prime number. Great job, Jen!

I will miss Laurelhurst. It's one of my favorite places in Portland.

You should tell your readers about the stellar parallel parking job on that rainy night on SE Belmont....!

Downsizing is excruciating, until it isn't. Parting with books, bikes, cars and your home sounds nuts to most people, unless it's in service to a larger goal. Your former condo is beautiful!

Hahahahah!
"And, most importantly of all, we're both in our primes! I turned 71 last month, a prime number; and in March Rachael will age into her own smaller but undisclosed prime age (hint - we'll both be in our primes again in two years, and then not again for another decade)."

Brilliant. I am math-deficient, so won't stick my neck out like Steve Miller about Rachael's age. Ahh, what the heck! Jen says, "Rachael is 37".

Yes, Roddy can be quite the looker. The Straggler can’t keep her eyes off of him.

Rodriguez always looks so good when he poses.

Thanks!

These are hellebores, also known as Lenten Rose. They come in white, pink, purple, red, and even green.

Yes, very photogenic.

What a cute cat!

Thanks, Andrea! My understanding never quite made sense to me, but I was too lazy to research it. Doesn’t seem like the most promising place to sleep, does it?

This is "Sonic Dish" (there's another one on the west side of the river) that amplifies/echoes sound if you stand about ten feet away and holler, sing, or play your saxophone.