Dear Liza,
This past Saturday , we got to be part of a great neighborhood project! The Portland Street Art Alliance teamed up with Sunnyside Neighborhood Association and made this wonderful thing happen.
Will and Ashe, the organizers, sent emails out and called for volunteers to come paint a giant, seven-colored sunflower that filled at the intersection of SE Yamhill and 33rd Avenue.
The primer was laid down Friday afternoon and the yellows and oranges went down Saturday.
Chalk lines and numbered spaces guided us in an oversized paint by number game. Folks from age 7 to at least 65 (me) came to help. There were more than a dozen folks on the flower at any time, and it moved along quickly.
When our knees were shot and our backs were tired, we headed home, knowing we had been part of making our neighborhood better. It felt good!
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 