You Know You Are In Portland

You know you are in

when you go to get a sweet treat after lunch,

and in response to the question,
Do you make your own ice cream?
the scooper person in the truck says,
Yes.
The milk starts with 600 Holstein cows roaming free on 3000 acres.
...pause... 
In Oregon.

And as you are walking back to your car,
through tidy neighborhoods of cute craftsman bungalows,
you come across this planted next to someone's driveway:

And a little later this:

And then you look down and notice this:

And your son that lives in the city says he thinks there is something going on here with toy horses.
And when you get home you look it up on your computer and find out he is right.
And that something is an artist who wanted to draw attention
to the old horse tethering rings on curbs throughout the city.
An artist who said, I loved the rings, and felt that people just weren't noticing them.
This was an attempt to shake people out of their routines and get them to notice their surroundings.

And somehow you just know you are in Portland.