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Princess Poor Me Freak Out Resolved
This long skinny shot is the horse chestnut about three blocks away, yesterday afternoon. There is a City Council hearing early next month to renew our “Big Tree Amendment”, which protects ou...
The Vet, The Fog and Blessedly Short Power Failure
Out this morning on an errand, this is the area that used to be the pool at the YMCA across the street but was back filled by Under Armor and is now their Portland headquarters. It was miasmic...
Providing Comfort But Not Much Else
This mix of oak and maple leaves is over by the community garden yesterday where I will have my little raised bed next year. It is dry and cold and the leaves are almost all off the trees by n...
The Cord Is Severed!
Whoa baby, I was a nervous wreck yesterday morning. I had left all my computer equipment from work set-up except the phone (I unplugged that after the last day I worked) so that I could check ...
Sneaking Up Next To A Relaxed State of Being
Wow, winter is moving in fast this year. At this rate there won’t be any leaves left by Thanksgiving with the big winds. I took this a bit earlier today when I walked down to get my new glasse...
A Bit of A Lark
This was Cape Kiwanda on out first day at the beach. In October, in particular, it is rare to be able to go out walking in the afternoon on the day we get there but Thursday was gorgeous. All ...
Gradual Adaptation
This is the heritage shagbark hickory a few days ago in the park next to my place. It has been raining and gloomy since but we should have some clearing in the next few days. As you might ima...
The Body Knows
The city of Portland is in a valley and as you can imagine our weather is influenced by that. After a morning of light rain and moderate winds the clouds all moved back to the edge of said val...
She Is A Beauty
I’ve used this photo I took at the arboretum last weekend in my yoga communications this week and I love it. There is something about the sweep of the sky and the land sloping away, the colors,...
Building Up Speed
On Thursday I was wandering around downtown burning a little time before an appointment for a haircut and I saw this tree against this building. The three pictures I took don’t do justice to wh...
This Could Be The Last Time
I don’t know…I’ll be gone a long long time… Wow the Rolling Stones were young in 1965. This is the song going through my mind this week. We just finished month end close and if things go accor...
Deep in the Transition
Mr. Finch used to grouse at me about my lack of strategy and unsystematic under-analyzed posting times when we were both back on Open Diary. He would have never been able to keep up with what i...
Chomping (Champing?) at the Bit
This is one of the few giant trees around here that still has its own lot. When I get some time I will look into what was surrounding it before. It was clearly right on the interurban railroad ...
Getting Through It
We came upon this beautiful tree last weekend walking a multiuse path through an upscale neighborhood south of here that Mrs. Sherlock had explored on one of her recent group bike rides. It fol...
Photos? Seriously?
Here is Diego looking very serious relaxing on top of the microwave. He continues to randomly throw up. Yesterday it was on my Sierra Club Engagement calendar. I need to organize a vet trip at ...
I Have a Plan For That
Yesterday I got to pick where we hiked and I wanted to go visit this large rowdy community garden I pass on the bus all the time but have never been to before. There is a hike in our hill walk...
That Much Better
If you have read “The Overstory”, which I am still under the influence of, this picture I took last weekend on the misty trail will make sense to you on an intuitive level. It hazed up yesterd...
Ferns and Maples and More Horse Chestnuts
When I was a kid the first time I ever remember being alone was when I was walking to school. My brother and I were on a different schedule as he is 18 months older. I walked alone starting in ...
Is Irritability One of the Dwarves?
Holding onto Frida’s leash while gazing I tried to take a quick shot of this lovely leaded glass feature in the top of the gate to the back garden of a yard in north Portland. You can barely se...
That Old Chestnut (Horse Chestnut That Is)
This is one of the older trees in the park up on the next block. My guess is that it was there when the wrought iron baron’s mansion was there. The mansion that was briefly turned into the count...
At Least The Crows Are Adapting
I took this (not the best) shot Monday night on my way to class. It is of one of our bubbler water fountains. When I came upon it, there were actually three crows but one flew away at my stealth...
Eek I Had No Idea
I looped around the big hill to the track after work yesterday to see what the new trees are. This is cool; the three are Jefferson elms. They are not native to the Western United States but are...
Vision Zero and a Fleeting Rainbow
I looked at this tag a few weeks ago on one of three new trees in my local park and then thought I’ll remember that…but of course I didn’t. I got home and was thinking, a cherry? So I went back ...
The Upside of Distraction
Even with my Imperfect Produce box every two weeks, which is such a great deal, fresh tomatoes are an issue for me this time of year. I love them but the ones from the store and that are commerc...
Some Good Stuff in the Mix
It is being a particularly good year out there for wild Queen Anne’s lace. I have never seen it so abundant here before. I believe it has something to do with the composition of the soil. This ...
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