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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 ...
Heros All
This is a star magnolia in front of Mrs. Sherlock’s place. She planted it herself and for years she has been calling it a tulip tree. I was always saying…you mean a magnolia…in what I now unders...
Short...With Trees
This oak is really old, maybe from 1826 they think. The walnut to the right is old too and we think that maybe that is a blue spruce to the left. That is not Frida, but a new dog acquaintance w...
Insult Added to Injury to ...
This is one of the street trees between where I live and where I work. I noticed it starting to split about a week ago. As of yesterday it had not come down. I did call and give a detailed descr...
That Was Then, This is Now
One of the trees out back at sunrise this morning. The plan yesterday was to go over and do a reconnaissance hike in an area in North Portland that both of us had been to occasionally but never ...
Upbeat?
Wild sweet peas, Queen Anne’s lace, chicory and dried grasses are the hallmarks of the deep dog days of summer here. This is the vacant lot next door, which I am happy is still vacant. They have...
Hedge Clippers?
To get to the office I work in I walk down half a block, go down a public stairway with a bench on the landing (now with graffiti on it) walk one more block slightly up hill and I am there. Th...
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What flits through at a particular time.
