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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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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No, I did not buy a dragon fruit but could not resist taking a picture of the beautiful display this morning at the grocery. We are having an interlude in the mid-summer heat wave and are having...

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I was touched when I met Mrs. Sherlock at church on Sunday (we went to hear our now fully ordained former intern minister because she is young and woke and full of the fire of change and the ent...

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Yesterday I went out and took proper pictures of “Grandfather Hickory” as the teachers at the fancy alternative private school call the heritage tree in the park in the next block. I was able to...

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This was a front garden on our walk on Saturday morning. Gladiolas are so fleeting in their beauty and these were perfect. It is gray and windy here today and we may get a little rain later but...

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Yesterday, this gorgeous vista is within walking distance from my place. We have explored the trails up above here, and further south but this is in between. Mrs. Sherlock had been down here on ...

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Sorry, this isn’t my usual pretty picture but there is a kind of local hope and sadness built into it. I took it Wednesday midday when I was waiting for the bus so I could come home with my groc...

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Yesterday was quiet. After inviting me over for lunch and a walk yesterday Mrs. Sherlock woke up too tired for any of it. I had already indicated just a walk was fine and I am glad I did because...

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This shot is from our beautiful Japanese Garden in July 2005. The Portland skyline has changed some since then and will be changing again as they are building a 35 story fancy hotel downtown in ...

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Hydrangeas are the symbol that signifies the Fourth of July for me, this odd holiday that is not my favorite. But I can think about honoring the memory of my mother who was born a whopping 105 y...

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Mrs. Sherlock is off today on what they call a “Hike and Dine”. This is where the Trails Club folks carpool up to Mt. Hood, park at the lodge or somewhere in a ski lot and hike together for abou...

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It isn’t just San Francisco that has a row of pretty Victorians. Wow, our legislature is making national news because our Republican Senators left the state rather than vote against a Climate or...

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Another picture from the archive. Thanks for all the lovely birthday wishes. I now have my Medicare card tucked into my wallet and will put a list of my medications on the fridge with all my em...

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I did take this photo. Just not recently. It is from July 2005. Most Honorable and I were on a photo adventure that summer and this shot is from a hike at the Oregon Coast. I had purchased a cam...

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Not only is it Father’s Day but it is also the day of the Pride Parade here. Our downtown area is hopping and although it was cloudy and cool earlier it is lovely out now. I hope everyone has a ...

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I love delphiniums and look forward to seeing them bloom each year. They aren’t as popular in gardens where I live now, as they were where I lived before so I feel like each year I need to go lo...

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Whoa, it is hot here. Like the weather everywhere else this is unusual. I don’t know why we are surprised; climate change is unfolding in real time and affecting us all. This intense heat is on...

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So five years ago for my 60th birthday Kes and Most Honorable and I went to Central Oregon to the Metolius River. (Kes was just there a few weeks back with a couple of friends.) Ours was a lovel...

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Even though I have been out and about I haven’t taken many pictures lately. I walked over 8 miles all told yesterday with the appointment with the cardiologist and teaching after work. There ar...

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This morning. Will you look at that blue blue sky? Mrs. Sherlock is back and we wanted to not do anything too taxing but not too easy either. We took Frida out to the most fancy dog run in the a...

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