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Another Day and a bit of a Rant
Jasmine in the local glare. Yep, very fragrant. We have been able to see the mountains a couple of times this week but mostly in has been gloomy and cool at night. Some plant somewhere nearby mu...
Tarps and Sandals and Contentment
This is the wallpaper in the hallway of the hotel I stayed in last Tuesday night in Seattle. I love the pattern and it goes well with all the dark wood. I cannot believe it has been almost a wee...
Crimes and Misdemeanors
The sweat peas are blooming and now early hydrangeas, no doubt about it, summer is on it’s way here. We had a break this morning in our unusual warm weekend storm and I went out for a lovely lo...
Nice To Be Part of the Village
So here she is, our beloved Miss E. center stage accepting her diploma. She was afraid her mother was going to be disappointed because of one grade in calculus she graduated with honors instead...
Growth and Change, the Constants
Just in case you might be under the misapprehension that Portland is an idyllic garden oasis… I mean it is, but it is also growing fast, as these workers this morning, Saturday morning, prove. ...
"A lonely bitter hag with a lot of cats”
I don’t know what this plant is. I took this picture a couple of days ago out in the neighborhood. It is an area that is curated by professional landscape people around an apartment tower. Part ...
Not That I Have Opinions...Ha
That glare? That is exactly how it looks here right now. This is a parkland shot of the garden last Saturday. I love the spruce in the left foreground. On Sunday I took the bus train down to Sal...
Romance, not quite what you might think
This is the most amazing bower of wisteria I have ever seen. The garden it is in was started in 1916 so over 100 years ago. There are some rhododendron bushes that are so big and old they are tr...
A Fundamental Need for Calm
Even though I have a bunch of bright colorful spring flower shots I chose this one today because of the sense of calm it brings me. This was in our Forest Park last Saturday morning, a moment af...
This, and well...That
The iris out and about continue to not disappoint. We had a cloudy cool morning that has given way to a sunny spring day. Mrs. Sherlock (who I haven’t seen all week) picked me up at the gym this...
Wellness at Work? Eek
It seems early to me to see the first roses but it isn’t really. It is just that time has been flying by so fast. This morning just at sunrise it was still dry and I went for what I thought woul...
Theme and Variations
Your reactions to the blossom covered public stairway in my last post were wonderful. For years I have been taking pictures during spring from the bottom of the stairway looking up into the bowe...
Beauty, Loneliness and a Changing Human Landscape
The public stairway near my place last night I think, this week at least. We have overcast skies full of bright glare but it is dry and reasonably warm. We are transitioning from the intense b...
Auspicious?
This gorgeous peony is in Kes’s garden and had a beautiful run of blooms last week. Normally I am not a big fan of peonies because they are a bit big and showy but I love this one. The fact tha...
A Nap? A Shower? A Snack?
It is raining now but it was not earlier when I went for my first walk of the day on the beach. This felled tree has been here for a few years; folks around these parts are pretty good about ta...
Sandals and all this sad crazy news
This is a very spring version of the vacant lot next door. Every day with it like this is precious as they have permits and are going to build a big apartment complex here. Over the weekend I ha...
Lilac on the Flower Clock
It finally stopped raining. I know I know some of you still have snow and some of you are still a bit too hot but man oh man was it nice to see the sun and blue skies yesterday! Today it is a bi...
A Quiet Week? Ha.
I’ve been a bit of a missing person here lately. Last week I had a haircut and a dental appointment, a trip to the library as well as teaching my classes and working and working overtime. It all...
Accountability
The angle of this shot yesterday morning before the storm is a little odd but I was so excited to see the first iris in bloom as I was out running some quick errands after clocking out from work...
Grown Men Do Cry
It is just coming on rhododendron on the local flower clock. And first open iris this morning! I took this Tuesday up at the viewpoint by the beautiful totem pole near the Chart House restaurant...
Such Sadness, Such Beauty
The chickadees come to my feeders late in the day, both black capped and chestnut. The brilliant blue scrub jays with their gray eyebrows come at dawn and compete with the scruffy brown squirrel...
Carlo Says Thank You Too
So the online store where I buy my pet food has this thing where they ask you to take a picture of your pet in the box the food arrives in and share. This is Carlo last night saying Thank You. T...
Bleh, Change, Bleh
Our local science museum, featuring a new show on robots, is having an all night sleep over for adults. And yes, besides the planetarium show you can buy drinks and they provide a midnight snack...
Taxes, Car Ride Services and a Spray of Blossoms
This is an old stone birdbath with a dusting of fruit tree blossoms a few blocks away. To me it is a perfectly imperfect shot. Because of all my medical (mostly dental) and business expenses I h...
Happy Happy Equinox
This very recent photo has a kind of Easter like feel to it. Spring is unfolding here so fast this year because it is a bit warmer than normal. Well at least in the afternoons. It was freezing a...
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