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Things Out There, Things In Here in Everyday Ramblings
Summer comes in wearing galoshes this year. It will clear tonight and be dry for at least four days. This last Sunday I went for a walk with Charity south to our beautiful Willamette Park on t...
But Then Again...We Pause in Everyday Ramblings
This is not a great picture but what I love is the color of the roses. I took this Thursday walking up in the West Hills with one of my students. She had a very attractive mask and we both kept ...
One Foot on the Path Called Hope in Everyday Ramblings
Fresh wild sweet peas are the symbol of summer here. Even though it is rainy and will be for most of the rest of the month it is so much summer that there is even a hint of fall in the air. Wit...
Don't Get Out Much, Do You? in Everyday Ramblings
The local Peace Rose from a few days ago. It seems appropriate. There was a big boom near here last night. I am certain that there are a number of protestors among us here in my neighborhood no...
Party? If You Are a Wild Bird Come on Down in Everyday Ramblings
On Sunday after we both watched the sermon at our church online, Mrs. Sherlock and I went for a walk south into a neighboring area that is up on a bluff that overlooks the river. You can see the...
Thunder and Riots and What the Heck? in Everyday Ramblings
In spite of the fact that most of the roses lately have been blown out by the unusual warmth there have been a few beautiful ones around to capture. Wow. We have a curfew tonight at 8PM. Shades ...
Tabs, If I Had Them in Everyday Ramblings
While it is not a great year for roses, the clematis are gorgeous. I am typing this on the new laptop. Slowly slowly I am transitioning everything over and am trying not to stress out too much ...
Avocados and Never a Dull Moment in Everyday Ramblings
Cheerful, non? By the track Sunday. Because of our bizarre weather the poppies and their variants are early and the roses that were not pruned are out and overblown in only a few days of warmth...
Hair of the Dog in Everyday Ramblings
Yes, the photos have been iris heavy lately but I just like this photo, the flower and the composition. Did anyone watch Spike Lee’s 3½-minute homage to New York? It is brilliant and it made me...
The Ministry of Naps in Everyday Ramblings
The irises are almost done but there are a few in select locations around the neighborhood still blooming. I love this color and the light. We are having a much appreciated break in the spring ...
And Kindness Helps in Everyday Ramblings
From midday today on my walk a little bit further afield. I know it is Mother’s Day and I hope you all are feeling valued and deeply appreciated by the appropriate parties no matter what config...
Steadiness and Ease in Everyday Ramblings
It is a gorgeous day out, mild and clear and even with things opening up a bit, quiet. Except the Oregon Air National Guard F-15 Eagles fly over this morning to honor health care workers and f...
Slightly Further Afield in Everyday Ramblings
It is clematis on the flower clock and has been for about a week. It is also wisteria. There is no wisteria on either of my two local walking routes but the other day I saw one from a distance ...
Enhance Appearance in Everyday Ramblings
Unless it is early in the morning and the cats have managed to get me awake at an absurd hour and I am hobbling into the kitchen to feed them it is true that I don’t move like, or particularly ...
A Glimmer, A Stirring, A Possibility in Everyday Ramblings
This is from yesterday morning in the lilac garden with Mrs. Sherlock. It was exciting, it felt like a breakthrough, to spend time with her for the first time in six weeks. We both wore masks t...
A Question of Focus in Everyday Ramblings
Here is the lilac garden midday today. This picture does not do it justice at all as it was so beautiful and gently fragrant and there was no one around. This being out an about and all you can...
The Uncertainty Thing in Everyday Ramblings
Yesterday it occurred to me while walking all along the street out front that the only cherry tree on the length of it’s six blocks is the one in front of where I live. That first window on th...
It's All About the Tech (and Compassion) in Everyday Ramblings
It was cloudy and cool one day this week and I decided not to walk but I did get out for the mail and to visit about seven feet apart with one of my students who brought by a bag of frozen figs...
Be Still My Heart… Flour! in Everyday Ramblings
I noticed almost 4 weeks ago that I was low on flour and thought, no problem, I’ll pick up some more next time I at the store. My local store had a good price on sugar and I got that then and t...
Getting a Bit Real? in Everyday Ramblings
If the world had not gone “tilt” I would be sitting in a warm little house looking out the full-length picture windows at a small sand dune and the very scenic Pacific Ocean. The tides are high...
Shoes! Duh. in Everyday Ramblings
I don’t have a teddy bear to put in the window for the entertainment of the little ones that walk by but I do have a bunny. After I set the bunny up to look out on the world as it is I found a...
I Can Live With This in Everyday Ramblings
Of course there has never been a time like this in the last 100 years or so here. Most every day I go out for a walk and I am lucky enough to live close by to green space. The unfolding spring ...
The Artist is In in Everyday Ramblings
We are not self-isolating, we are Artists in Residence! This picture is from a couple of days ago, the locusts over by the track just starting to bud. They shut down the restrooms and the parki...
Wait a Minute, What Day is It??? in Everyday Ramblings
I took this shot of a rhododendron beginning to open Wednesday while out for my constitutional. It all depends on the angle of the sun, this plant is east facing while the ones in front of my p...
Check That Pride, Girlfriend in Everyday Ramblings
It is getting on towards Easter, I can tell, wandering around on my own. Like for all of us the days roar through and I can’t remember what day I did what but Sunday I decided to do a fairly am...
