The end of real summer…Labor Day coming up…and today was the day we’ll dream of come icey January… But it started cloudy and R was thinking “hmmm…maybe I’ll paint the garage door”… so he did…one more coat tomorrow meanwhile I was in the studio with my trusty featherweight (it was my Mom’s)… finishing a baby […]
Month: August 2011
Inadvertent Museums???
Guess galleries, and even museums, are where you find them?
Inadvertent Moments
I was reading an article in the Thursday NYTimes by Roberta Smith this morning about “inadvertent galleries” around Manhattan…empty showcase windows, a parking area under the High Line, etc. So feeling the need for a little drama, I hit on the idea of giving you a sort of Aaron Siskind-esque tour of some of the […]
The Condit Dam
We stayed in White Salmon last weekend and the Sunday Oregonian had a front page story about the blasting of the 80 year old Condit Dam…to aid fish habitat on the White Salmon River. The dam had caused the formation of a “lake” where a river had been…Northwestern Lake, as it is called. Since we […]
1658 Court Street, Historical View Continues…
The porch history post got me looking at old photos, and so…to keep the thought going, here is the historical –mid-historical—and current view of 1658 Court Street. Photos do not exist of the rear of the house when it was on State Street, or at the corner of 17th and Court (it was moved twice…sort […]
Porch Newsnotes…
In 1901 the porch on our house (which, in 1901, sat at the corner of Court and 17th facing east) was not the same porch that we have now. (left to right rear:C.B.Moores, Martin Chamberlin, Lenore Chamberlin Weller. Center row: Rose Weller Chamberlin, Sallie Chamberlin Moores, Mrs. Hollister, Dr. Joseph Hollister. Botoom row: Mary Chamberlin […]
The Quilt Roundup…Part One
Kate Speckman and I are curating a show of quilts at Bush Barn Art Center opening September 9th (“Bits and Pieces: Intuitive Quilting from the Pacific Northwest”, which will feature three quilts by the Gee’s Bend Quilt Collective, quilts by 5 invited quilters, and quilts by 6 juried entrants. To that end I’ve begun rounding […]
The Perfect Summer Day…Almost
Summer was a long time coming this year, but it’s in full swing at the beach…perfect day after perfect day… We haven’t been here too much this summer for a few reasons, and when we’re here we’re usually on one of the patios so imagine my surprise when I actually stepped into the back yard […]
Summer weekend…
Wow at last…a truly gorgeous weekend of sun and reasonable warm temperatures. Just the perfect week for random activities. The first annual seafood and wine festival organized by Fitts Seafood, and Santiam Wine Company. We were pretty happy a few years ago when Fitts went into part of a defunct grocery store…glad to have them […]
Simple Summer Squash Soup
This recipe came this week with our veg box from Dennison Farms and it’s really good. Coarsely chop 2# summer squash, 1/2 onion, and 2 cloves of garlic. Add a potato or two if you want a thicker soup (I did…) Add 6 cups chicken stock (I used 8 c. broth and 2 extra potatoes […]
On The Way 