Over Saturday, back today…just to check on a few things like… Record high tide: The progress of Sharon’s new “studio”… Hans’ ability to make a great latte… Reward? A purple sunset: (when I took the photo I worried that it wouldn’t come out purple enough…)
Author: bonniehull
Bonnie Hull is a painter. Transplanted from the urban mid-west, she works in Oregon's capital city living in a mid-19th century house. Studio, garden, quilting, coffee, preservation, the Oregon art world are among her topics.
The Red Quilt…
There’s nothing like settling in on a winter evening in a big comfy chair, pulling a quilt onto your lap and just quilting away for an hour or two. It is possibly one of life’s most calming activities (along with freecell). Just now I’m working on a quilt which combines some elegant Dutch fabric (the […]
The Annex…an opportunity.
I’m embarking on a three month studio trial to see if a larger space impacts my work and brings something “New.” I’ve been kindly given use of the annex–next to Bush Barn Art Center from February 1 til the end of April. I move in next Wednesday and start my project which is pretty well […]
A history lesson…
Yesterday we went to hear Doug Decker (one of my three astonishingly creative brothers) give a talk at the Architectural Heritage Center (click here) about the history of his Portland neighborhood Alameda Park . Doug writes a blog about Alameda History that is well worth visiting. The lecture was at the AHC/Bosco-Milligan Foundation building at […]
The $10 Food Challenge, Chapter 2
I got interested in what the things you could buy in Rochester for $10 in 1922 would cost in Oregon in 2010, and decided to take a closer look at the photo, make a list, and price it out. One thing I learned on doing a little research is that the people of Rochester really […]
The $10 Food Challenge
Howard had a post on his blog today (click here) about Rochester, NY, where he now lives. One of the photos was an image of what $10 bought at the grocery store in 1922. It looked like this: I decided to take the $10 challenge and here’s what I got this afternoon for $10.04:
Memory Trouble??
If you can’t remember your social security number you could follow this man’s example as captured in a Dorothea Lange photo of 1939. He had his SS# tattooed on his arm. Well…it could work??? photo courtesy of OCHC and the Library of Congress, Dorothea Lange, 1939, FSA
Art all day…
Friday was fun. A certain art historian and I went to Portland to see a couple of shows. First the Art Gym at Marylhurst where two shows “Dregs” and “The Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things” were on (on view until Feb 11th). “Dregs” was an artist’s (Brandy Cochrane/Paul Middendorf) use of the material of three […]
Just Thursday…
Breakfast with a bunch of artists: errands during which I saw this adorable little house and a satisfyingly pretty coffee
Sunflower Quilt
I went to a quilt show in Aurora in 2006 and took a bunch of photos. Yesterday I found the program from the show and the info on this beautiful quilt. “Sunflower, by Matilda Knight Stauffer, first wife of Jacob Satuffer. We know the quilt was finished before 1867 because Matilda died giving birth to […]
On The Way 