Last winter Portland artist Marie Watt put out a call to men of her acquaintance to send her pictures of their mothers, or of a woman they thought needed to be remembered, for a piece she was working on. Roger forwarded a photo of his mother holding him in a long ago train station. Saturday […]
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.
Apples and Tomatoes
Gloria’s apples are falling like crazy and my first basket of tomatoes has arrived (even though it’s too shady!) I got out my favorite old cookbook “The Vegetarian Epicure” (c. 1972) by Anna Thomas which you can see I have used a lot. I made apple crisp x 3 last night and just for the […]
Nectarine Chutney
Made some nectarine chutney the other day and served it last night with grilled chicken marinated in Thai chili paste and lime juice. The chutney was the star and soooo easy. 2 c. peeled and diced nectarines (2 to 3 nectarines) 1/2 c. minced shallots (2-3 shallots) 1/3 c. white wine vinegar (I used white […]
The End of Summer
A walk through the garden today seemed especially pleasant, knowing the sunny warm days are coming to an end. Tomatoes and the place I won’t plant tomatoes next year because it’s too shady: The peegee hydrangea, queen of the garden, looking beautiful Garlic chives and penstemmon The view from the deck: Guess I’m hoping for […]
Kristin Kuhns at Project Space
Artist Kristin Kuhns spent a fascinating 10 days or so reconstructing a tree she found in the woods of a friend. The final show in the experimental Project Space, an off-shoot of Salem Art Association, opened last night and Kristin’s piece was the gallery centerpiece. Thought you might like to see how it came together. […]
Celebrating 85 Years!!
Roger and I were at the beach last weekend celebrating my Mom’s 85th birthday with family. My Mom’s sister Pat and her son Don came from Wisconsin/Illinois, Howard and Amy from Washington, D.C., Bru from Seattle, Doug and Marie and Emma and Finley from Portland. We laughed a lot, sat a lot, ate a lot […]
Cone of Silence
Though Becky has blasted out, I’m STILL in a cone of silence, and this is what it looks like: When seated it looks like this:
Labor Day
Following in Becky’s footsteps, I am in a cone of silence.
Pergola Research II: The Sequel
To quickly review: We lost our beautiful swooping tree at the beach and the cottage looked too blank. We found a local prototype that looked like it might work at our house and Mike Perron built it. we cut the rhodie on the left to the ground and planted clematis. The structure is cedar and […]
Adult Soapbox Derby 2008: Mt. Tabor
Total fun. For the 13th annual race there were 42 cars, half built for speed and the others built for… well… the “ART Cars.” Highlights as follows: At 10:00 race organizer Zach Hull gives some safety rules and his famous speech, bagpipers play… and THEY’RE OFF!!!! (the spectators are fun too…) Some of the FAST […]
On The Way 