Here were a few of the conceptual drawings done by the team in response to many hours of conversation with residents. These are preliminary drawings–we haven’t seen the final report: One idea the residents had was a bench and view site at each public beach access–this one viewing toward the dock site. Each view site […]
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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.
Urban Renewal in Cutler City
Urban Renewal has found Cutler City, and I jumped into the process last weekend. Skeptical, worried about design professionals imposing their will on a funny little place, I went along to some meetings. What I found was a nuanced and creative city staff (Lincoln City), planners and designers from around the nation and Europe, and […]
Happy Mother’s Day!!
Yesterday was Mother’s Day and Mom came for lunch. Chicken Salad, scones, fruit. We took a ride around in the pretty day.
Isabel Hull at 90
Because of grading too many student papers, Roger describes this as “garbled text.” (But culturally, we get the basic idea!) We went to wish Roger’s Aunt Isabel the happiest of 90th birthdays. She is a person of wit and kindness, extended to us when we were young. We visited only briefly this weekend with Isabel, […]
SFRC Season Opener
Went over to the Sandy Hut Saturday morning to watch the bikes gather and take off for a figure eight ride to Astoria and back, the season-opening ride sponsored by the Sang Froid Riding Club (SFRC). Inside the bar the Portland Cello Project were playing inspirational tunes for the launching of the season opener. I […]
Coffee and a small fairy
We were only in Portland 14 hours but we got in two coffees and ran into a small fairy with a sack of fresh donuts:
Living the Creative Life: Harry Widman
Last week we visited Portland painter Harry Widman and his wife Mardy in Harry’s studio. Roger will be writing about Harry’s work and curating a retrospective at the Hallie Ford Museum, which will open in January of 2009. Harry got out a lot of work for Roger to look at and the day stretched from […]
Field Notes: Equisetum
When you hang out with a botanist you often learn something interesting. Near the Crabpot (where we got some fish for dinner) these plants were growing, Equisetum, common name horse tails or scouring rush (so named by the pioneers who used the brushy part of the plant to scour out pots and pans as it […]
Beach Weekend
The beach was a busy place this weekend with lots to do: a beach walk on a warm sunny day with just the right outift and a stop at the Crabpot: Some “extreme sports:” It was a great day for beach combing and this guy found something BIG to bring home!! And good news on […]
Another Fenestration Disaster:
Last week I saw this starting to happen and didn’t have time to take a picture. When I went back today the deed was done–or almost done. A nice old brick church with leaded glass windows–some of them casements. The pattern was a diamond pattern. The whole street side of the church had these windows. […]
On The Way 