Today Lorraine and I drove up to the Santiam River to visit Lorraine’s friends Cynthia and Jim Wilcox. Cynthia is a quilter and generously toured us around the art-filled house and showed us the river view (sunny today, and beautiful). Then–and best of all–the studio. Cynthia pointed out the last quilt she made from a […]
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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.
A Tri-Met Adventure
Sunny, warm, spring in the air. We grabbed a coffee and took off to ride the #19, which stops in front of the apartment. There’s a lot to see in the city on Sunday: Our bus stop, fellow passengers and a wayward Frederic Littman relief. A horse tethered at the curb, and the Graves Building. […]
The Doll continues on her way…
Here’s the doll that was Vivien’s (my aunt’s) …the two of them on a long-ago afternoon in a Chicago backyard. Vivien gave the doll to my Aunt Lu (who was Vivien’s little sister), and Lu gave it to me (I was 50 at the time!) The doll has lived at our house for a decade […]
Valentines and birthdays…
Last night to Portland for the launch of the website for the Oregon Encyclopedia project just beginning. Valentine’s day is also Oregon’s birthday, in this case the 149th. Next year the Oregon Encyclopedia, with the contributions of material from Oregonians all over the state, will be published on the 150th anniversary of our statehood–February 14th, […]
Motels of the 1950’s
Archival material brings some unexpected frivolity.
Spring…
Although the groundhog told us the truth about more winter to come, today is one of those Oregon days. By April when these things are brown and all over the driveway I think of cutting them down, but today…today…they look like spring incarnate. The corsican hellebores, which are pests and grow too big, even look […]
Shopping…
Had to do a little birthday shopping today so went to The Arbor on State and was DELIGHTED to see a poster from the old Arbor Cafe days as a display. Shades of the past!!!! I guess maybe this is my valentine this year. XXOOOOOOXXXOO. The Arbor was looking good and made you think of […]
Another Beach Weekend…
during which I did NOT find a float. Darn it!!! But we did have fun. Sunday we drove the beautiful drive on the edge of the ocean to Newport for lunch at our favorite restaurant, Local Ocean Seafood, I think the best food on the central Oregon Coast. The trouble with this restaurant is that […]
On the S.S. Oceana
I’ve been transcribing my grandmother’s travel journal from the summer of 1928. She and my grandfather went on a long excursion traveling to Europe by boat and then boarding the Oceana in Hamburg, Germany, for a cruise to Norway. Though my grandfather was very much a part of my life growing up, my grandmother died […]
Remember Quonset Huts??
Ubiquitous in my childhood, the survivors are having interesting re-use:
On The Way 