It was bound to happen. The old year ground to a halt–a nice old year from here. Gearing up for the new year ahead, thinking of all the things to do and how to maintain a cheerful attitude while doing them…eek, eek. We kept to our tradition of the last decade–starting the new year “ON […]
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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.
Christmas Week
The week draws to a close and we’re thinking about New Year’s Eve, party time, a whole year ahead. But this Christmas was a nice one with family and a yummy turkey dinner made by Marie. Roger and I spent two more days in Portland after Christmas, before rolling back to Salem today. We took […]
Christmas Eve
A good dinner, presents, quiet and slow. The rush is over and now the fun time begins. Merry Christmas!!!
Think Local…or Christmas Shopping in Salem, Oregon
A month ago I read an article in House & Garden about thinking, and shopping, locally. Of course “locally” to them means New York, but still. Sharon Rose and I set out to have a day in Salem where we Christmas shopped, went to no chain or big box, where we purchased and ate locally. […]
Dagwood on blogging, etc….
So okay. No time wasting here today–just a few weekend shots: And some people think WE have a lot of stuff!!! Check out our neighbors:
Coffee Face…
Hey check this out! I found this in my photo archive while looking for tree pictures!! Italy of course. I can’t find a good looking coffee in Salem.
The Storm’s aftermath
Today out at Minto we noticed the water was down since Wednesday, but was still plenty high. We rode through this puddle which got about 3-4 inches deep at the worst, but the ride was lovely in spite of it all. It always seems to delight us to ride out here for an hour or […]
Construction Rhythms
I never realized before (never having lived on a job-site) the pace of construction. Mornings, early, are when the stuff is delivered, and this can take HOURS. Big trucks come, flat beds, and then a trailer with a fork lift maybe, or maybe they use one of the two big hydraulic lifts from the job […]
In the Eye of the Storm…
Three straight days of rain and wind–glad to be inside today in the studio. We’re home midday after a nice Portland weekend during which we drank about 2 gallons of coffee and ate some good food. Only one latte though–Staccato Gelato–accompanied by one of the Saturday (and Sunday) only homemade triple ginger donuts. MMMMM. After […]
Birthday Boy!
We celebrated Roger’s birthday yesterday all day long, and it was fun. Out to lunch, some birthday shopping, a party in the evening with Roger and Judy Basker, who share the same day. At the party Judy made us go around the room and say where we were on our 21st birthday. Roger drank a […]
On The Way 