That’s what I’m doing today…housekeeping…trying to run the software for my new camera, do the laundry, clean up the mess I left here at home while getting ready for the trip east… you know the drill, I’m sure. When we got home I attacked the bin of mail that had accumulated and there in the […]
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.
East Coast Sojourn…
Oh dear readers…or should I say “oh dear”, readers…the girl reporter has lost her camera so there will be no images of Honeoye Falls or Cobb’s Hill, you won’t be seeing Olana or the view of the Hudson river from Libby and Michael’s….not one of the many fantastic shots of Mass MOCA will appear here […]
Maya Lin at Cape Disappointment
Okay readers…I’m on the road posting messages from an iPad, and tho I love this little device it isn’t a bloggers best friend…so new vacation format: a paragraph of “discourse” and then all the photos. While in Astoria (R with the Oregon Arts Commission) we visited one of the five sites that are part of […]
Astoria and Maya Lin
In Astoria today as a tag-along with R who is a member of the Oregon Arts Commission. Yesterday we had a fascinating visit to the Maya Lin Cape Disappointment piece that is part of 5 created for the Confluence Project commemorating the journey of Lewis and Clark in 1805-6. The site was gorgeous, just over […]
Artweek…2011
Here’s a little story…two girls met in art class in 7th grade. They became friends. They dressed in black (like “beatniks”) and took the El to the Loop to the Art Institute to “hang out”…and many years later they began the annual “artweek” visitations. Sometimes in Carolyn’s studio in California, sometimes in mine in Salem. […]
Hanging Out in Portland…
BEFORE I tell you about “artweek,” I thought I’d point out the seriously best ice cream I’ve had in ages, which you must go taste immediately at Salt & Straw, 2035 NE Alberta… even though this picture isn’t very appetizingly good because I started eating BEFORE I took the picture… Cheryl (my future co-mother-in-law) and […]
Happy Birthday Zach!!!
Today is Zachary’s birthday…and a very good day to announce that in August of 2012 he and the lovely Ashton Edmonds will marry. We are very happy over here on Court Street. Happy Birthday Zach. xxoo Mom
Kitchen Transformation!
This is ABSOLUTELY the last fix-up project for the year…and the LAST time we ever paint a kitchen…we sincerely hope…. Phil was out at the beach and had two extra days…we had left-over subway tile…the rest is history. We’ve had the beach house for 20 years, the wall paper was old and stained then…the cupboards […]
Sketchbook Project
Nan sent me a link to the Sketchboook Project for 2012 and I decided to try it…the idea is fun. So I paid my money and my sketch book arrived yesterday…it’s pretty dinky…take a look…here it is compared to the one I’ve been carrying around… and there are rules…the most important one being that the […]
Bits and Beauties
Saturday before we headed out we went by Bush Barn to take another look at the Bits and Pieces show without the crowd… Here’s Andrea Balosky’s gorgeous Dahlia Rag on the red wall as you come upstairs… and here are a views round and about… here’s Ross’ quilt with a detail of the stars…from a […]
On The Way 