On February 1st the newly appointed Oregon State Forester, Doug Decker, began work here in Salem. Coincidentally he’s my brother (!), and yesterday R & I were invited to bring our lunches (note the apostrophe problem here…oops…you’d need TOOLS to edit it…) and see the new office…just blocks from our house. The building sits on […]
Category: Architecture
Bush House Conservatory…
In the local preservation world in ANY region, it seems there are often more sad stories about the buildings lost than happy ones…but here is a very happy one indeed. In our local wonderful Bush’s Pasture Park stands the amazing Bush House Museum. Behind the museum (another story for another day) is the small and […]
Birthday Week, Day 2
The fun goes on. A couple of days in the city with the first event being DE May’s opening at PDX Gallery. An elegant strong show of beautiful work, sort of holds the gallery up to the light. The show combines 2-d “template drawings” with 3-d constructions…some using found objects some constructions..both with Dan’s mastery […]
Small Building Mania…
I’ve always liked small buildings (..”let’s play forts!…”) but since the studio went in I’ve taken to noticing them everywhere. This one’s being built in Cutler City and is cute…board and batten, etc…
Sweet Miscellany…
At the beach we sort of wander through a day and what happens, well…happens. Today we saw this adorable small building looking like a combo of the old west and Amsterdam (tho destined to be a coffee drive-through I fear), some deers wandering through a neighborhood of homes where nobody lives trimming the wisteria a […]
Making a Difference…(and the historic perspective)
Luke Westphal and Caprielle Barlow both graduated from Willamette University last spring…she in bio/chem, he in environmental science. For his senior thesis project Luke designed an area in the ODOT right of way under the Mission Street fly-over in which his idea was to rid the creek bank of the invasive species growing there (mostly […]
Tunnel Vision…
On the Washington side of the Columbia Gorge there are lots of tunnels. I got sort of interested in getting the perfect tunnel shot BUT…it isn’t that easy I discovered…this is going to call for further research I can see… I vote for #3. And just to cheer us up on a gloomy November day, […]
The Garden Studio: The First Day…
On Friday I put three coats of finish on the floor…one every three hours..and by Saturday afternoon it looked like this and then Saturday the “elves” arrived and helped us move in all the stuff. After sifting through the boxes and bags hurriedly packed when I left both the Annex and the cottage studio, I […]
Presenting: The Garden Studio!
Well some days are just nicer than other days. Some days have traffic tickets and hospital visits and farewells…BUT NOT TODAY!!! Today was sunny and warm and started with a meeting, followed by a coffee and a read (…okay, NOT good news…but..we’re talking about single moments here…) and after two more meetings, and errands, I […]
Progress Report…The Garden Studio
Things are moving along here in construction-land…though not as fast as SOME of us might like…that would be me. But take a look. Friday Wayne put up the ceiling and walls, Saturday we primed, Sunday Bill painted and this morning Larry came and put up the lights… Now trim, plumber, floor, steps and gutters. Then, […]
On The Way 