Let’s take a very brief breather from the art world (not for long though…next up a visit to Tom Cramer’s studio…) to see how Zach and Ashton’s house came out (BEFORE the landscaping…). When Zach bought the house it looked like this and then last fall the work started on the project of raising the […]
Category: Modern Life
Happy Valentines Day…
wish I was having a beautiful coffee with you all…someplace sunny would be nice…
The Trouble for the Movies…
Of course my FAVORITE movie theater is the Salem Cinema, but I see they are all suffering from the same thing…netflix? cable? Here is our little band of five at the movies last night…True Grit…in Lincoln City. Often when there we go to the Bijou but last night the multiplex… that’s right folks…we were all […]
There’s Always a Message…
Sigh. Even though it’s a GOOD message, one does yearn to just be message free…especially at the movies
Merry Christmas!!!!
Our Christmas happens on Christmas Eve…so today to the fish store put the last present under the tree check the neigborhood set the table open up all the presents have a photo war with Matthew appreciate our loved ones, do the dishes and off to dreamland with visions of sugar plums…
Saturday night at the ER
As I’ve listened to people comment on this blog they say “Oh you have too much fun” or “What a life you lead…all fun” and I think my impulse for happy and interesting talk is correct…but any life has other stuff too. Blogging and carrying a camera all the time makes you kind of into […]
A Good Scout…
Halloween was also the birthday of Juliette Lowe and every good girl scout, past and present, knows who that is! Last night Irena invited me to her brownie troop meeting, along with some other “elders,” to talk with the girls about what we remembered about being girl scouts. I told a few stories and brought […]
Fall Dancers…
Tuesday, veg box day, carrots tripping the light fantastic
“The Jonas”
I was musing lately on how everything has a name now…a guy name mostly…here’s Mac on a Jonas “Jonas” came from IKEA…and not only do you get the nice desk that has made your life more organized after only one day (9 months later it’s a bit messier…) BUT, you get the very interesting graphic […]
The “Q” Breakfast…
Every day calligrapher Karen Runkel sends out a quote to her devoted group of followers from her vast 40 year collection of quotes. Today (though she invited a third of her subscribers–the locals–which might be 100 souls total?) 4 of us showed up to join her at Alcyone for baked eggs: …painter Sue-Del on the […]