The tree peony is Queen of the garden again ths year. It bursts so fast–3 warm hours and the buds are blown into plate-sized flowers. A lovely plant:
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Living the Creative Life: Kay Worthington
Kay retired this spring (from being a graphic artist at the newspaper) and is in that first giddy hysteria–working 12 hours a day, sleeping four, afraid to miss a moment of doing what she wants after a working life. I went by today to see her new stuff and was delighted. But first the work […]
WOW
This blog is tipping slowly toward being dreadfully boring…will try to scare up something this week! In the meantime:
A Magic Moment
Coming home from the studio tonight it began to blow and rain and suddenly all the petals from all the trees in bloom were pelting down:
“The Painted Book”
Roger gave a talk tonight at the last Friends of the Library event. The Friends are being disbanded–sadly. Sign of the times. But, of course, the talk was witty and well illustrated: and then a martini to celebrate the end of the school year: Roll on summer!!!
A Corvallis Monday
My plan today was to go to Corvallis to take Claudia her rock (see next post for that story). Ella sent an email this morning about a Corvallis guy who is building a foam house in her neighborhood–600 square feet. Because of Howard, I felt responsible for checking it out. Then lunch, of course. Okay, […]
Snailem???? Huh!
So we went to see the railroad bridge which opened officially last weekend as a pedestrian bridge connecting Salem and West Salem. It’s the old bridge with new concrete decking, built in 1912, but with new railings and little “bump-outs” where you can stand and take a view or a photo. Then we went by […]
Artists with Breakfast…
About once a month a bunch of artists get together for breakfast and have some shop talk and just regular talk. Today it was at Corrie’s and it was fun. Ronan and Sadie joined us today and they were all about music. They have the four-hand piano piece worked out and now are working on […]
When Lilacs Last by the…
(cottage studio) door yard bloomed… (I was thinking of sneaking over and cutting a branch when I suddenly realized–they’re on “my” property!!!) Lilacs always remind me of the midwest, where they thrive because of the cold winters. Growing up I had an overly-active sense of smell and lilacs used to grab my whole face and […]
Film Festival Fun
Friday was the start of the 2009 Salem Film Festival (10 days of movies!!!) and also the opening of the new Salem Cinema. Loretta Miles has kept this community supplied with films of a broad range of subject and interest for 30 some years, plus giving movie lovers a comfy and cozy place to meet […]
On The Way 