Archival material brings some unexpected frivolity.
Category: Uncategorized
Spring…
Although the groundhog told us the truth about more winter to come, today is one of those Oregon days. By April when these things are brown and all over the driveway I think of cutting them down, but today…today…they look like spring incarnate. The corsican hellebores, which are pests and grow too big, even look […]
Shopping…
Had to do a little birthday shopping today so went to The Arbor on State and was DELIGHTED to see a poster from the old Arbor Cafe days as a display. Shades of the past!!!! I guess maybe this is my valentine this year. XXOOOOOOXXXOO. The Arbor was looking good and made you think of […]
Another Beach Weekend…
during which I did NOT find a float. Darn it!!! But we did have fun. Sunday we drove the beautiful drive on the edge of the ocean to Newport for lunch at our favorite restaurant, Local Ocean Seafood, I think the best food on the central Oregon Coast. The trouble with this restaurant is that […]
On the S.S. Oceana
I’ve been transcribing my grandmother’s travel journal from the summer of 1928. She and my grandfather went on a long excursion traveling to Europe by boat and then boarding the Oceana in Hamburg, Germany, for a cruise to Norway. Though my grandfather was very much a part of my life growing up, my grandmother died […]
Remember Quonset Huts??
Ubiquitous in my childhood, the survivors are having interesting re-use:
Coffee
Left Portland this morning after this perfect cup, which I totally enjoyed even though it was sold to me by a VERY rude guy.
Today
It snowed a little bit–just a dusting. Everything slippery, pretty.
Living the Creative Life: Irene Longaker & Jon Colburn
I visited my friend Irene yesterday to see progress on the new painting studio she and painter Jon Colburn are building in Irene’s backyard. Dream studio time!!! Looking from the house toward the studio. The 8′ antique door that Jon refinished. The studio will have the same siding and lattice. Only two tiny windows for […]
City Weekend
We visited friends Lynne and Don Dagg this weekend. They bought a condo near the river (moving from Salishan spit). They rented for a year, and then recently bought a condo, having discovered they loved city life. They go everywhere on the streetcar. We saw the condo and then set off for a long streetcar […]
On The Way 