Today, after a tiny but delicious lunch R made before heading to the beach, I got checking the Salem Blogs. Emily, over at Desperately Seeking Salem, was talking about cherry blossoms so later…on my drive-about…I went to check them out remembering how annoyed I was when they cut down all the walnut trees in the […]
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City Ephemera…
Dashed to Portland today for a couple of errands…no time even for coffee…but here were a few observations: Spring is here on Caruthers Street…a flame maple heads toward summer. Some artists have a more casual approach to storing their artwork: the diorama contest at Beulah Land is fun:
Cortona…
We’re going to Cortona in May..R will be “leading” an alumni tour of some 40 people… He did the same in 2008 and it will be fun to get back to Italy. For the people in the group Roger has started a weekly blog to show them what we’ll see and get them in the […]
…And Speaking of Cowgirls…
My friend Lynn grew up in Wisconsin and she had the cowgirl thing going too…here is a picture of Lynn on the right in her requisite fringed vest, with her cousin Rhonda on the left. Rhonda made the pillow for her recently… I’m not too sure what it was about little mid-western girls and the […]
Oregon Spring…
You want to know how gray and rainy it is here? (and then YOU say “How gray and rainy is it?”) THIS is NOT a black and white photo and was taken mid-afternoon…eek… Weatherman says maybe a little sun tomorrow…we’ll be blinded!
Henk Pander and Roger Hull, a Conversation
Sunday was the last day for Henk Pander’s splendid retrospective “Memory and Modern Life” at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art. At 2:00 Henk and Roger, mostly Henk of course, talked about Henk’s work, idea methods. it was a packed house…standing room only…and pretty interesting…the crowd was responsive and asked lots of questions: and the […]
June Stone Decker, 1923-2011
My Mom died today. I’ll miss her. Here we were in our younger days Bye bye Mama.
My Year So Far…
Well today was only the first day of the new year for me and I did some stuff…not too much, but some…but first a couple of birthday shots…the window at Anthopologie where I HAD to buy a few plates the lettuce wraps and…then…what do you think this might mean???? and then today, the POST birthday […]
MY LIFE SO FAR
I published this on my birthday in 2009, but I still think it tells my story so let’s go again!! Today is my birthday and I’ve attained a certain age. I have plans, things to do, places to go. But today I’m looking back. (I tried to cut my own bangs–oops.) For a few years […]
The Antidote to Worms…
I spoke to LeeAnn on the phone tonight and she suggested a few things I might want to put on my blog instead of worms…like quilts (secretly I really liked the worms…). I’ve been sitting with my Mom this week quilting on the Gee’s Bend quilt I made in 2009 in Sisters…I LOVE the 50’s […]
On The Way 