Friday when Sharon and I took off for the Knight Library in Eugene it was sooo foggy… even the sun didn’t make a difference… We were heading to the Knight Library at U of O which houses the archive of drawings of landscape architects Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver. Sharon and I are curating a […]
Tag: gardens
MAD Chapter 2
It’s sooooo cold here today. I went by the creek planting site this morning on my way back from the last Thanksgiving errands, and though all the holes were neatly dug, the planters weren’t there…too cold I thought: but on our way to coffee we did a quick drive by just in case and found […]
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 […]
A BEAUTIFUL DAY…
Went up to Bird’s Hill for lunch today and what a relief to have a little respite from politics and campaign ads and results that make us sad. Martha has beautiful views and though it doesn’t show up in the photo, MT Hood was right in the middle: Everything at Bird’s Hill is beautiful, serene, […]
The Garden Studio Build..inside
Uh oh…I’m losing track of days. Maybe today was day 6. Five and six were inside days…the beadboard ceiling went up, the walls… by the end of today it was a bit tidier…getting ready for priming and painting the walls this weekend Monday the electrical plugs and lights, then trim. The door and windows are […]
The Garden Studio Build: day 4
They were here about 9:30 this morning (which is early, given that they come from Rainier). By 10:00 the shingles had started and by noon they Kevin was finishing the roof while Dan worked on shingles I went upstairs to sew about 1:30 and when I came down at 3:30 they were making progress! Wayne’s […]
The Garden Studio…Day 3
Pouring, pouring rain most of the day today. But, the intrepid guys worked on with Kevin being totally soaked. Here’s how it looked in the first hour (Kevin on the roof) but when I got back from the gym…voila! Windows! (Electrician Larry on the left and contractor Wayne on the right.) Dan started working on […]
The Garden Studio Build, Day 2
Well day two wasn’t as fun as day one. It started with this, and a look at the interior: then on to roofing and wrapping: ‘ Then they tidied up and battened down the hatches for the 5 storm days ahead. They’ll be back Monday morning.
Free Bouquets…
This coming week we start to build the studio (!!!) so I had to trim the big hydrangea this morning so the workmen can get by it. I put out 2 big bouquets of hydrangeas…they make such pretty bouquets in the house in the fall…with a free sign on them…it seemed a shame to stash […]
The White Garden
As we sat on the deck for supper tonight the last bit of sunlight hit the peegee hydrangea…my FAVORITE plant. As I ran for my camera and quickly got the shot, I noticed that the entire garden was drifts of white. Here is a stroll through our garden this evening: nicotiana the little hydrangea Amelie […]
On The Way 