In the late fall my long-time friend Nan moved to Portland and took her studio with her. Today I took a nap-time break on Sidney Day (Monday, the day when R & I routinely care for our adorable grandson) and dropped in to her new Portland studio. Her business is called Souvenir Suitcase… …and here’s […]
Today I noticed our first camellia, fully open. When we moved to Oregon years ago from Chicago I thought the camellias blooming in spring were miraculous. Now I think of them as pesky, as they fall on the car and make the driveway slippery, but the first one is still a treat…Spring is here! And […]
Thanksgiving was fun with turkey and family and all that good stuff…though I didn’t take time out to photo it all, since I was the hostess, so just think of your own day, and ditto that for ours. Besides my lovely family and a tummy full of good food, I’m thankful this year for the […]
Nan is a woman of many talents, a person who has reinvented herself several times since I first met her…children’s librarian, crafts person, retailer extraordinaire. I showed up for coffee today and at the spur of the moment she let me take photos of some of the collections she lives with daily (but we hadn’t […]
On The Way 