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Seeing It Through in Everyday Ramblings
Early roses from the neglected front garden across the street. I have lived here over 15 years, and no one has every lived in the house. The family comes in from the coast where they live ever...
Columbines and Coyotes in Everyday Ramblings
A work in progress here, half my small garden plot. The purple and white columbine is being a bit of a bully this year eclipsing her pink and white sister. Not sure how that happened. Thanks...
The Odd One Out in Everyday Ramblings
Camas. I am seeing it more and more around. It doesn’t mind being wet. That is why here it is planted in one of the sidewalk water sinks we have around town, particularly in the newly built-up...
Reflections: Grief and Spring in Everyday Ramblings
The only patch of yellow iris I know about in the neighborhood coming on the other day. The community garden which is in a fair amount of shade has a few beautiful stands of tall purple iris c...
A Pile of Clean Blankets in Everyday Ramblings
One of the mystery tulips in my plot yesterday morning. I am so glad I planted them as although they are a little wonky and late, they are gorgeous. After all the meetings this last week we ...
Non Corporeal Riches in Everyday Ramblings
Early iris on the flower clock. The lilacs are coming on too. Beautiful morning here and I went over to the lilac garden to take some pictures for my niece who is finally getting to the end of...
The Eyes Have It in Everyday Ramblings
The last picture I posted was a blooming ornamental pear. This is a blooming fruiting pear. The fruiting trees bloom later. The rhododendrons are crowning. The ones near me come out pink and o...
Inside a Pause - Outside Dread in Everyday Ramblings
This shot of an ornamental pear was from last week when we had an unusual day and a half of sun and warmth. It is gloomy now. I saw the first unfurling iris of the season yesterday on my wa...
Blossoms in the Rain in Everyday Ramblings
This is a quick shot in the rain Thursday midday while scurrying to a bus shelter. Today it rained even harder. The daffodils are taking it hard, but they are resilient. One of my students wa...
A Week Near the Equinox in Everyday Ramblings
From the community garden this morning after class. We had a break in the rain, (if not the cold) and I went down with my tub trug and secateurs. I had been down there on Tuesday and was delig...
The Romance of the Early Unsuitable Match in Everyday Ramblings
I used a similar photo of this hellebore in my weekly reminder to my students last week. I took this one a few days after that one when I showed the plant to Mrs. Sherlock in person. The color...
The Tail of the Dragon in Everyday Ramblings
Yesterday. It was clear and warm(ish) for most of the day. What a gift. If you look deep along the river and a bit to the left, you can see the snow-covered dome of Mt. St. Helen’s. There was ...
Noko as NIMBY? in Everyday Ramblings
The daffodils are trying but the heavy cloud cover this time this year is holding any blossoming back. This is from this morning and fits my mood. Restless and unfocused. I did go for a walk a...
From Snow to Snowdrops in Everyday Ramblings
It is positively balmy out there at 44˚F. And we have a brief reprieve from the rain. I went for a walk after a meeting I was dreading and thought I was ill-prepared for that turned out just f...
Amateurs in Everyday Ramblings
The snow finally came. We are making our way out of it now after a few days of closures and cancellations. The local League of Women Voters was scheduled to have our annual media luncheon yest...
Catch As Catch Can? in Everyday Ramblings
A house and a door in the neighborhood. In previous years we have had open crocuses and blooming daffodils by now but not this year. We are behind average in rainfall, but it has been cold. To...
Out There in Everyday Ramblings
Lady Justice fronting a disused courthouse downtown. I follow a Substack that had a photo last week of a man painting over a cheerful mural that was full of words like Integrity, Equality, Div...
Sour Grapes? in Everyday Ramblings
Tomorrow would be my oldest sister’s 81st birthday. This is a photo I took of a mobile in her beautiful old apartment on this day ten years ago. We had a challenging relationship and in spite ...
For Now in Everyday Ramblings
Every year about this time I start checking for signs of spring. This tree, moss, crocus bulb continuum is my go-to. With the below freezing temperatures for over a week we are slightly behind...
Blasphemy and the Price of Resentment in Everyday Ramblings
Every week I choose a photo I have taken that represents in some way the time or place I am in for my class reminder I send to my students. When the weather is a little better than it is prese...
Something to Ponder in Everyday Ramblings
On Thursday I had back-to-back appointments with my Primary Care Physician and my Cardiologist with a little break in between. I took this on the break on our big pedestrian and public transit...
The Wild Ride in Everyday Ramblings
I took this five years ago on a walk with Mrs. Sherlock on the same weekend as this. We were walking in her now old neighborhood (as she has completed her move). She’s been in the new place ab...
Here We Go in Everyday Ramblings
The Steel Bridge over the Willamette River from the train the other day. Love the big sky. Today, New Year’s Day, it is misty and gray, and I am spending the better part of it indoors. Becau...
Accomplishing Nothing At All in Everyday Ramblings
Christmas morning. A labyrinth the community here is building on some scrub land between “the hill” where all the hospitals are and an established fairly upscale neighborhood. I went for a lov...
Reflecting in Everyday Ramblings
Wow, the holidays are barreling in. And today is the solstice. And an acknowledgement of how much the light, or lack thereof affects us. We have plenty of dark wet days ahead, so we aren’t out...
