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Small World Edition 276 in Everyday Ramblings
This azalea is lovely, but the rhododendrons are coming on now as well. My place is surrounded by pink turning to white blossoms. I did discover that the two leggy bushes outside my bedroom are ...
And Then the Rain in Everyday Ramblings
With spring so much vibrant color returns to the world. The crabapples are gorgeous this year. The iris, though; either it was the snow, the colder temperatures, or a blight, are not doing so we...
Joy in Simple Things in Everyday Ramblings
This is kind of cheating. I took this 13 years ago, but I did crop it now. It is a window display of a florist shop in Seattle, but I thought it matched my mood here as we move towards Easter w...
Unprecedented. Really? Ugh. in Everyday Ramblings
What is that, you might ask there in the dawn darkness? It is snow. Snow in April on the ornamental cherry blossoms and crowning rhododendrons outside my bedroom window this morning. Snow on th...
Inch By Inch in Everyday Ramblings
I know for many of you spring hasn’t even started yet, and for some of you it is six months away, but here it is just roaring through. The ornamental pears are shedding their delicate white blo...
Finding a New Fine Line in Everyday Ramblings
From a couple of days ago the yellow is Oregon grape, which is our state flower. The pink behind it is a flowering currant and behind that are the three baby ornamental cherries planted two yea...
Deep Rest in Everyday Ramblings
Our daffodils started a few weeks back, but they are full on now. This one is from the community garden today. My starts all survived my going away expecting rain when none came. Good for the b...
Checking In in Everyday Ramblings
Here we are. I taught class this morning from the beach house with a window opened on Zoom with the view. A variation on a Room with a View. It is a lovely day. 56 degrees and clear and sunny....
Wherewithal in Everyday Ramblings
Daffodils in the lilac garden a few days back. The trees are starting to bloom and lovely as they are the pollen count is off the charts. But they are so beautiful. Even in the rain. Cauliflow...
Not an Easy Task in Everyday Ramblings
From our walk last week, up on Mt. Tabor, which is a volcanic vent up in the east end of Portland. I like imagining the trees are on the move. :) Next week I am finally getting my teeth cleaned...
Strolling into Spring in Everyday Ramblings
This is from our walk across town on Saturday morning. It was not a big hike or anything. Both of us had exerted ourselves to our limits recently so it was more of a stroll looking at the views...
Bring on the Boring, Will Ya? in Everyday Ramblings
The South Waterfront area yesterday morning. Look at that big sky. Today it is overcast. Nothing fancy; glare and clouds. It is dry though. We had quite the rainstorm Monday night and on Tuesd...
Orange Things in Everyday Ramblings
Quince. We have had a few bright clear and cold days lately. Today is not one of them. Rain is on its way back in and it is gloomy and warmer. We need the rain. The red rhododendrons outside my...
Margaret Atwood Says it All in Everyday Ramblings
I read this to my class this morning… It helped me get some perspective. The Loneliness of the Military Historian Confess: it’s my profession that alarms you. This is why few people ask me to din...
Brave New World? in Everyday Ramblings
Occasionally, I nail a shot that I am happy with. One that matches what I am seeing. This is one of those. The Willamette River this morning from the new Sellwood bridge. Walking over it today ...
Candied Hearts and Factory Roses in Everyday Ramblings
Having done my (blessedly annual now) full body skin check last year under Covid protocols it was easier this year. And the gown they gave me was warm. The only issue was a spot on my forehead ...
I'll Take It in Everyday Ramblings
Today I saw the first open daffodil of the year as I was out on a walk. This shot is from this morning in the neighborhood. I’d say the flower clock is officially open now for the season. This ...
What Behooves Us in Everyday Ramblings
Our version of snowdrops. The black grass is popular here. I have a busy week ahead so I am hoping I can rest and restore my vital energy for being out and about more than usual. I have a foll...
Willing to Do Things I Am Not Good At in Everyday Ramblings
Frost in the lilac garden this week. We had a peak time event yesterday from 8 to 11 AM, where the power company encourages you to defer using energy and gives you a rebate for any reduction in...
Not So Fast Sweetheart in Everyday Ramblings
Pretty hellebores from yesterday. Mr. Sherlock slipped on the rain-soaked ground Wednesday late afternoon shooing their one remaining chicken Hilda into the coop. He hit his head. There was a ...
Who and How in Everyday Ramblings
A neighborhood cottage. I love the detail here. It is raining. Not hard, no drama, just plain endless seeming rain. It is dark. It is cold, the dog days of winter even though spring is thrummi...
Scottish All the Way Down in Everyday Ramblings
Mt. St. Helen’s at sunrise. Lately, I am not sure why exactly, but I have been doing a Scottish immersion. Initially it was the first book in the Outlander series in audiobook format, so I am ...
A Country Run By Cat Ladies? in Everyday Ramblings
Look at the light! The angle, so low, of the sun, just up over the foothills to the southeast yesterday morning. You have seen pictures from here before, it is a small park area about a mile up...
Diving in Headfirst in Everyday Ramblings
It finally stopped raining yesterday afternoon and I was able to get out and stroll around the neighborhood, after the snow and endless rain it is a boon to be able to just go outside. There ar...
A Little Unsettled, A Little Dark in Everyday Ramblings
The “other” community garden on New Year’s Day. Soon, soon the surrounding fence will be ringed with daffodils. The snow is gone and now we are under a flood watch. It is above freezing and wil...
