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Thank you all so much for your supportive notes, they helped me keep my spirits up through the long intense surgery yesterday. Last night I checked the stats on my Fitbit and it said I slept thr...

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Today I feel as if I am covered in a creeping vine. Many people might caution me in saying this, wanting to hang onto the illusion of summer but there are signs of fall out there everywhere unde...

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It hasn’t been good picture taking weather here lately. Heavy overcast and intense glare until late in the day, where, if we are lucky, we get some clearing. I did take this yesterday with my ph...

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Wow, such difficult news these days, non? The blow upon the bruise. I think not only of the suffering of those who die in this carnage, and their families but also of all those who have been inj...

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We have had much glowering in our skies lately, heavy threatening humid cloud cover but just occasional rain. There is this sense of foreboding out there, an eerie oppressive mood. It looks like...

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I was a privileged kid in many ways. We had a big house; we had plenty of food, my mother stayed at home to care for the house and us. I had a brother and a bike in a neighborhood where there we...

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This is a shot from the parking lot at the trailhead where we went hiking on Thursday. The looming Bonneville Dam complex is straight ahead down on the river on the other side of the road and th...

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I was standing in the middle of the creek on some rocks when I took this yesterday. Most Honorable and me hiked this trail a couple of years ago and at this exact time of year but the trail was ...

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Thinking through some suggestions Charis left privately on my last post I tried a few things with the camera on my phone and I believe I have solved the sizing problem for posting here. I was th...

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From my phone this morning. The gladiolas are a bit later than normal this year. I went for a longish walk because I could. as it is a holiday here. It is gray, (gunmetal gray as I read in a des...

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It is full on early summer. The trees are still green but it will only be a few more weeks of dry heat before we see them start to fade a bit. The wild grass is already turning brown and the swe...

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This shot is from this time last year from outside the practice field at Portland State that I walk by practically every day. The house under construction is done by now of course. What I wanted...

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Title: Things are better. I think everyone that was so inclined to, left town. I noticed a decrease in insane traffic Friday afternoon and it has continued so far through the weekend. Oh the th...

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I felt in need of a serene vista today. I took this from the ferry leaving Washington and crossing the Columbia River into Oregon last Friday. In spite of the weather reports we had more than e...

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As our days turn shorter I am happy to know that for those of you heading into winter your days will lengthen and spring won’t be so far away. We were all so caught up in the Senate vote last n...

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Yesterday morning I took the train down to Salem. It was a typical late spring day with sun and lots and lots of dramatic clouds. We had a really lovely homemade taco lunch, a recipe from Cooks ...

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Okay, I admit I didn’t even now there was this island in the mouth of the Columbia River out by the Pacific Ocean. It is quite rural and because it is full of waterways and so close to big water...

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Again, from a couple of years ago, except for a few outliers, this was not a good year for roses here. They used a special kind of anesthetic spray on the back of mouth yesterday as well as the...

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Okay, I admit this is from this time last year. We have had drizzle and low light the last few days and I love the light here. Not that the layer upon layer of clouds and the silver glare out th...

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So far, so good, on the Paris adventure. We are all holding our breath, metaphorically speaking, and hoping for the best. Well, except for Miss E. She is I am sure, totally immersed in all the n...

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It has been a busy week and it will probably stay this way until the 4th of July holiday here. First it was so hot one could barely function and now it is refreshingly cool and kind of sort of w...

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After a run of record-breaking heat, we are supposed to cool down this evening. Everybody I know is ready for that even though we will be sad to see the sun go away. It feels as if a desert plan...

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I love this late spring mash up of lilies and clematis a few blocks away and yesterday the light was finally okay to get a decent shot. As we move towards the equinox in a few weeks it is more d...

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This is what it looks like out there in my world now as the end of spring extravagance blooms forth. We had a lovely rain night before last, which was much appreciated as the pollen counts have ...

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So last year the day after Memorial Day is when I started this dental extravaganza. It is probably a good thing I did not know where it was all going to lead. I am adapting to the soft foods th...

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