Biking is big in Portland. According to Wikipedia, “Portland has earned multiple ‘bicycle friendly city’ awards, including being awarded platinum status by the League of American Bicyclists. Portland also has the highest rate of bicycle commuting to work of any major American city with 4.2% of workers commuting to work by bicycle in 2006.” Bridges [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2010’
Between the Wish and the Thing
These were such unusual seeds! I’ve never seen pure white ones before. We used to call these kinds of seed carriers Santa Clauses, but my grandkids call them wishes. Hence, the quotation and the title. I thought this artwork just begged for a quotation or poem. At first I wanted to use “Dreams are wishes [...]
Seedburst
The older I get, the more I like things that are past their prime: rotting tree trunks covered with fungi, moss, and lichens; rusted out metal; decaying abandoned buildings; flowers gone to seed like this one. I have no idea what kind of flower it is or was, but I loved the starburst quality of [...]
White on White
The yucca are in bloom again, but I took this shot a couple of years ago. This is a new editing, including a slight touch of the Topaz Simplify filter. I hope you enjoy it! xox PS Available on my print site.
Summer on the River: Kayaks
Like rivers around the world, Oregon’s Willamette River provides the opportunity for lots of water sports. I love the ancient, peaceful, non-polluting ones like kayaking. Why would anyone want to jet ski when they can do this and have a deeper connection with the world of the river? I can’t kayak myself–I can’t get in [...]
Blue Victorian
My neighborhood was originally built around 1900, and many of the original houses have been lovingly restored. It has now been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Willamette Falls Neighborhood Historic District. The homes here are not the big Victorian mansions you see so often. These were modest one and two [...]
