Portland’s Lan Su garden

The longer you gaze out across the waters, or through the branches, the more you see.

Coast and home again

People built sand castles and threw frisbees for dogs.

Aircraft, ice cream, forests, ocean

It was time to head down the coast. Will had seen a lot of the area where I live, but I wanted to show him the unique coastlines we have on the Pacific that are unlike Atlantic coastlines. I also wanted to introduce him to timberland. I grew up here in a U.S. Forest Service […]

Odd Ends and Mill Ends

Bits and pieces of our smaller adventures in early March.

Rock & Falls

Will came to visit from Rhode Island for two weeks. Prior to this visit he had never stepped foot into Washington or Oregon. I was delighted to be able to show his virgin eyes my favourite part of the world. On our first day back home after Seattle, the day dawned sunny once more, and […]

Always sunny in Seattle!

The common people can come up and look any time we want, for free.

Pirates in Longview

Support your local theatre!

Sierra Snow

We went on a roadtrip just to see all the snow.

Window into the kitchen

I was lucky to have friends remind me to take before and after pictures.

snow+rain=flood

Like I mentioned in my last post, my delight with the unusual snowfall was wiped out quickly by tons of rain that flooded my property. I ran around this morning taking photos of the same spots that were flooded on the 12th. Scroll through and compare. Wow! That was a lot of water! Now that […]