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off to the right side of the acropolis, about halfway up.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0287.jpgcmt_0287Here's a good look at the tomb entrance and the snake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0338.jpgCMT_0338The Oval Palace, I will guess, is named for the oval-shaped terraces.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0348.jpgcmt_03482023-10-24T06:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2023/10/17/journey-to-the-yucatan/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_2073.jpgimg_2073https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7400.jpgimg_7400https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0240.jpgcmt_0240https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0261.jpgcmt_0261https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0265.jpgcmt_0265https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0239.jpgcmt_0239https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0268.jpgcmt_0268https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7392.jpgimg_7392https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7394.jpgimg_7394https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0238.jpgcmt_02382023-10-19T21:35:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2023/10/16/belle-brigade-2023/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7884-1.jpgimg_7884-1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7948.jpgimg_7948https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7884.jpgimg_7884https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7290.jpgimg_7290https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7309.jpgimg_7309We made magnets of all our sponsors. Most are veteran-owned businesses.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_0924.jpgimg_0924Eli (Elizabeth) points to her 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is what they look like from a distance.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0124.jpgcmt_0124https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0120-1.jpgcmt_0120-1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_7050.jpgimg_7050https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_1809.jpgimg_1809https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0109-1.jpgcmt_0109-1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_1781.jpgimg_1781https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/img_1798.jpgimg_1798https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0105.jpgcmt_0105My favourite quote of them all: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cmt_0104.jpgcmt_0104Rural Couple statue and Bread Line 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liked this troll the best. He was hiding from people, and from the sun, as I imagine a troll would do.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0012.jpgcmt_0012A trolley carrying tourists rolls past the entrance to the park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0009.jpgcmt_0009If you walk through the arch, you see this garden of stones that hold images of immigrants in Astoria.2023-08-01T22:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2023/07/17/astoria-column/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0031.jpgcmt_0031https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0027.jpgcmt_0027https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0024.jpgcmt_0024https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0034.jpgcmt_0034https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0037.jpgcmt_0037https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0036.jpgcmt_0036https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0030.jpgcmt_0030https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0035.jpgcmt_0035https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0026.jpgcmt_0026https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cmt_0029.jpgcmt_00292023-08-01T21:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/08/08/bruce-and-nephew/2023-07-18T04:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/01/11/cannery-pier-hotel-and-the-astoria-column/2023-07-18T04:33:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2023/07/15/homeowners/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/pond-input.jpgpond-inputhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_6651.jpgimg_6651https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_6618.jpgimg_6618https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_6656.jpgimg_6656https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_6646.jpgimg_6646https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_6648.jpgimg_6648https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/yard.jpgyardhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/chicken-area.jpgchicken-areahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/closet.jpgclosetThere are TWO walk-in closets off the primary bedroom. This photo is of the Hers closet. Those wooden "beams" in the center actually pull out for full-length mirrors and hanging racks for necklaces or scarves or whatever I want. (Check out the LED shoe lighting, ha ha)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/porch.jpgporchOne of the best things is the large porch off the primary bedroom with a BED SWING, which I had never even heard of, and a gas fireplace for chilly mornings. 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back deck over the winter, during our one big snow. On days like this, I don't walk.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5577.jpgIMG_5577https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5575.jpgIMG_5575https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5573.jpgIMG_5573The Furries agreed to have their photos taken with me after I crossed the finish line.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5542.jpgIMG_5542Before long I've come across scenes like this.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5379.jpgIMG_5379After my 5.6 mile loop, I come back to my house. It looks sorta raggedy out front in the wintertime, before I clean up the flower bed and finish raking the rotting leaves. But it's quite a victory to see it after an hour and 20 minutes walking. And look- the fire is still going!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5378.jpgIMG_5378An afternoon sunbeam gives the illusion of warmth.2022-03-07T18:48:07+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/03/06/birthdays-end/2022-03-08T18:22:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/03/04/sunny-coast-and-thors-well/2022-03-08T18:26:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/03/03/yurt-on-the-coast/2022-03-05T14:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/03/02/shore-acres/2022-03-03T23:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/03/01/a-few-lighthouses/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cmt_6050.jpgCMT_60502022-03-03T15:32:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/02/25/big-experience-itty-bitty-inn/2022-03-02T05:09:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/02/28/buggies-in-the-sand/2022-03-01T16:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/02/24/heading-down-the-coast/2022-02-28T02:21:50+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/01/02/lighthouse-and-sea-lions-for-christmas/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0319-1.jpgDSC_0319 -1Sea lion stretches to soak up the last few rays of the sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0312-1.jpgDSC_0312 -1Sea lions crowd the rocks below Highway 101 https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0299-1.jpgDSC_0299 -1View of the lighthouse from Sea Lion Caveshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0295-1.jpgDSC_0295 -1View from the tower. That misty bluff you can see is the location of Sea Lion Caves.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0293-1.jpgDSC_0293 -1inside the lenshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0292-1.jpgDSC_0292 -1base of the lighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0287-1.jpgDSC_0287 -1inside the towerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0275-1.jpgDSC_0275 -1Heceta Head lighthouse is all by itself at the head, and so picturesque.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0278-1.jpgDSC_0278 -1Looking out to seahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0264-1.jpgDSC_0264 -1Lighthouse on the bluff; Light Keeper's House to the right. The weather was perfect!2022-02-24T17:29:27+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/02/14/1989-on-stage/2022-04-18T22:34:18+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/02/09/gnat-creek-trail/2022-02-14T21:26:29+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/02/10/rogue-sunset/2022-02-14T21:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/08/05/enchantment/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0013.jpgDSC_0013Peek through one of the holes in an enormous piece of Swiss cheese, and you can see the home of the Three Blind Mice.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0006.jpgDSC_0006Four and twenty blackbirds, baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057A dentist in Tofteville, getting some unruly teeth in order.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0050b.jpgDSC_0050bIn Tofteville, a barber and his client appear startled to see me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_0048https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0091.jpgDSC_0091These inviting structures hold picnic tables, where people can eat the food they brought in, or buy from the vendors.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0082.jpgDSC_0082https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0080.jpgDSC_0080Mrs. Pumpkin Eater is trapped.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0079.jpgDSC_0079Little Red Riding Hood knocks on the door, but the wolf has already eaten Grandmahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0078.jpgDSC_0078The 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city.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0809.jpgDSC_0809Typical roadside view.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0806.jpgDSC_0806Interesting trees along the highway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0805.jpgDSC_0805Side saddle is necessary due to the long skirts.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0798.jpgDSC_0798https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0785.jpgDSC_0785https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0781.jpgDSC_0781A more open area between stupas.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0773.jpgDSC_0773crossed foot turned downhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0767.jpgDSC_0767more riotous colours2022-01-22T16:48:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2018/01/17/extended-birthday/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4057.jpgIMG_4057Shrimp and scallops with pastahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4056.jpgIMG_4056Brand new gorgeous ilani casino in LaCenter, WAhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4040.jpgIMG_4040My handsome brotherhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4034.jpgIMG_4034https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4029.jpgIMG_4029Ian wanders offhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4024.jpgIMG_4024Lovely Fairmont Olympic Hotelhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4021.jpgIMG_4021Get a load of these boots!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4020.jpgIMG_4020Birthday berry tart with ice cream and a candle!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4018.jpgIMG_4018Karen and me waiting for fresh oysters!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_4016.jpgIMG_4016Happy Birthday from the Olympic Hotel2022-01-22T14:46:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/01/20/two-years-later/2022-01-22T15:00:06+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/01/14/boston-after-a-snowfall/2022-01-19T00:30:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/01/15/mit-harvard-campuses/2022-01-18T00:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/11/16/a-taste-of-massachusetts/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/pallette.jpgpallettehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0693.jpgIMG_0693Our feet and shadows on the PDX carpet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0824.jpgDSC_0824A painted vesselhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0822.jpgDSC_0822A gorgeous carvinghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0821.jpgDSC_0821Artwork and tools. This one was very exciting to me, because I guessed the use of the shell sliced in half. Can you guess it?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0820.jpgDSC_0820Tara's birthday was converted to glyphs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0818.jpgDSC_0818I stood here until I learned to read some of it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0817.jpgDSC_0817Reproduction of a Mayan tower. The lights flashed on the side are to help visitors learn to read the petroglyphs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0816.jpgDSC_0816We did like this exhibit. The photography of modernist cuisine. Where things were sliced in half and photographed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0779.jpgDSC_0779Old stone wall in a Massachusetts forest.2022-01-14T17:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/01/07/where-are-the-eyeballs/2022-01-14T17:38:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/05/29/cubicle-as-panopticon/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cubicle-sea.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWhere I workhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/panopticon.pngPanopticonA prison designed to follow Bentham's Panopticon designhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/panopticon-1.jpgpanopticon (1)A parting quote. You may also be interested in the blog post from which I snagged the image.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/panopticon.jpgpanopticonA prison designed like Bentham's Panopticon2022-01-06T22:49:50+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2010/01/15/cruising-the-nile/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/171.jpg17Our View!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/161.jpg16Our cabin, with Tara's back end visible under the curtainhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/washington-monument.jpgWashington monumentWashington monumenthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/upper-egypt-075.jpgUpper Egypt 075Unfinished obeliskhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/upper-egypt-057.jpgUpper Egypt 057Columns lining the causeway at Philaehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/upper-egypt-095.jpgUpper Egypt 095Sunset on the Nilehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/upper-egypt-086.jpgUpper Egypt 086Dusk settles over the waterhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/upper-egypt-093.jpgUpper Egypt 093Life on the edge of the waterhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/upper-egypt-062.jpgUpper Egypt 062https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/upper-egypt-065.jpgUpper Egypt 065Tara in her new string of Nubian Jade2022-01-06T20:35:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2022/01/02/holiday-snow/2022-01-05T17:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/12/29/bald-eagles-in-lyle/2022-01-02T14:53:26+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/12/23/mcmenamins-anderson-school/2025-07-16T08:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/12/15/woodcarving-at-a-carousel-museum/2022-01-27T22:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/12/11/a-loss-hard-to-express/2022-01-29T17:00:28+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/12/09/leavenworth-in-december/2021-12-22T19:23:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/12/03/cats-of-italy/2021-12-16T05:09:12+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/04/11/sakuracon-poo-poo-point/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0072.jpgDSC_0072a gathering of rabbitshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0074.jpgDSC_0074Easter Bunny party in the streethttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0073.jpgDSC_0073Hey, nice ears!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0027.jpgDSC_0027We had a picnic at the top. Can you believe the trailhead to this incredible overlook is 30 minutes from the Space Needle?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_00241.jpgDSC_0024Behind me you can see Lake Sammamish and Bellevue.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0079.jpgDSC_0079Vegetables for sale at the Pike Place Markethttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030Trail to Poo Poo Pointhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0026.jpgDSC_0026Paragliding launch spot at the top.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020The trail crossed a creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0016.jpgDSC_0016Trillium - one of my favourite wild flowers.2021-12-03T17:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/09/02/princess-tutu-at-the-con/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0140.jpgDSC_0140Can we take your picture?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/tutu.jpgtutuPlease see the source here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0146.jpgDSC_0146Steam Powered Giraffe!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0145.jpgDSC_0145black fighterhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0144.jpgDSC_0144punishmenthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0142.jpgDSC_0142nice interpretationhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0136.jpgDSC_0136"You seem a decent fellow... I hate to kill you. "https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0118.jpgDSC_0118Adorablehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0114.jpgDSC_0114I took a dozen photos, but she is so self-critical. "Ugh, my leg isn't right. The other one is all wrong." To her credit, she is on beat-up shoes and the concrete is on a slope. But to my novice eyes, it's lovely.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0105.jpgDSC_0105My Tara as Princess Tutu2021-12-03T17:20:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/08/31/kumoricon-2014/2021-12-03T17:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/09/23/kumoricon-2015/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/garnet.jpggarnet...I add the cartoon one to help you see my point.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0072.jpgDSC_0072Isn't she perfect?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0070.jpgDSC_0070From Gravity Fallshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0068.jpgDSC_0068Playing in the waterfallhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0065.jpgDSC_0065This is the best Garnet cosplay there ever was.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0058.jpgDSC_0058These girls exemplify Kumoricon for me and I just love this photo. Pink hair, attitude, and most of all: FUN!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050An artist from the artist's tent, which is open to the public.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049This cosplayer's hat is a nest.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0046.jpgDSC_0046She seemed a little shy when I approached, with a voice so quiet I couldn't hear it, but honestly: who could doubt the bravery it took to wear this cosplay?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036One of the many gorgeous cosplayers on a warm and rainy Vancouver day in September.2021-12-03T16:54:45+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/05/14/traditional-mothers-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0145.jpgDSC_0145Information board out on the highway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0142.jpgDSC_0142I was delighted by this God's Eye woven by a previous camper and tucked into a tree beside the tent.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0141.jpgDSC_0141My Jeep Dragon-Wagon is a great camp car.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0137.jpgDSC_0137Look carefully and you can see the long horizontal mouth of House Rock above the ferns.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0136.jpgDSC_0136Jungly plant with jungly flowerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0134.jpgDSC_0134Harlequin Ducks along the riverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0126.jpgDSC_0126South Santiam Riverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0119.jpgDSC_0119slughttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0117.jpgDSC_0117https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dsc_0106.jpgDSC_0106less of a pose, but a better smile.2021-11-24T14:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/11/22/winter-birds/2021-11-24T14:52:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/11/10/no-more/2021-11-21T17:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/12/29/seaquest-inn-bed-breakfast/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0328-1.jpgDSC_0328 -1Sherwood, me, Arno, Stephanie. They are wearing their Christmas gift aprons. (I'm in my socks!)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0323-1.jpgDSC_0323 -1Baked egg croissant with fresh tomatoes and feta, salsa, and jams. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0258-1.jpgDSC_0258 -1A view of the B&B from the beach on a glorious Christmas morning.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0241-1.jpgDSC_0241 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0239-1.jpgDSC_0239 -1One of the rooms. (not ours; it was too messy)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0238-1.jpgDSC_0238 -1Belgian waffle with walnuts and strawberries and cookie butter.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0237-1.jpgDSC_0237 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0236-1.jpgDSC_0236 -1Arno does a little whale-watching from the great room https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0235-1.jpgDSC_0235 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0234-1.jpgDSC_0234 -1Waves crash beyond the breakfast table2021-11-19T00:36:05+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/11/18/broad-creek-park-annapolis/2021-12-18T07:19:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/11/20/our-first-year/2021-11-30T14:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/11/07/wahkeena-falls-trail-and-weather/2021-11-23T23:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/12/16/frozen-waterfalls/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0417-1.jpgDSC_0417 -1The picturesque bridge is always a place to experience the roar and spray from the water. This time: icy spray.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0360-11.jpgDSC_0360 -1A closer view of the Vista Househttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0411-1.jpgDSC_0411 -1Our famous Multnomah Falls, as I've never seen it beforehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0431-1.jpgDSC_0431 -1I hiked up to the waterfall in the photo above, and found an ice cave behind it!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0425-1.jpgDSC_0425 -1There is a falls here, but so much water spills that the entire hillside has frozenhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0424-1.jpgDSC_0424 -1Once a weeping cliff; now stillhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0422-1.jpgDSC_0422 -1Miss Tara walking ahead of me on a trailhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0421-1.jpgDSC_0421 -1Walking up to the lodge, we could see the top of Multnomah Falls behind ithttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0419-1.jpgDSC_0419 -1Multnomah Falls Lodgehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0415-1.jpgDSC_0415 -1That's me doing my best to find a good shot2021-11-08T17:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/09/17/beacon-rock-take-two-fish-and-indians/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0146.jpgDSC_0146Chanterelles a few days old. What is left after I ate a bunch for supper.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0137.jpgDSC_0137https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0131.jpgDSC_0131https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/trail.jpgtrailScene of the ruined trail this winter. Photo credit: Washington Trails Association.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0136.jpgDSC_0136https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0135.jpgDSC_0135Frank with my $40 salmonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0134.jpgDSC_0134Benny with the doghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0133.jpgDSC_0133my rock climbing manhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0132.jpgDSC_0132Biddle's trailhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0125.jpgDSC_0125View east from Beacon Rock September 20132021-11-07T19:21:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/31/one-halloween-house/2021-11-08T20:56:58+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/27/fall-finery/2021-11-10T18:09:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/23/annapolis-in-person/2021-11-27T18:43:53+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/15/naptime/2021-10-23T16:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/18/nasa-surprise/2021-10-27T00:23:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/07/16/oyl-july-16/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/edfj7965.jpgEDFJ7965https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/img_e6185.jpgIMG_E61852021-10-12T14:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/08/roman-colosseum-and-forum/2021-10-12T14:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/09/glimpses-of-rome-and-thoughts-of-home/2021-10-12T23:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/10/01/ceilings-of-the-vatican-museums/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/dsc_5046.jpgDSC_50462024-11-20T17:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/30/there-are-so-many-stairs-at-the-basilica/2022-11-07T17:45:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/27/venice-to-rome/2021-09-30T08:58:49+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/25/a-day-in-venice/2021-09-27T19:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/14/ostia-antica/2021-09-25T16:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/24/hello-venice/2026-01-05T21:23:17+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/21/hiking-the-julian-alps/2021-11-15T06:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/16/medieval-fish-hatchery-and-the-italian-eiffel-tower/2021-11-25T18:11:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/09/17/road-trip-and-a-fun-meeting-for-us/2021-09-27T02:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/08/18/goat-lake-and-jordan-basin/2021-08-26T17:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/08/24/graduation-and-other-updates/2021-08-29T22:07:11+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/08/16/pct-and-cispus-pass/2021-08-26T16:15:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/08/17/smoky-old-snowy/2021-08-27T12:33:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/08/15/return-to-the-mountains/2021-08-26T15:54:53+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/08/13/rocks-and-rain-but-no-goats/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0340.jpgDSC_0340Looking back the way we had come, down the Cispus River Valley.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0336.jpgDSC_0336You can spot D heading down the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0335.jpgDSC_0335The headwaters of the Cispis River. The PCT arcs around the entire valley, then crosses a saddle to the other side of those mountains.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0319.jpgDSC_0319Large and lovely waterfall splashes over the Pacific Crest Trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0316.jpgDSC_0316Sadie poses for a photo in the meadow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_03061.jpgDSC_0306Preparing the pastahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0300.jpgDSC_0300Our new camp site on a ledge, and D getting the fire going.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0288.jpgDSC_0288Foggy blue and green meadow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0284.jpgDSC_0284The fog lends an otherworldly quality to each scene.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0279.jpgDSC_0279In enjoyed this phenomena very much: the leaves of Lupine collect water.2021-08-16T02:03:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/08/10/into-the-smoke-and-out-again/2021-09-20T20:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/07/31/rainier-days-2021/2021-08-26T15:31:30+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/07/25/dangling-in-the-trees/2021-07-31T20:19:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/07/23/a-different-kind-of-4th/2022-05-23T18:11:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/06/14/japanese-garden-in-the-sun/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1127.jpgIMG_1127Aisles of fragrance and colour.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1122.jpgIMG_1122Looking down onto the Rose Test Garden.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1118.jpgIMG_1118I was pleased with the fine touches in the garden, such as the gracefully curved railings.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1133.jpgIMG_1133https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1116.jpgIMG_1116https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1117.jpgIMG_1117It was past peak spring colour, but these azaleas still added a spark to the shady greenery.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1137.jpgIMG_1137Irises grew from the water beside a wooden walking path that kept our feet dry.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1135.jpgIMG_1135Shady stone pathhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1130.jpgIMG_1130https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/img_1111.jpgIMG_11112021-07-09T20:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/07/09/rose-city/2021-09-21T13:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/07/02/spring-critters/2021-07-06T15:58:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/07/26/cliff-walk-and-wolf-hill/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3216.jpgIMG_3216I just couldn't get enough of them.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3211.jpgIMG_3211And here is the view. The white specks are the high buildings of downtown Providence.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3210.jpgIMG_3210All that's left of someone's dream home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3209.jpgIMG_3209Will walks up to the chimney at the top of the hill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3206.jpgIMG_3206Will pointed out this site. One might call it a dead tree. But we saw life.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3205.jpgIMG_3205We were grateful for the shade. I spotted this murky pond and splashed my face and arms.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3204.jpgIMG_3204World War II memorial on Wolf Hill, at the site of the plane crash.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3202.jpgIMG_3202Another decadent flower lit in golden sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3201.jpgIMG_3201Low angle of the sun lights up a wild orchid.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3200.jpgIMG_3200Splendid green beetle caught my eye.2021-06-29T14:32:26+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/28/heat-and-pond-dragons/2021-07-03T17:18:30+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/24/oyl-june-24/2021-06-29T16:18:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/22/lava-beds-national-monument/2021-06-26T01:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/20/modoc-petroglyphs/2021-06-23T07:18:27+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/18/once-our-home/2021-06-20T14:54:30+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/14/bloggers-in-southern-oregon/2021-08-25T14:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/08/mountain-paint/2021-06-18T15:15:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/06/office-tile/2021-06-09T05:34:29+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/04/oyl-june-3/2021-06-05T15:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/06/02/oyl-may-26/2021-06-04T14:49:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/05/26/mother-walking-drinker/2021-06-02T16:14:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/05/21/oyl-may-21/2021-05-28T17:42:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/05/14/oyl-april-14/2021-05-21T17:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/05/12/checkmark/2021-05-22T07:28:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/05/07/fixes/2021-05-16T07:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/05/03/oyl-may-2/2021-05-12T15:05:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/04/27/arts-from-afar/2021-05-05T13:54:17+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/04/26/oyl-april-26/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/columbia-fb.jpgcolumbia fb2021-04-28T11:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/04/17/oyl-april-17/2021-04-19T17:46:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/06/21/celebration/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_00481.jpgDSC_0048It's a magical moment for two little girls (the older one got hold of the princess's hand a few moments later). And then, look at Mom in the back ground.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0184.jpgDSC_0184https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0158.jpgDSC_0158https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0107.jpgDSC_0107Tiana, from The Princess and the Froghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_01001.jpgDSC_0100These dancers leapt through the air, launched from stylized surfboards in a piece from Lilo and Stitch, another of my top 5 Disney movie faves.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0079.jpgDSC_0079We caught some really great shows. Some on the streets, and some on stage, like this one, featuring King Louie from one of my most beloved Disney movies: The Jungle Book.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0058.jpgDSC_0058There's a big Goofy. And a Disney character too!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057Goofy walks with a fan through Toon Town.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0054.jpgDSC_0054Peter Pan has adoring fans. Just catch a load of the face on this girl as she realizes who is walking toward her.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0052.jpgDSC_0052Captain Hook and Tara were both in good spirits, flashing their hooks.2021-04-16T15:20:26+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/24/real-time-oyl/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5438.jpgIMG_54382021-04-15T17:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/04/06/oyl-april-6/2021-04-13T03:33:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/04/11/oyl-april-11/2021-04-16T17:00:17+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/04/13/quilts/2021-04-19T17:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2018/02/23/palace-and-hill-in-mandalay/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0126.jpgDSC_0126Delicious buffet from Shan State.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0125.jpgDSC_0125This place was packed nearly the whole time we were there.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0118.jpgDSC_0118We were passed by lots of fire engines on the way back to our hotel. We saw at least five of them. Note the man in back is wearing a sarong. Is that safe? Will he change to other clothing before fighting fire?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0117.jpgDSC_0117I can't help myself. The street views are still so captivating to me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_01131.jpgDSC_0113There it is! Sunset over Mandalay.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0112.jpgDSC_0112Setting up a great shot.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0110.jpgDSC_0110People waiting for sunset.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0108.jpgDSC_0108This dude was really into his shot.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0106.jpgDSC_0106All these vessels contained drinking water. Not sure what the signs say, or what difference it makes, drinking from one pot vs. another.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0101.jpgDSC_0101Inside one of the pagodas on the way up.2021-04-09T16:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/28/oyl-march-28/2021-04-08T22:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/04/03/oyl-april-1/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image1.jpgImage1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/img_5728.jpgIMG_57282021-04-12T15:35:28+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/31/first-hike-of-2021/2021-04-07T10:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/06/05/elk-mountain-summit/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/map.jpgmapOur trailhead can be found on the far right side of the image. We hiked northwest and made a sharp curve and hiked southeast all the way back.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8949018414_28e0487f51_o.jpg8949018414_28e0487f51_oHere I try to show how steep the trail is, but the photo doesn't do it justice.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948978612_cbf0efa756_o.jpg8948978612_cbf0efa756_oNear the top. I am warm and unbuckling my gear so I can take off a layer.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948921316_e6ac43b149_o.jpg8948921316_e6ac43b149_ohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948914620_7e3ec512f9_o.jpg8948914620_7e3ec512f9_oArno at the summit, with a beautiful marker placed by the Mazamashttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948792618_dcf8ffeec3_o.jpg8948792618_dcf8ffeec3_oMe being silly in my Tilley hat. The waterfall is near the end of our hike, beside the river.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948779922_3ebb2325ef_o.jpg8948779922_3ebb2325ef_oColumbinehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948430545_96a035ff2f_o.jpg8948430545_96a035ff2f_ohappy hikerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948367243_6caf8bb8a1_o.jpg8948367243_6caf8bb8a1_oNear the summit of Elk Mountain, looking west across the Tillamook State Foresthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/8948327151_8ce7229f0a_o.jpg8948327151_8ce7229f0a_oFinally at the summit of Elk Mountain (see the smile of relief?)2021-03-31T16:28:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/29/monday-washing/2021-04-12T14:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/18/no-worries/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/image1-1.jpegimage1 (1)2021-03-22T20:14:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2011/02/07/the-smallest-park-in-the-world-is-in-portland/2021-03-18T17:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/24/odd-ends-and-mill-ends/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beaver.jpgbeaverOSU Beaverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2159.jpgIMG_2159The view of Portland and Mt. Hood from Pittock Mansion.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2141.jpgIMG_2141The least interesting city in Oregonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2023.jpgIMG_2023Will at Beaver Creek Falls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2019.jpgIMG_2019I want to see this sign on every single trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2013.jpgIMG_2013Waterfront buildings in Portland, beneath colourful skies filled with crows.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2012.jpgIMG_2012"Pose for a picture, eh?"https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2005.jpgIMG_2005Crows were amassed in the tops of every tree near the Hawthorne Bridge, and the cries from a thousand crows were cacawphanous. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2003.jpgIMG_2003Cyclist rides past Mill Ends Park. Vegetation is replaced periodically in the little park, to keep it looking fresh.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1995.jpgIMG_1995I pointed out wall art when we saw it. Portland has some great street art and murals.2021-03-18T17:42:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/about-2/2021-03-18T15:59:38+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/personal-profile/2021-03-18T15:58:58+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/crystal-m-trulove-career-portfolio/2021-03-18T15:53:17+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/academic-work/2021-03-15T20:27:22+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/professional-experience/2021-03-15T16:15:25+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2008/11/10/healing-earth/2021-03-14T17:29:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/10/11/stars-galaxies-nebulae/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2015-05-20_08-55-59-mc-copy1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/costco1.jpgcostco1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-08-13-35-01-c.jpg2016-10-08-13-35-01-chttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-08-11-52-47-c.jpg2016-10-08-11-52-47-chttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-07-16-57-55-bradius8smoothing4.jpg2016-10-07-16-57-55-bradius8smoothing4https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-10-07-12-29-54-c.jpg2016-10-07-12-29-54-chttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2015-06-30_09-49-42-mc-r4-s2.jpg2015-06-30_09-49-42-mc-r4-s2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2015-06-28_11-29-24-mc-r4-s2-copy.jpg2015-06-28_11-29-24-mc-r4-s2-copyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2015-05-20_08-55-59-mc-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/photo-oct-08-3-00-15-pm.jpgphoto-oct-08-3-00-15-pmThese were the shiny jewelry-looking pieces, but I preferred the regular rocks.2021-10-01T18:14:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/11/indomitability/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_7522.jpgIMG_7522https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_7517.jpgIMG_7517https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_7510.jpgIMG_75102021-03-22T21:25:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/11/oyl-march-11/2021-03-12T22:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/05/tiktokiness/2021-03-13T14:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/07/oyl-march-7/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/img_5574.jpgIMG_5574At the successful completion of the Hunger Run in St. Helens, Oregon, I was met by Furries at the finish line.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/dsc_0492.jpgDSC_04922021-03-18T08:38:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/05/29/not-stonehenge-still-a-must-see/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2893.jpgIMG_2893A wall in the center of the site.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2891.jpgIMG_2891Me, standing beside one of the wells.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2745.jpgIMG_2745Iron shackles found at the site.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2743.jpgIMG_2743One of the astronomical stones, set in line with one of New England's wonderful stone walls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2741.jpgIMG_2741Huge slab of rock with a groove carefully carved around the outside. What was it used for?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2739.jpgIMG_2739Standing from a central viewpoint, you can see marker stones placed in the distance so that the rising sun will touch the tip of the rock on important days, such as summer solstice. Trees have been kept clear so that you can see the stones. From the air there is a starburst pattern in the trees because of this.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2738.jpgIMG_2738https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2737.jpgIMG_2737Steps lead down into another room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2736.jpgIMG_2736This is a very large room with a hall and adjacent room you can walk through.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2732.jpgIMG_2732Some of the slabs of rock used here are enormous.2021-02-24T00:05:28+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/03/01/oyl-march-1/2021-03-03T19:32:35+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/02/26/oyl-february-26/2021-03-02T14:44:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/02/19/oyl-february-19/2021-03-01T09:42:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/01/20/one-year-later-series/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_7227.jpgIMG_72272021-02-19T17:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/02/14/winter-stopped-by/2021-03-02T14:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/02/11/oyl-february-11/2021-02-14T20:29:58+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/01/14/creations-in-silverton/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dsc_2972.jpgDSC_2972Silver Falls Timber Companyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dsc_2971.jpgDSC_29712021-01-26T21:47:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2021/01/11/nearly-enough-waterfalls/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_7171-1.jpgIMG_7171https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_7164-1.jpgIMG_7164https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/img_7158.jpgIMG_7158https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dsc_2929.jpgDSC_2929https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dsc_2916.jpgDSC_2916https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/dsc_2912.jpgDSC_29122025-07-01T16:09:28+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/12/31/cape-falcon/2021-01-04T09:00:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/07/08/weekend-in-lyle/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_e6186.jpgIMG_E6186https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_e6185.jpgIMG_E6185https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6233.jpgIMG_6233Deceptively green and wet wall at the beginning of the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6230.jpgIMG_6230https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6217.jpgIMG_6217https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6216.jpgIMG_6216https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6215.jpgIMG_6215https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6214.jpgIMG_6214https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6213.jpgIMG_6213https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img_6208.jpgIMG_62082020-12-15T17:21:03+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/12/13/my-connection-to-fire/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/qdmi0283.jpgQDMI0283Roasting a sausage over a bonfire at my place.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/img_4377.jpgIMG_4377And there it goes!2021-01-04T01:05:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/11/16/this-is-community/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/trees.jpgtrees2020-12-02T16:28:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/10/18/the-selfishness-of-my-altruism-shopping-carts-and-styrofoam-peanuts/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/013.jpg013Sweet Relief!2020-12-02T16:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/09/22/japan-as-seen-through-train-windows/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/photo2.jpgphoto2Tokyo station at night. Yes, most Japanese men do typically wear white shirts and black pants. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/010.jpg010Wheat fields on Kyushu2020-12-02T15:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/09/15/other-things-you-can-do-in-nagasaki/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/194.jpg194Stray cats waiting for the train with ushttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/192.jpg192Path down to the torii entrance to the shrine and tram boarding stationhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/188.jpg188The observation tower, with a restaurant and resting area inside, and an observation deck on top.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1873.jpg187https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1841.jpg184People atop the building, looking out across Nagasaki cityhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1711.jpg171A sunset viewhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1671.jpg167https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1551.jpg155View of homes below the tram as we sailed through the airhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1491.jpg149Farther along the Nakashima River are more stone bridgeshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1481.jpg148Cemetery stretches up and out of sight on the hill behind the temple2020-12-02T15:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/09/14/after-the-bomb/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/1871.jpg187https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/184.jpg184https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/171.jpg171https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/167.jpg167https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/155.jpg155https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/149.jpg149https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/148.jpg148https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/147.jpg147live vinehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/138.jpg138https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/134.jpg1342020-12-02T15:17:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/books/books-i-read-in-2018/2020-11-28T00:15:40+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/photography/2020-11-27T16:39:57+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2014/11/27/photoshoot/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0859.jpgDSC_0859He almost blends right in. Then when you see him, he's obvious.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0848.jpgDSC_0848Iron bars provide stability for the walls till someone can raze the place.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0856.jpgDSC_0856A little senior sass! People comment about the "failed artist" and "the locals" on the wall. The words were merely what was there when we arrived, and not specifically chosen to mean anything in the photo, but it's still pretty funny. :)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_08391.jpgDSC_0839Snake mural. You can see T on the right side in the sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0868.jpgDSC_0868The photographer and her subject.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0863.jpgDSC_0863T brought pointe shoes to make some shot more dynamic!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0861.jpgDSC_0861Cambrae and Tara in the background.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0858.jpgDSC_0858Sunset was especially good that night with those clouds.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0853.jpgDSC_0853An artist did a little work while we were there.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0847.jpgDSC_0847Reflections made everything more exciting.2020-11-27T15:52:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/11/23/oh-deer/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dsc_2808.jpgDSC_28082021-06-18T15:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/11/16/lyle-lately/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/img_6773.jpgIMG_67732021-06-16T10:35:49+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/11/13/mouth-of-the-columbia/2021-01-03T03:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/11/05/shifting-season/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dsc_2772.jpgDSC_2772Morning sunshine blasts crepuscular rays through fog, making my garden look magical.2020-11-10T15:14:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/01/performance-production/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tiny-ticket.jpgTiny ticketMy ticket for Tiny Beautiful Thingshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aladdin-ticket.jpgAladdin ticketMy ticket for Aladdinhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tiny-4.jpgTiny 4Sugar answers a letter at night, after the day's chores are done.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tiny-3.jpgTiny 3Sugar dispenses advice to a letter-writer.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tiny-2.jpgTiny 2Sugar talks with one of her letter-writers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/tiny-1.jpgTiny 1The set for Tiny Beautiful Things was a cross-section of a beautiful home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/alladin-6.jpgAlladin 6Genie explains to Aladdin how the three wishes work.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/alladin-5.jpgAlladin 5Aladdin as the Prince, with Jasminehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/alladin-3.jpgAlladin 3Golden cave of treasures, where Aladdin finds the lamp.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/alladin-1.jpgAlladin 1Leaping, turbaned dancers2020-10-28T14:18:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/10/25/five-hs/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dsc_2700.jpgDSC_2700We hiked some short trails around the observatory, coming across a couple of landmarks, such as this monument to the people who died in the 1980 eruption.2021-06-18T15:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/08/22/rendezvous-in-bend/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3526.jpgIMG_3526I was about to enter the forest and leave the fabulous views behind, so I took one parting shot of Mt. Jefferson and then put the lens cap back on the camera.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3524.jpgIMG_3524Mt. Jefferson peeks around a scenic bluff beside Highway 97.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3521.jpgIMG_3521Train bridge over the canyon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3518.jpgIMG_3518Looking into the rising sun over aptly named Crooked River High Bridge.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3517.jpgIMG_3517Mt. Washington, Black Butte, and Three Fingered Jack are barely visible above the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3516.jpgIMG_3516Looking at volcanic peaks the Three Sisters in the background, over the Crooked River.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3511.jpgIMG_3511Tara spotted this shallow cave and had to climb inside to explore.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3509.jpgIMG_3509Sadly, I did not have my good camera when we hiked down to the bottom of the valley, because we spotted this astonishing sight. Can you see it?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3508.jpgIMG_3508Yes, the black speck between the two peaks is exactly what you think it is.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3507.jpgIMG_3507desert blossom2020-10-23T20:31:11+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/10/21/shevlin-park-and-pilot-butte/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dsc_2656.jpgDSC_2656Fires burning on the horizon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dsc_2655.jpgDSC_2655Fires sending smoke into the sky, visible from Highway 97.2021-06-18T15:05:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/01/11/mt-tabors-quaint-bathrooms/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0395-1.jpgDSC_0395 -1This bathroom is on the east side, near the tennis courts.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0390-1.jpgDSC_0390 -1The amphitheatre in the center of the dormant cone, which still shows blackened rocks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0389-1.jpgDSC_0389 -1Bathrooms near the center of the park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0388-1.jpgDSC_0388 -1Near the top, this bathroom is closed due to vandalism.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0386-1.jpgDSC_0386 -1Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Oregonian, has pointed to the city below since 1933.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0384-1.jpgDSC_0384 -1A cyclist rides in the shade while a morning sunbeam lights up Portland in the Willamette valley.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0382-1.jpgDSC_0382 -1Joggers near the top to Taborhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0380-1.jpgDSC_0380 -1Trail through the trees on the east side of Tabor.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0372-1.jpgDSC_0372 -1gorgeous purple beadshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/dsc_0369-1.jpgDSC_0369 -1fascinating birdhouse2023-01-26T19:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/10/06/pyramid-and-ball-lakes/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/dsc_2408.jpgDSC_24082021-06-18T14:24:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2018/02/27/missed-day-1-in-burma/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/dsc_0359.jpgDSC_03592020-09-29T17:13:24+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/09/22/missoula/2021-03-23T15:55:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/09/24/garden-of-one-thousand-buddhas/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dsc_2333.jpgDSC_2333Entrance to the Dharma Wheel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/dsc_2341.jpgDSC_2341And you find Tara at the center.2021-03-23T15:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/09/15/breathing-smoke-for-a-week/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6567-1.jpgIMG_6567https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/vtmm8534.jpgVTMM8534The view across my deck shows smoke filtering down to the ground.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6608.jpgIMG_6608"Yay! The skies are better!" No, wait, this is still bad.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6598.jpgIMG_6598From the fish camp at Lyle, we watched this barge move through.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6595.jpgIMG_6595I had to walk right up to the edge and look down, in order to see the waves of the river.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6594.jpgIMG_6594There is a rest area, with a viewpoint. You're supposed to admire the river from here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6593.jpgIMG_6593Driving Highway 14 toward Lyle, WA.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6590.jpgIMG_6590Crossing the Columbia from Hood River to Washington state, I could tell the smoke was much thicker here than at home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6589.jpgIMG_6589As I drove Interstate 84 into the Columbia River Gorge, it looked bad.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/img_6587.jpgIMG_6587Smoke seemed to thicken as I approached Hood River, OR.2020-09-22T05:44:15+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/07/10/yakama-fishermen/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/masks.jpgmaskshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/karensevent.jpgKarenseventhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/carload-2.jpgcarload 22021-03-22T01:46:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2018/08/10/night-life/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_04401.jpgIMG_0440[1]Exactly 24 hours later. Can you see the massive tree that has fallen across the creek?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/img_04351.jpgIMG_0435[1]Pretty little elderberry tree by the creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bat-brosh-2.pngBat Brosh 2bat+open door = oops2020-08-25T18:11:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/08/24/bannack-ghost-town/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2282.jpgDSC_2282https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2281.jpgDSC_2281https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2280.jpgDSC_2280https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2279.jpgDSC_2279https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2277.jpgDSC_2277https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2272.jpgDSC_2272https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2269.jpgDSC_2269https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2268.jpgDSC_2268https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2266.jpgDSC_2266https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/dsc_2264.jpgDSC_22642021-03-22T01:51:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2010/12/18/thoughts-of-ancient-one-kennewick-man/2020-08-23T18:18:12+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/08/21/big-hole-national-battlefield/2020-08-23T17:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/08/19/new-brother/2021-03-22T09:20:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/07/28/st-helens-foothills/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/dsc_2126.jpgDSC_21262021-03-22T01:48:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/07/15/squirrel/2020-07-26T00:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2007/07/25/beautiful-face-with-a-beautiful-message/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/sudan1x.jpgsudan1xhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/lost-girlsx.jpglost-girlsx2020-07-02T15:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/06/14/modocs-as-they-were/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/klamath_child.jpgKlamath_childhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/klamath-matron.jpgKlamath matronhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/klamath-headdress.jpgKlamath headdresshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/grinding-wokas-seeds.jpgGrinding wokas seedsA woman grinds wocas seeds on a metate. Photo by Curtis in 1924.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/edward-s.-curtis-klamath-woman.jpgEdward S. Curtis - Klamath womanhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/edward-s.-curtis-klamath-woman-seated-in-front-of-house-thatched-with-rush-mats.jpgEdward S. Curtis - Klamath woman seated in front of house thatched with rush matsA woman sits in front of a tule home. Photo by Curtis, 1924.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/edward-s.-curtis-klamath-woman-gathering-wokas.jpgEdward S. Curtis - Klamath woman gathering wokasA woman gathers wocas seeds in a dugout canoe. Photo by Edward Curtis, 1924.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/a_klamath.jpgA_KlamathKlamath Indian with drum. Photo by Curtis in 1924.2025-01-24T17:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/06/25/june-happenings/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/uuba9233.pngUUBA9233https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6176.pngIMG_6176https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6164.pngIMG_6164https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6163.jpgIMG_6163https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6160.jpgIMG_6160https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6159.jpgIMG_6159https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6150.jpgIMG_6150https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6143.jpgIMG_6143https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6111.jpgIMG_6111https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6110.jpgIMG_61102021-03-22T01:45:24+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/06/06/forest-park-flora/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6007.jpgIMG_6007He's holding still, hoping I don't see him.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6006.jpgIMG_6006California poppies https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_6003.jpgIMG_6003Geese on the side of one of the ponds at Trojan Park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5976.jpgIMG_5976Salmon berries are ahead of the others in their production time.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5973.jpgIMG_5973Forest Park's trails are well-maintained and much used by people in the Portland area.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5972.jpgIMG_5972More colorful bursts could be found in the open area at the top of the ridge than beneath the forest canopy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5971.jpgIMG_5971Thimbleberry flowers will also turn into delicious berries.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5969.jpgIMG_5969Here you can see the human-maintained "meadow" beneath the power lines. Below is the area of Portland called St. Johns, which is on a peninsula formed by the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5968.jpgIMG_5968A glimpse through lupine near the top.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/img_5967.jpgIMG_5967Salal blossoms. These will produce edible berries.2020-09-01T13:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/04/21/home-of-the-troll-bridge-forest-park/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1115.jpgDSC_1115adiantum aleuticum. Eye-catching, lacy, fern hands.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1126.jpgDSC_1126The sun thought about getting stronger and lighting the world.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1121.jpgDSC_1121Path through a decadent green carpethttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1120.jpgDSC_1120Trails in Forest Park are irresistible. Like this. Could you stand here and NOT pick a path and walk?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1119.jpgDSC_1119Most of the people we passed on our walk were joggers and cyclists.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1112.jpgDSC_1112violetshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1111.jpgDSC_1111This picnic table is begging for someone to stop for a lunchtime break.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1110.jpgDSC_1110trilliumhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1109.jpgDSC_1109I asked Arno to hold the camera while I took off my fleece and tied it around my waist. He took my photo! Can't trust that guy... ;-)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1108.jpgDSC_11082020-06-06T17:55:22+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/05/29/empty-bird-house/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_5986.jpgIMG_5986Viola! Nice round hole big enough for swallows! (and also fewer spiderwebs, because I just can't help myself but clean things)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_5985.jpgIMG_5985Too short oblong holehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_5984.jpgIMG_5984My precarious approach. I had to put rocks and tree branches under the legs to get it stabilized (do not try this at home).https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_5982.jpgIMG_5982My new super-hero gunhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1929.jpgDSC_1929Dark-eyed Junco. What the heck? You guys can build a nest anywhere! What are you doing? Shoo!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1925.jpgDSC_1925European starling. Hi there! You rarely visit. Is that just a good place to perch?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1921.jpgDSC_1921Wait, what? Seriously? You want to move in. Look, bird, I don't have a drill bit big enough for you.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1918.jpgDSC_1918Look at her pretty blue feathers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1916.jpgDSC_1916Sweetheart. You're adorable. But no. This is not going to work.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1914.jpgDSC_1914Wood duck. WTF. You have GOT to be kidding me.2020-06-03T19:39:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/05/19/mailbox-update/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1823.jpgDSC_1823Close up you can see that Tara made the colours dark and bright again, but was not able to remove 100% of the grime. It's much better though.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1822.jpgDSC_1822Sparkly paint is the most fun. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1821.jpgDSC_1821Mailbox back in place, all shiny and bright again.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1819.jpgDSC_1819Poor filthy mailbox needed a bath.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1817.jpgDSC_1817Tara scrubs the moss and mildew off the mailbox.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1816.jpgDSC_1816Beside Tara's fingers you can see how that triangle used to be a bright orange, but the only place still bright was protected by the flag.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1814.jpgDSC_1814Here you can see the fading when you compare it to the unfaded bit covered by the lip of the door.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1813.jpgDSC_1813Getting projects done is so enjoyable when someone else is doing it. ha ha.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/dsc_1820.jpgDSC_1820There it is! Flashy mailbox Ver 2.02020-05-22T13:39:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/01/25/walk-scenes/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4277.jpgIMG_4277I was amused to find corn growing beside the mailboxes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4276.jpgIMG_4276I always admire the smooth red bark of the Madrone trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4275.jpgIMG_4275Clusters of rose hips.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4255.jpgIMG_4255There are a couple of llamas on top of this ridge, with a gorgeous view of the Port of Longview and the Columbia River. I'll bet this llama doesn't even appreciate the view.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4121.jpgIMG_4121This horse always comes to say hello, and I take a break from walking to give some pats on the neck.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4118.jpgIMG_4118Rainy days limit the view, but it's still so pretty where I live.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4083.jpgIMG_4083If you're going to the wedding, park in this field.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4079.jpgIMG_4079And a close up shot.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_4078.jpgIMG_4078The highest elevation point of my walk is 819 feet (249 m), and the views are inspiring.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_3974.jpgIMG_3974There is an intersection where quail always live. There were nearly twenty babies (I didn't get them all in the photo) and they were so speedy I couldn't get a decent shot. They looked like feathery fluff balls rolling across the road.2020-04-26T14:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/04/19/at-home/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5807.jpgIMG_5807https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5806.jpgIMG_5806https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5805.jpgIMG_5805https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5804.jpgIMG_5804https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5803.jpgIMG_5803https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5797.jpgIMG_5797Lil' Hussies out enjoying the sun and eating the green grass. I think my hens are so pretty.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5796.jpgIMG_5796A view of the pond during a warmer time of day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5750.jpgIMG_5750Proof that I mowed the lawn. There is a lot. It takes me days.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5728.jpgIMG_5728https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5691.jpgIMG_56912020-04-21T18:39:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/04/21/things-im-doing/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/hpak2146-1.jpgHPAK2146The Portland ComedySportz team captain, and my friend Jamie hydrating during the Zoom show.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5771.jpgIMG_5771Modeling my brand new flamingo mask.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5765.jpgIMG_5765Another Home Depot, more crowd control.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5764.jpgIMG_5764This is the mask they're making for their partner Brynnen, who loves dinosaurs, and works in a grocery store and needs protection every day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5763.jpgIMG_5763This one is for my friend Will, who lives in Rhode Island. It's fun to tease him about how small his state is.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5758.jpgIMG_5758Eggplant is so much better than white. Ok, fine, that's just my opinion.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5757.jpgIMG_5757https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5737.jpgIMG_5737One Home Depot managing populations of customers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5730.jpgIMG_5730Hand-colored postcard, destined for someone in my address book.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_5726.jpgIMG_5726Future lettuce and spinach. I hope.2020-05-25T17:25:22+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/04/05/closing-the-distance/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1764.jpgDSC_1764Our vehicles parked at the cemetery. The military section has Civil War upright stones in the lower left. Across the road between the cars and the lake to the right are all military graves.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1762.jpgDSC_1762More Civil War headstones in the foreground.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1758.jpgDSC_1758Here are Richard, Doris, and Gordon together, beside the lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1756.jpgDSC_1756This is what Richard's stone looked like after we were both done with it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1755.jpgDSC_1755Doris M. Zimmerle was the last of the three to die, in 2003, at 76 years old.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1754.jpgDSC_1754Gordon Lee Zimmerle. Bronze Star Medal. Died in Vietnam at 21 years old.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1752.jpgDSC_1752On the left of Doris's stone was this one.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1751.jpgDSC_1751On the left of Gordon's stone was this one.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1749.jpgDSC_1749Then he cleared up all the loose dirt and roots.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/dsc_1744.jpgDSC_1744Sometimes the sod clung so fiercely, he had to use the tool to wrench the sod away from the stone.2020-04-12T14:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/03/27/kinglets/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ruby.jpgrubyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1703.jpgDSC_1703They are so darling.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1702.jpgDSC_1702And this is where they get their name! Isn't that little patch of red so fun!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1689.jpgDSC_1689The eyes on this one, and the body shape, are different.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1687.jpgDSC_1687The size and colours are similar, but this is the Ruby-crowned Kinglet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1685.jpgDSC_1685This is a Golden-crowned Kinglet, named of course for the yellow shock on top, which the males can raise when excited.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1684.jpgDSC_1684It's a little blurry because they move like lightning and I can't get a focus quickly enough.2020-03-30T23:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/16/dingle-peninsula/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2502.jpgIMG_2502Tara took this photo while I chewed on my lip and kept the car on the road.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2499.jpgIMG_2499A collection of Celtic brooches and clasps and belt buckles.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2498.jpgIMG_2498A baby dinosaur skeleton.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2496.jpgIMG_2496We said hi to some sheep.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2424.jpgIMG_2424The three-headed god is on the right. See how it is left profile, center, and right profile?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2423.jpgIMG_2423The variety of artifacts was impressive.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2420.jpgIMG_2420I particularly love the female carved figures.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2419.jpgIMG_2419More female figures.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0269.jpgDSC_0269One of the main showpieces of the museum, for obvious reasons.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2415.jpgIMG_2415St. Vincent's Church in Ballyferriter.2020-03-22T18:58:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/01/10/birthday-in-astoria/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0232.jpgDSC_0232Auchentoshan pours out like syruphttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_02271.jpgDSC_0227Cracking myself up while failing at a selfie.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0206.jpgDSC_0206My camera makes it look rather light still, but it was pretty dark at this point. Still, the reflections were worth stopping for.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0205.jpgDSC_0205Branches stretch across a swampy bay.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0201.jpgDSC_0201https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0198.jpgDSC_0198https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0195.jpgDSC_0195https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0194.jpgDSC_0194https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0191.jpgDSC_0191https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_01891.jpgDSC_01892020-03-21T15:02:18+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/03/19/what-the-duck/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image1.jpgImage1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1663-1.jpgDSC_1663Yesterday I thought these were two different kinds of diving ducks, hanging out together.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1621.jpgDSC_1621Look at these two lovelieshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1615.jpgDSC_1615The other birds are content to be within five feet of me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1660.jpgDSC_1660As long as I faced them, this one stood on guard.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1658.jpgDSC_1658I am getting much to close from the beach. Naptime is over. Time to be on lookout!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1656.jpgDSC_1656She looks at the others under her watchful protection and makes a decision.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1655.jpgDSC_1655Their hot bodies sending steam billowing. The main guard lifts her head toward me, exposing some sleep drool. No worry, honey, I do the same thing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1653.jpgDSC_1653The sentries at the end of the walking ramp remained at rest since I was not approaching.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc_1627.jpgDSC_1627Isn't this fabulous? The one in the water, I mean. So graceful. Just holding her fins in the air like a dancer.2020-03-20T16:00:30+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/12/driving-to-killarney-and-dingle/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2478.jpgIMG_2478Walking back from taking photos at Muckross Lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2477.jpgIMG_2477Me under blankets in the buggy behind Nancy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2397.jpgIMG_2397The view from the garden in front of our room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2396.jpgIMG_2396The stairs lead up to our room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2394.jpgIMG_2394https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2392.jpgIMG_2392Nancy waited impatiently while I snapped a photo of this magnificent rhododendron.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2386.jpgIMG_2386Tara ran to the shores of the lake because that vast expanse of mowed lawn was irresistible and had to be run across! Also, there are some wonderful exposed rocks there that needed a closer inspection.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0256-1.jpgDSC_0256We also said hello to the sheep before we got back into the car.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0255.jpgDSC_0255A monument sits at the site of Dunanoir.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0254-1.jpgDSC_0254We could see the sea beyond the green slopes.2020-03-18T16:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/25/cork-graffiti/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0145.jpgDSC_0145What? It's a cat!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_194511.jpg20190406_194511Heron flies off into the lights.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_182359.jpg20190406_182359A nice message to end with: "Love yourself." [photo by Tara McMullen]https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_182009.jpg20190406_182009"End Dublin rule in Cork." [photo by Tara McMullen]https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_180550.jpg20190406_180550Ziggy's Rock and Blues Bar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_180122.jpg20190406_180122"My brother knows Karl Marx. Met him eating mushrooms in the People's Park." [photo by Tara McMullen]https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_173624.jpg20190406_173624Close uphttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_173417.jpg20190406_173417Close uphttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190406_143850.jpg20190406_143850Something significant is going on here. [photo by Tara McMullen]https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2368.jpgIMG_2368I'm not sure what the technique is that makes graffiti look like black and white photographs.2020-03-18T15:57:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/10/half-a-day-in-cork/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2328.jpgIMG_2328https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2359-1.jpgIMG_2359Gargoyle on St. Fin Barre'shttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0151.jpgDSC_0151Forde's is a very old, and very comfortable bar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2382.jpgIMG_2382Cork at night.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2374.jpgIMG_2374I don't know who the musicians were, but they were entertaining.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2370.jpgIMG_2370Inside Frisky Whiskyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2365.jpgIMG_2365Narrow Cork city streets.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2364.jpgIMG_2364Beamish stout from Corkhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2362.jpgIMG_2362https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2361.jpgIMG_2361Close up of entryway of St. Fin Barre;s Cathedral.2020-03-16T01:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/05/kilmainham-gaol-and-another-look-at-dublin/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2297.jpgIMG_2297Tara at the Tara House, on Tara Street.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2293.jpgIMG_2293Do have a pint at Mulligan's.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2283.jpgIMG_2283Temple Bar - don't know why it's famous, but lots of people were having their photos taken here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053Cathedral spirehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049Dublin Castle from the garden.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0044-2.jpgDSC_0044 (2)Tara in the garden behind Dublin Castle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0041.jpgDSC_0041Dublin Castle tucked out of sight between city blocks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0039.jpgDSC_0039Attractive bank building.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037"the Spire"https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036I found it amusing to have a farm truck on the streets of Dublin.2020-03-15T15:55:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/04/ireland-archaeology/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2274a.jpgIMG_2274aPubs and cobbled streets.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0253-1.jpgDSC_0253The entire floor inside is mosaic tile. Some places are so beautiful that I hesistated to walk on it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2272.jpgIMG_2272The rain makes everything sparkle at night.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2271.jpgIMG_2271Inside The Vintage Kitchenhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2270.jpgIMG_2270John Mulligan's Pub around the corner from our AirBnb.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2268.jpgIMG_2268Inside the pubhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0277.jpgDSC_0277Narrow streets of Dublin.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0275.jpgDSC_0275St. Andrews Churchhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0271-e1584285141172.jpgDSC_0271Springs blossoms in front of St. Andrews Church.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0263.jpgDSC_0263Exceptional metalwork2020-03-15T15:50:46+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/03/07/would-i-have-passed-this-test/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sisters-1.jpgsistershttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5469.jpgIMG_5469Looking back at the memorial, while standing on the pedestrian bridge.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5467.jpgIMG_5467"Tell everyone on the train that I love them." Tailsinhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5466.jpgIMG_5466"I won't stand by and do nothing. ~Ricky Best" Best died due to stab wounds.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5464.jpgIMG_5464Looking down the ramps from the top.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5463.jpgIMG_5463https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5461.jpgIMG_5461"Thank you for standing up for your sisters."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5460.jpgIMG_5460"May we all walk in your courage."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5459.jpgIMG_5459A man walks up the ramp to the pedestrian bridge to cross the tracks at the Hollywood Station.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/img_5458.jpgIMG_5458A poppy painted on the wall.2020-03-19T15:23:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/books/books-i-read-in-2019/2020-03-01T01:02:48+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/09/the-bright-side/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_0227.jpgIMG_0227Shinseki's coinhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_7034_jpg.jpgDSC_7034_JPGMe with Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs2020-02-16T02:33:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/02/12/party/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_5245-1.jpgIMG_5245Awww, I felt so much love.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_5254.jpgIMG_5254Friends gathered at my request.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_5252.jpgIMG_5252Some of the last people with me at the end of the night, when most others had gone home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_5250.jpgIMG_5250I didn't even invite Tara and Brynnen, because they live so far away. But they surprised me and showed up!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_5247.jpgIMG_5247People came and left through the evening, but for awhile there was a nice big group.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/img_5243.jpgIMG_5243Ciders on tap at Schilling2020-02-17T16:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/11/16/doors-in-jordan/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/74589538_10215174751458003_5793774757610520576_n.jpgDanaCamera-at-rest stance, in a doorway in Dana.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/m-church.jpgpalaceAt the Citadel palace in Ammanhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4651-1.jpgIMG_4651A door leads into a luxury furniture shop in Amman. This is one of those places I can tell from a distance that I can't afford anything inside. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1011.jpgDSC_1011Greek Orthodox Church of John the Baptist at the baptism site at Bethany Beyond the Jordan.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0892.jpgDSC_0892This simple door in Dana stopped me in my tracks almost as dramatically as the Monastery. Proving that character is not all about magnificence.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0537.jpgDSC_0537The Monastery in Petra wins for most spectacular door.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0391.jpgDSC_0391This doorway at Karak Castle in northern Jordan fascinated me with the overlapping stone arch.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1160.jpgDSC_1160I would love to come home and walk through this door in Amman.2020-01-24T15:34:42+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/01/09/feet-first/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/crystal-dana.jpgCrystal DanaMe, getting ready to leap. I'm looking for the net to catch me, but not seeing one.2020-02-09T16:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2020/01/02/good-omen/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/crop5.jpgcrop5Bring on the New Year!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/img_5204.jpgIMG_5204A rainbow arcs across a rainy grey sky within moments of me opening my eyes on New Year's Day.2020-01-04T20:27:49+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/11/05/dead-sea-mud-and-jesus-stuff/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1036.jpgDSC_1036Fourth century remains are lovingly preserved in this movingly beautiful space.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1033.jpgDSC_1033From platforms we looked down onto the original walls and floors of the church.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0966-1.jpgDSC_0966A glass elevator took us from the hotel to the beach. You can see the small beach down there, just for this resort hotel. The shore is naturally rocky, so golden sand has been imported to cover that small section.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1039-1.jpgDSC_1039I could fill an entire post with photos of the varied, stunning, colourful and impressive mosaics of this church.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1008-1.jpgDSC_1008https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1002-1.jpgDSC_1002https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0998-1.jpgDSC_0998https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0982-1.jpgDSC_0982What is left of the main church. Directly ahead, you can see the steps leading down to what used to be the river.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0964.jpgDSC_0964View of the Dead Sea from our resort room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/image0.jpegimage0This artist's rendition will help you visualize it.2020-01-09T15:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/29/the-deer-are-starving-at-miyajima/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/130-1.jpg130https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/113-1-e1577549621419.jpg113https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/091.jpg091Deer with deformed leg eats food powder.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/095.jpg095Tara beneath a towering granite toriihttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/199.jpg1992025-04-25T16:31:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/12/21/naval-academy-in-annapolis/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1485.jpgDSC_1485Will beneath the white Rhode Island flag.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1482.jpgDSC_1482Standing atop the staircase in the last photo, looking back down toward the door.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1477.jpgDSC_1477At the top of the steps we walked into Memorial Hall and I walked around with my mouth agape, marveling at the murals and chandeliers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1475.jpgDSC_1475Close up of the front door and the mural.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1473.jpgDSC_1473Looking up the steps into Bancroft Hall. A flag is visible through the doorway that says, "Don't give up the ship."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1472.jpgDSC_1472Dockside ship models, many in the original cases designed for them.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1470.jpgDSC_1470There were scale models to help visitors understand how different tools were used.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1467.jpgDSC_1467And other mannequins illustrated the creation of the wooden ships.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1466.jpgDSC_1466The medals were artistic and colourful.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1465.jpgDSC_1465But then I do have several photos of the space section of the museum. How fascinating to learn about myself through my photos, ha ha.2020-01-04T20:14:42+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/12/16/exploring-annapolis/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1417.jpgDSC_1417Close-up of the Maryland State Seal.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1414.jpgDSC_1414A grand entrance to the Maryland State House.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1413.jpgDSC_1413More typical homes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1410.jpgDSC_1410The Maryland State House and a statue of Baron De Kalb, honored after he led Maryland and Delaware troops to battle until he was "pierced with many wounds" on August 16, 1780.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1403.jpgDSC_1403A street near the State House.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1401.jpgDSC_1401A street leading down to the waterfront.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1420.jpgDSC_1420Appealing sidewalk near the center of Annapolis.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4893.jpgIMG_4893I stopped in at Galway Bay pub for a Guinness with some midshipmen.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4892.jpgIMG_4892The nighttime streets were decked out for Christmas.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4891.jpgIMG_4891A very happy Will who just tasted his gigantic milkshake. (He was kind enough to order a second straw for me) This is at Chick & Ruth's Delly - a great place for superfresh heaps of crab.2020-01-01T18:22:55+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/12/09/baltimore-shiver/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4853.jpgIMG_4853Inside the Baltimore Basilica.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4850.jpgIMG_4850Often we saw that scenes of the city of Baltimore reflect older days.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4847.jpgIMG_4847I confess I landed at the Poe House. All contributions are welcome. ha ha!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1397.jpgDSC_1397Montpelier Mansion is now part of the Maryland Parks Department.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1396.jpgDSC_1396Montpelier Arts Center in Laurel, Maryland.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1394.jpgDSC_1394This block of houses was just as captivating to me as the darling homes, however. I am fascinated by how people live authentically.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1392.jpgDSC_1392What graffiti used to be: just scribbles.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1391.jpgDSC_1391This image promotes joy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1390.jpgDSC_1390This image promotes breast feeding.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1389.jpgDSC_1389Graffiti overlooking a cathedral spire.2019-12-22T07:49:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/12/01/market-fossils-spirits-oysters/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4827.jpgIMG_4827Chef works his magic on customer orders, while a top-knotted waitress picks up drinks, at Sailor Oyster Bar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4823.jpgIMG_4823The tour wrapped up at the Tavern nearby, for tasting. Remember how I said Will doesn't drink? Yep, that meant all of this was for me. I picked my fave and bought a bottle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4822.jpgIMG_4822The strategy for finding fossils here is to get close to the ground, and spend a little time, looking at things until something catches your eye.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4819.jpgIMG_4819A ranger and some visitors looking for fossils at Dinosaur Park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/img_4817.jpgIMG_4817A Ranger at the Dinosaur Park explains who used to live where we were standing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1309.jpgDSC_1309As close as we could get to Thomas Point Park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1304.jpgDSC_1304Will drove us back across the bridge to Annapolis.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1297.jpgDSC_1297It was a little hard to find, when the front entrance looked just like all the other front entrances in the business park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1296.jpgDSC_1296Will spotted a dragon for me on a T-shirt hanging on the wall. Then I saw the dragon again on these labels. You can bet I purchased that T-shirt later at the tavern.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dsc_1295.jpgDSC_1295I was impressed by the equipment inside, especially this copper tank.2019-12-12T16:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/11/26/delaware-and-chesapeake-bay/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1208.jpgDSC_1208The beach trails also leave the beach and enter the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4813.jpgIMG_4813Even our rental truck in the parking lot seemed magical in that sunset.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4805.jpgIMG_4805Decor inside the restaurant while we waited for our food.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4804.jpgIMG_4804The pigs won't be flying here at Where Pigs Fly anymore.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4802.jpgIMG_4802The beach at Terrapin Nature Park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4798.jpgIMG_4798I joked that after travelling to Jordan I had time to wash my hair, do laundry, and hop back onto a plane.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4796.jpgIMG_4796Me in my Autumn leaf earrings on a plane to Baltimore.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1271.jpgDSC_1271Thank goodness I thought to turn around at some point, because this is what had been behind us the whole time.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1270.jpgDSC_1270We turned back to the purple and magenta sky and said goodbye. We left while it was still light enough to step around pools of water on the beach.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1269.jpgDSC_1269Blue sky was ready to give itself over to sunset.2019-12-12T15:55:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/11/teaching-in-annapolis/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4249.jpgIMG_4249What an otherworldly landscape here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4247.jpgIMG_4247Salt Lake City on the edge of Salt Lake, Utah.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4246.jpgIMG_4246Salt Lake City, lake, mountains.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4241.jpgIMG_4241Because of my past life as a weather forecaster, I can't help but find fascination in clouds.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4235.jpgIMG_4235I tried to imagine people in this neighborhood.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4229.jpgIMG_4229Another conference room classroom. My point with these photos is only to elicit common memories from people who have been in these rooms before!! It's so ugly and potentially so boring!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4227.jpgIMG_4227Classroom of adult VFW students in a hotel conference room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4225.jpgIMG_4225My new friends wanted to end the night with a pint, and I couldn't think why not. I had a coupla' Guinness as a nod to my trip to Ireland with Tara earlier this year.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4222.jpgIMG_4222This beautiful old place looks like it's receiving repairs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4220.jpgIMG_4220Cadets in uniform move quickly through the night, returning to Bancroft Hall after classes.2019-11-26T19:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2018/12/28/boise-for-christmas/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1518.jpgIMG_1518Tara and me enjoying the hospitality in my brother's home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1485.jpgIMG_1485A tiny snowman at the rest stop.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1484.jpgIMG_1484A rest stop along the way.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1483.jpgIMG_1483Incredibly bedecked home near my brother's house.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1481.jpgIMG_1481Christmas-O-Rama!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1480.jpgIMG_1480The house sits on a corner in an intersection, and every viewable angle is packed full of lights, including an arbor of lights over the sidewalk.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1479.jpgIMG_1479Andre with his very special guitar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1472.jpgIMG_1472Marcus sings a song from his upcoming album.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1466.jpgIMG_1466Nephew getting ready for Bingo nighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1464.jpgIMG_1464Tara and Addie2019-11-25T20:09:15+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/11/21/cats-of-jordan/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4781.jpgIMG_4781My Racecar kitty keeps forgiving me for leaving her, as long as I come back and shower her in love.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4479-1.jpgIMG_4479One of the cats that had been adopted. You can tell because this one looks healthy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_e4451.jpgIMG_E4451The very first morning when I woke up in Amman and looked out the window I saw two of my favourite things: a minaret and a cat.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4528.jpgIMG_4528Our last few moments in Wadi Rum were also spent with a cat, who had discovered bits left on a plate on the table next to us.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4490.jpgIMG_4490Our very first moments in Wadi Rum were interrupted by yeowls from these two. The male clearly asserting his dominance.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4480.jpgIMG_4480This was the greeter kitten at a hostel called No Mads Inn, at Petra. I thought it was funny because one of my best friends is called Mads.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0971.jpgDSC_0971We waited for the bus to take us to the place of Jesus' baptism, we contemplated buying ice cream to help with the waiting, and I noticed the extraordinary markings on this cat.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0735.jpgDSC_0735In Wadi Rum when we rested in a comfortable tent, had some tea, and shopped for frankincense, we spotted this girl who knew the value of an afternoon nap.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0521.jpgDSC_0521This cat struck a majestic pose on a rock. We admired him while we took a break from climbing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0498.jpgDSC_0498Kitty in Petra is alerted to something.2020-06-25T14:58:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/11/13/last-day-in-amman/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1175.jpgDSC_1175https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4596.jpgIMG_4596An employee of Mijana read us right away, and offered a tour of the place.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4693.jpgIMG_4693Chicken containerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4692.jpgIMG_4692Silver Chickenhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4654.jpgIMG_4654As close as we could get to King Abdullah Mosque.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4648.jpgIMG_4648Oooh! That must be how my name is spelled in Arabic.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4645.jpgIMG_4645Having fun in the gold shop.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4642.jpgIMG_4642Palm trees remind me that the weather here is different than at home!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4637.jpgIMG_4637Near the umbrellas and the coffee shop.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4636.jpgIMG_4636Wall art beneath the umbrellas.2019-11-17T20:47:55+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/11/07/umm-qais/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1154.jpgDSC_1154Check out these fancy seats in the top row!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1130-1.jpgDSC_1130Remains of a water channel and holding area.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1085.jpgDSC_1085Courtyards and gardens brighten up the old village of Umm Qais.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/peekaboo.jpgpeekabooAn ancient doorway at Umm Qaishttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4585.jpgIMG_4585Handmade savory tarts, and the always-present olives, cucumbers, and tomatoes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1168.jpgDSC_1168https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1152.jpgDSC_1152Looking back toward the entrance into the theatre. The long narrow pit behind the stage was unusual to me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1136.jpgDSC_1136The Roman masouleum with some open sarcophagi.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1135.jpgDSC_1135The vaulted ceiling of the mausoleum remains intact.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_1130.jpgDSC_11302019-12-29T06:29:53+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/31/dana-biosphere-reserve/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4560.jpgIMG_4560Ari carefully picked up the hot bricks from a metal cup that had been in the fire, and placed them on top of the punctured tinfoil.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0942-1.jpgDSC_0942As I left Dana Village, I looked back and could still see Jaber and Ari sitting there on a low rock wall, with the shisha pipe. The red awning of Ari's store is across from them. Click the image for a larger version. You can see the street disappears just beyond them. That is where the drop off into the canyon begins.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4565.jpgIMG_4565Guess what I passed on the way back to camp?! More goats!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4562.jpgIMG_4562Jaber prepares the shisha pipe.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4559.jpgIMG_4559Looking back and it made me feel good to have left my resting place so far behind. But the trail so far is pretty flat. Soon I began the sharp uphill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4556.jpgIMG_4556Yeah, dog, me too! This climb is rough!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4554.jpgIMG_4554I have a long way home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0937.jpgDSC_0937The trail looks like a road here, but it's just two parallel walking paths.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0936.jpgDSC_0936The floor of the canyon is so close.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0932.jpgDSC_0932More goats.2019-11-04T23:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/11/02/driving-to-the-dead-sea/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4572.jpgIMG_4572View from our hotel balcony.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4569.jpgIMG_4569While Margaret tried to contact people at home, I took some parting shots of our home for the last two nights.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/img_4567.jpgIMG_4567Margaret tries to get information from home, at an Eco Camp in a Bioreserve, with a single electric outlet available for all guests.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0963.jpgDSC_0963Sun sets over the Dead Sea.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0959.jpgDSC_0959Finally. The Dead Sea.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0955.jpgDSC_0955We saw a lot of scenes like this.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0954.jpgDSC_0954I enjoyed seeing all the kids, watching how they have fun together, how they are dressed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0952.jpgDSC_0952Sometimes the scenery had more going on.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0950.jpgDSC_0950We crested the top of the first hill and could see the valley that the GPS was leading us to.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/dsc_0949.jpgDSC_0949Ezat pulled over here to let me take a photo. I took the opportunity to use the WC. It turned out to be the only squatter potty of the whole trip. Bonus though: absolutely beautiful gift shop that we were in too much of a hurry to browse.2019-11-07T18:44:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/19/amman-citadel-and-qasr-al-abd/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0189.jpgDSC_0189From the outside of the castle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0188.jpgDSC_0188Close up you can see the remains of carved lions.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0185.jpgDSC_0185A dove has her eye on me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0181.jpgDSC_0181Our final castle, https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0177.jpgDSC_0177Olives up closehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0176.jpgDSC_0176Inside this cave it looks like graves were built.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0168.jpgDSC_0168Inside the largest cave, what looks like a horse stable.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0166.jpgDSC_0166Cave entranceshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0165.jpgDSC_0165Olive trees (and some figs)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0162.jpgDSC_0162Hazy view in the countryside.2024-09-05T17:27:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/30/dana-village/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0868e.jpgDSC_0868eLooking back at the camp that we left. Click the image to enlarge. The arrow points to the buildings and tents tucked into the side of the hill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4553.jpgIMG_4553Our view first thing in the morning at Dana.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0904.jpgDSC_0904Setting sun in Wadi Dana.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0900.jpgDSC_0900Setting sun. This is the astonishingly beautiful view from the doorway of our tent.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0897.jpgDSC_0897Dana Village is lit up in the evening light as we walked home along the road.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0890.jpgDSC_0890This room opened to the street and looked very inviting!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0889.jpgDSC_0889A hotel in the center of the village.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0881.jpgDSC_0881The view from the highest point in Dana village.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0878.jpgDSC_0878Though the valley remained permanently hazy while we were there, it was still stunningly beautiful.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0876.jpgDSC_0876Even the structures that had not been rebuilt were charming.2019-11-03T15:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/28/from-sand-to-sea/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0896.jpgDSC_0896Some of the crumbly buildings on the edge of town.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4534.jpgIMG_4534Well, ok, there is SOME sand. But you'll have to admit it's a whole different world than Wadi Rum.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4538.jpgIMG_4538View at the beach.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4537.jpgIMG_4537I took a stealth shot of a Muslim woman in a burquini. These two women were hanging out together. What I have seen is that many Muslims do not act shocked or offended about seeing us with skin exposed. They talk to us, and share smiles. It almost feels like the different clothing is a matter of fashion sense, and not judgement. That's nice. All my research before coming here made me expect to be criticized if I didn't dress right.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4535.jpgIMG_4535My feet seeing the sun in October!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4530.jpgIMG_4530Resort on the Red Sea.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4528.jpgIMG_4528One of the ubiquitous stray cats was taking advantage of an abandoned breakfast plate the morning we left Wadi Rum.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0846.jpgDSC_0846Then said goodnight to Aqaba and crawled in between very clean sheets with no sand anywhere!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0845.jpgDSC_0845I did a truckload of laundry.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0843.jpgDSC_0843Back at the room we ordered a bottle of wine, our first since arriving in this country! And enjoyed the sunset view from the balcony.2019-11-03T02:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/28/wadi-rum/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4510.jpgIMG_4510A panoramic view to end this post. Click the image for a larger version.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4503.jpgIMG_4503https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4502.jpgIMG_4502https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0807.jpgDSC_0807Afterward I told Nashat that there was a single cloud, right in front of the sun. He thought that was unfortunate. "No!" I said, "The scene was incredible!" And you can judge for yourself.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0803.jpgDSC_0803The shadow of the cloud comes out like a dark star on the sky.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0797.jpgDSC_0797A view of other people watching the sunset in front of us.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0789.jpgDSC_0789Pretty cool shadowshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0781.jpgDSC_0781Margaret's fashionable pants in the desert, as she readies her phone for photos.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0775.jpgDSC_0775We had just climbed aboard and were getting ready for the walk into the desert.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0770.jpgDSC_0770It's a great look: these steep rock cliffs rising from the sand.2020-03-08T18:40:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/16/signs-of-the-season/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4402.jpgIMG_4402Looking out the window from my brother's guest bedroom.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4393.jpgIMG_4393It's also the season for the local wildlife to bulk up for the winter. Here I scold a deer from my office window. She is clearly hoping to fill her belly from my garden.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4377.jpgIMG_4377A September blaze is made up of very dry wood beneath. The green branches on top are from recent pruning.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4357.jpgIMG_4357A house in St. Johns I spotted while walking with my friend Vladimir. Happy Halloween everyone!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4353.jpgIMG_4353Colours burst at Cathedral Park beneath St. Johns Bridge in Portland.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4344.jpgIMG_4344WWI memorial statue at the Capital in Olympia.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4333.jpgIMG_4333Marina in Budd Inlet, one of the southernmost parts of Puget Sound. Olympia is 70 miles east of the Pacific Ocean, but from here we could sail north to Seattle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4328.jpgIMG_4328Portland Symphony warms up before their performance.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4327.jpgIMG_4327The inside of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall is sumptuous.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4325.jpgIMG_43251000 Broadway Building gleams pink in the evening light.2019-11-03T10:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/13/focus-on-the-senses/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4098.jpgIMG_4098Many many choices of ciders at Schilling.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4096.jpgIMG_4096Flights are the only reasonable way to taste a wide selection without getting hammered.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4094.jpgIMG_4094We looked down on Belmont street and chatted about our float experience.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4093.jpgIMG_4093The powder room. I can't remember what Trevor actually called it. Apparently it's a place to make yourself beautiful again after soaking off your moisturizers and makeup. There were books inside too.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4092.jpgIMG_4092More books and all-natural skin and beauty products to buy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4091.jpgIMG_4091Shower area beside the tank. Shower before and after your float. Soap, shampoo, condition, lotion, towels, robes, slippers all provided.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4090.jpgIMG_4090The pool itself, stars reflected. Here you can see the lights on, and lights off buttons.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_4089.jpgIMG_4089Looking into my float tank, with the stars glittering on the ceiling.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_0993.jpgIMG_0993Looking through the open doors to a sensory deprivation tank at Enso Float in Portland.2019-10-17T16:35:38+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/10/04/mekemsons-in-applegate-valley/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_3971.jpgIMG_3971A table filled with delectables. We were all drooling by the time it was ready and we could sit and eat.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_3957.jpgIMG_3957Curt wears a Bigfoot T-shirt and Peggy checks out the new bells and whistles.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/img_3956.jpgIMG_3956Bone has a glamorous spot in the home. The box beneath him holds all his clothing and gear.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0041.jpgDSC_0041Peggy rocks the purple!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0039.jpgDSC_0039What a perfect portrait to capture a sweet moment. These two are now so close to my heart. <3 https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038The paved road stops at the border. On the right side of the tree, the state of Oregon is celebrated, in the orange and black colors of Oregon State University. On the other side of the tree, yellow and gold is used to celebrate California, the same colors as University of California.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036This slug on the trail appreciated the cool shade.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0033.jpgDSC_0033Curt takes a photo of the 10-foot square trap. I like the graffiti that says "Bigfoot was here."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030Peggy and I were brave enough to step inside.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dsc_0029.jpgDSC_0029It was a hot day but the trail is shady and cooled by a creek.2019-10-13T15:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/09/26/track-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/track-day.jpgTrack DayEverybody gathered just before the crash car derby for a group photo.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3877.jpgIMG_3877While Tim gathers all the drivers and officials together to go over safety rules....https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3873.jpgIMG_3873...Richard has a chat with all the people who have filled the bleachers and stand on the sideline ready for the show.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3872.jpgIMG_3872Tim and his girlfriend manage the raffle and lottery.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3870.jpgIMG_3870Another example of a redneck property: you can find a handy deer stand if you need a good vantage point for the race track.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3868.jpgIMG_3868Dick delights the crowd by driving the big green machine over some parked cars.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3864.jpgIMG_3864People with names in the bucket hold their helmets and wait to see if they win the lottery for a chance to be in the derby.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3859.jpgIMG_3859Tim is on top of the safety measures, and guides this car off the track.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3857.jpgIMG_3857As I approached the dirt track, I could see where I wanted to go. Those bleachers are the best place from which to see all the action.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3856.jpgIMG_3856This is the car I helped paint for Richard when he participated in a derby in a nearby town.2019-09-29T18:20:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/books/books-i-read-in-2015/2019-09-23T15:15:40+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2019/09/21/when-your-friends-are-musicians/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_e3915.jpgIMG_E3915Another view through the trees to protect the identities of the innocent! ;)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3925.jpgIMG_3925Andre was brave enough to leave his own McAlister guitar with me for a few minutes. It'll probably be the only time in my life I touch one of those.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3923.jpgIMG_3923More Zan Fiskum and Alec Shaw Band. Love that trombone!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3920.jpgIMG_3920Zan Fiskun on the left, with the Alec Shaw Band.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3912.jpgIMG_3912Roy also finds joy in using gorgeous materials, like you see here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3905.jpgIMG_3905Tacoma Narrows Bridge gets us across a bit of Puget Sound on our way to Gig Harbor.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3901.jpgIMG_3901To make poppers, carefully clean all the seeds and pulp from inside the jalapeno before stuffing it with creamed cheese and baking it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dsc_0288.jpgDSC_0288Marcus finally took the stage after dark.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dsc_0287.jpgDSC_0287Eaton is so good that the members of the Alex Shaw Band, warming up in the wood shop in the back, actually poked their heads out to listen.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/dsc_0276.jpgDSC_0276Andre's lead guitar backs up Diana's great voice.2019-10-03T16:29:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/09/11/hosting-a-friend/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3787-1.jpgIMG_3787Great efforts have been made to fill the house with original furnishings when possible, such as this photo of a Mansion party.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3679.jpgIMG_3679We stopped at Tillamook Country Smoker to buy jerky snacks and pepperoni sticks. Then we stopped at the Tillamook Creamery for ice cream.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3670.jpgIMG_3670The grate is real wood.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3801.jpgIMG_3801The inside of the shop is so wild that you can stay entertained while you wait in line. There is always a line.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3800.jpgIMG_3800The logo for VooDoo Doughnuts, a Portland original that has now spread across the country. A friend of mine posted this summer from VooDoo Doughnuts at Disneyworld in Florida!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3799.jpgIMG_3799View of the valley from the Pittock Mansion.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3796.jpgIMG_3796I really love this kitchen made to look as thought it's in use. I would recommend a remodel to open it up!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3795.jpgIMG_3795This is the dumbwaiter, and buttons for each of the four levels of the home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3794.jpgIMG_3794I get a kick out of the bathrooms. They are truly wonderful.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3793.jpgIMG_3793What the heck do you suppose this was for? Sitting in, I guess. My feet would get cold.2019-09-20T19:15:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/09/14/tide-pooling-with-a-gulp/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3778.jpgIMG_3778Goodbye glowing hillside of purple fireweed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3777.jpgIMG_3777Goodbye sea stacks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3769.jpgIMG_3769Goodbye cormorant gulps.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3761.jpgIMG_3761It looks like a mermaid's toybox.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3760.jpgIMG_3760Here's a close up.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3758.jpgIMG_3758I don't think I know of a more gorgeous shade of purple than the colours the Purple Sea Urchin wears.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3756.jpgIMG_3756I finally found a section of the beach where there were copious shadows and I could finally take clear photos of the tide pools.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3750.jpgIMG_3750https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3749.jpgIMG_3749A relative chiton. Sadly, we were told by an interpretive guide that this one is dying, or dead.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3746.jpgIMG_3746A gumboot chiton. Yes, that's an animal.2020-01-24T15:31:12+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/09/13/new-england-doors/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3219.jpgIMG_3219A residence door carefully aged.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3218.jpgIMG_3218Don't miss the bull's head above the awning.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3136.jpgIMG_3136Churches have the most beautiful doors.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3102.jpgIMG_3102I do like columns at the entryway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3099.jpgIMG_3099Not a "door" but a doorway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3059.jpgIMG_3059Columns are even better when surrounding a detailed metal door like this.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_2936.jpgIMG_2936The simplicity drew me to this one. I wonder if the dog sticker is to help people identify the right address?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_2934.jpgIMG_2934A typical door in the financial district. But the sign over the door says, "Site of the first meeting house in Boston, built 1632."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_2900.jpgIMG_2900The aging actually makes it more attractive.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_2899.jpgIMG_2899Bricks are often gorgeous.2019-09-20T19:20:55+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2011/05/04/a-reminder/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bill-1-e1568401475983.jpgbillOur Bill of Rights.2019-09-13T19:10:06+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/08/31/characters-from-the-world-of-fae/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0297.jpgDSC_0297Totoro came for a visit.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0291.jpgDSC_0291I've seen these fair folk nearly every year.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0281-2.jpgDSC_0281 (2)Green menhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0277-2.jpgDSC_0277 (2)Rock man from the front. Boy still in awe.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0263-2.jpgDSC_0263 (2)Friends sharing a laughhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0262-2.jpgDSC_0262 (2)Everyone wants a taste!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0254-2.jpgDSC_0254 (2)Spread your wings!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0213.jpgDSC_0213She found a place of peace until I stumbled through the glade.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0198.jpgDSC_0198Another character who belongs here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0190.jpgDSC_0190Surrounded by wings2019-09-17T16:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/09/03/birthday-kitchen-party/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3625.jpgIMG_3625The Keller Auditorium in Portland, with crowds of people who want to see Wicked.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3624.jpgIMG_3624Though not allowed to photograph performances, I always try to get a shot of the stage before shows that I see. This one is one of my favourites ever because.... Yes! the DRAGON! (It's eyes lit up and its head and wings moved, too)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3623.jpgIMG_3623Merchandise for sale in the lobby. I've always liked the artwork and design for this show.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3608.jpgIMG_3608Here are the same two friends, who are also newly married, and took the opportunity to go for a long walk.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3604.jpgIMG_3604Tara and a couple of my friends.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3602.jpgIMG_3602Three of my best friends and former co-workers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3600.jpgIMG_3600Friends in the kitchen. My front room is still dark, but believe me it is so much lighter now after the remodel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3599.jpgIMG_3599Hosting parties is not typically my thing, and this part where people just break off and talk to each other without my help is magical to me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3598.jpgIMG_3598Tara's friends rigged up the TV to play video games and spent their time in that room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_3593.jpgIMG_3593The kids filling their plates after they finished making dinner.2019-10-06T15:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/08/30/scenes-from-the-world-of-fae/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3995.jpgIMG_3995This is my average level of happiness when I'm in The Realm.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0045.jpgDSC_0045https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0305.jpgDSC_0305Vendors set up tents that fit the theme and are lovely to see and to walk through.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0112.jpgDSC_0112Fairy lampshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3980.jpgIMG_3980Visitors can browse the tents or spread their wings.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0311.jpgDSC_0311Who knows what these characters find to joke about together?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0292.jpgDSC_0292Magical beasts and sprites taking a break and some food.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0288-2.jpgDSC_0288 (2)Here a red faery organizes while the Big Dark Faery Catcher tries to catch little faeries.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0226.jpgDSC_0226Even big faeries find time to play.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0219.jpgDSC_0219This boy is guiding the bubble.2019-09-21T20:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/19/castles-of-cashel-and-cahir/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2454.jpgIMG_2454Ireland finally dropped so far below me that I realized it was time to say goodbye.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2442.jpgIMG_2442Lovely Irish countryside, with a quarry too.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2441.jpgIMG_2441This scene made me laugh because it reminded me of all the traffic circles I had been through recently.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2439.jpgIMG_2439One museum display had a large and beautiful mock battle display of the seige of the castlehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0060.jpgDSC_0060The swan posed for me, as though he knew he was helping to create the scene.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0058-1.jpgDSC_0058Looking onto an overlook point from the highest room in the tallest tower.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057Fabulous rack mounted on the wall in one of the castle rooms.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0056-1.jpgDSC_0056Cannon displays inside Cahir Castle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0055.jpgDSC_0055During the whole trip we had been noticing the attractive flowers and ferns growing from old stone walls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0053-1.jpgDSC_0053Tara stands at the overlook and gazes at Cahir.2019-08-15T15:02:24+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/07/12/so-much-newport-part-ii/2019-08-15T14:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/08/07/cambridge-graffiti-alley/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3264.jpgIMG_3264View inside The Fairy Shop that should be named the Harry Potter Shop. Sorting Hat right there in the center.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3276.jpgIMG_3276The weather in Portland was gorgeous that day, and our late-day arrival gave us a stunning view of Mt. Hood.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3274.jpgIMG_3274I never get enough of this mountain.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3270.jpgIMG_3270Wall art packed with faces.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3269.jpgIMG_3269How dare those cars park there and ruin the view?! ha hahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3268.jpgIMG_3268At the end of the alley, looking back the way we had come.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3267na.jpgIMG_3267nahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3266.jpgIMG_3266A little 3D catches my attention.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3265.jpgIMG_3265Graffiti Alley off Mass Ave in Cambridge, Massachusetts.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3263.jpgIMG_3263In life, remember to look up. You never know what you will see.2019-08-15T14:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/08/11/battle-for-a-home/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_2579-1.jpgIMG_2579I always assume the best when I find broken robin's eggs like this. I imagine a fat baby bird whose wings are getting stronger as he learns to fly.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3587.jpgIMG_3587While everyone else is battling for their lives, I have the luxury to sit here and think about it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3547.jpgIMG_3547See the nest in the bottom right, out in the middle of my lawn?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3546.jpgIMG_3546I picked up the nest, trying to decide what to do with it. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3289.jpgIMG_3289Same nest, the next morning. I couldn't tell if the parent had come back or not at this point.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0173-1.jpgDSC_0173The egg I accidentally exposed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/dsc_0105.jpgDSC_0105The ground below my bird feeder. Male and female Juncos are there, with the black heads.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3352.jpgIMG_3352Perfect nest with gorgeous eggs, right next to the foundation of my home.2019-08-15T22:59:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/08/02/gillette-stadium-fenway-park/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3253.jpgIMG_3253View of the field from the Green Monster.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_e3246.jpgIMG_E3246This guy was selling Del's Frozen Lemonade, a Rhode Island tradition.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3260.jpgIMG_3260A great place to watch the sun go down.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3259.jpgIMG_3259View of the city and the lights at Fenway left of the city skyscrapers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3256.jpgIMG_3256A Boston landmark that always makes me think of the Red Sox.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3251.jpgIMG_3251People began leaving early after it looked like a Sox win was bound to happen. We stayed for the whole thing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3248.jpgIMG_3248It was a good game for the Red Sox and their fans.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3247.jpgIMG_3247The downside to being a woman.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3245.jpgIMG_3245Players took to the field on a beautiful Spring day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/img_3242.jpgIMG_3242At Fenway for the first time!2019-08-07T21:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/06/18/high-rock-tower-and-pawsox-fireworks/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dsc_0211.jpgDSC_0211Tickets for the game.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2909-1.jpgIMG_2909Overlooking Stone Cottage, also part of the site, out to sea. There is a clear view of Nahant Bay, and the community of Nahant, on an island.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2908-1.jpgIMG_2908The Boston city skyline appears to the south, while standing at High Rock Tower.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2907-1.jpgIMG_2907High Rock Tower in Lynn, Massachusetts.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2929.jpgIMG_2929https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2928.jpgIMG_2928https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2926.jpgIMG_2926https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2923.jpgIMG_2923https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2917.jpgIMG_2917Stripers pitcher lets loose.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2915.jpgIMG_2915We had a pretty decent view of the field from our seats.2019-07-24T16:32:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/07/22/slater-mill-in-pawtucket/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3167.jpgIMG_3167A panoramic view shows the wheel and the water course inside the mill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3192.jpgIMG_3192There were stunning views from many angles as we walked through the park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3191.jpgIMG_3191Monument on the shore was constantly occupied with prom attendees and weddings parties, having photos taken, so I shot to the side of the building.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3189.jpgIMG_3189Cogswell Fountain topped with a heron at the end of the Main Street Bridge. An advocate of prohibition, Henry Cogswell built this and many other fountains to encourage citizens to drink water instead of booze.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3188.jpgIMG_3188Looking back at Slater Mill and Wilkinson Mill over the Blackstone River.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3186.jpgIMG_3186The birthplace of American manufacturing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3185-1.jpgIMG_3185https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3184.jpgIMG_3184One more spinning machine.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3183.jpgIMG_3183A large and complex spinning machine.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/img_3182.jpgIMG_3182The museum inside Slater Mill includes more and more complex spinning machines, holding hundreds of spindles in some cases. The guide explained how the children's small hands were the right size to reach in and replace a full spindle with an empty spool while the machine did not stop. This often resulted in injures.2019-07-25T16:44:27+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/06/20/boston-vortex-and-freedom-trail/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jwjo0491.jpgJWJO0491https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3001.jpgIMG_3001Paul Revere owned this house from 1770-1800.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2998.jpgIMG_2998A statue of Sam Adams in front of Faneuil Hall, currently swathed in protective covering during rennovations.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2964.jpgIMG_2964Lights add sparkle to downtown gardens in the evening.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2962.jpgIMG_2962https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2959.jpgIMG_2959View of the Boston skyline across Fort Point Channel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2957.jpgIMG_2957https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2955.jpgIMG_2955Bell In Hand Tavern. Lovely atmosphere, crazy expensive drinks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2954.jpgIMG_2954Lovely Boston views as we walked through the city.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2951.jpgIMG_2951This home is apparently not small. It faces the brick wall, and here, we are looking at it sideways.2019-07-22T15:30:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/06/27/revisiting-my-past-life/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2980.jpgIMG_2980Art room Spring 2019.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/dsc_0207.jpgDSC_0207Painting of art room. Fall 2006.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3004.jpgIMG_3004I splashed around, getting water on my head and back, and cooling off.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2989.jpgIMG_2989https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2978.jpgIMG_2978Will in the pond. It was a hot day and the cool water felt good on our feet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2973.jpgIMG_2973A large pile of stones carried by admirers from around the world. The cabin site can be seen in the background.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2972.jpgIMG_2972The site of Henry David Thoreau's cabin.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2970.jpgIMG_2970Walden Pond, from the end where the train passes close by.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2968.jpgIMG_2968What it looks like now. Not much change, with neglected garden and lawn.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/castle_rd.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA 2005 photo of the house when I lived there.2019-07-02T13:42:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/07/01/two-days-of-friends/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3038.jpgIMG_3038https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3037.jpgIMG_3037A lovely view of water fowl and a brick steeple above the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3035.jpgIMG_3035We watched a fly fisherman at the shore of Kendrick Pond.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3034.jpgIMG_3034Burial site for unnamed British soldiers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3032.jpgIMG_3032The Old North Bridgehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3031.jpgIMG_3031Minute Man monument tells some of the legend of the characters in the battle, and then notes "Here began the separation of two kindred nations, now happily long united in peace."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3029.jpgIMG_3029Standing on the Old North Bridge over the Concord River.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3027.jpgIMG_3027The Colonial Inn is beautifully maintained and serves remarkably delicious food.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3024.jpgIMG_3024We asked the waiter to take a photo of all 3 of us. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3021.jpgIMG_3021Romain and me. I truly love this man. We adopted each other and call each other cousin. :)2019-07-05T22:21:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/06/09/gloucester-lighthouses-and-whales/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2862.jpgIMG_2862Our view of the back of Hammond Castle, through the trees. Not impressive in a photo, but it was cool to see it in real life.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hammondcastle.gifhammondcastlePhoto from medievalart.orghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2860.jpgIMG_2860World War II Veteran's Memorialhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2859.jpgIMG_2859"In honor of an intrepid son of Gloucester, Nathanial Haraden, sailing master of the US frigate Constitution, commended for gallantry in action at the seige of Tripoli, August 1804."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2858.jpgIMG_2858Fishermen's Wives Memorialhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2856.jpgIMG_2856A monument to Ten Pound Island lighthouse.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2854-1.jpgIMG_2854Gloucester's most famous memorial, the Fishermen's Memorial.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2851.jpgIMG_2851Along the Gloucester beach there are many monuments, such as this one that acknowledges the mariners that have died at sea here since 1716.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3011.jpgIMG_3011The crew spotted six humpback whales with their binoculars, but we only followed one at a time, and the passengers got to see two of them up close.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3010.jpgIMG_3010A whale tail!2019-06-13T17:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/06/06/my-place-in-june/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3306.jpgIMG_3306Racecar is not yet prepared to face the day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3305.jpgIMG_3305The next morning she burrowed under the covers for the delicious warmth of the down comforter. I got up and left her there.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3296.jpgIMG_3296After a couple hours of work, not enough difference to satisfy me. How frustrating. All the rest is too heavy for me to lift.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3295.jpgIMG_3295First look at the dam.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3294.jpgIMG_3294Likewise unperturbed when I tossed the comforter over her.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3293.jpgIMG_3293Racecar is nonplussed when I toss the sheet over her.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3292.jpgIMG_3292The plum a few days ago. Look at all that fruit!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3291.jpgIMG_3291Time for weed whacking. The grass was literally taller than me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3284.jpgIMG_3284Looking over the top of my riding lawn mower. Look at this mess! Oy!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_3280.jpgIMG_3280Some deer grazed in the luxurious grass in the back of the property near the bee hives on my first morning back home.2019-06-08T14:17:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/05/16/silver-falls-mothers-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/me-2.jpegme 2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/me-1.jpegme 1Mehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2702.jpgIMG_2702The doors were open and we went in seeking coffee just in case, but they were having a flower show. We took some time to learn the local native flowers, all clearly having been harvested that morning from the forest. It was a great educational idea!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2698.jpgIMG_2698We found this big field of Camas up in the drier, warmer parts of the forest. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2697.jpgIMG_2697Larkspur grew in the cooler, wetter areas.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2695.jpgIMG_2695The trail goes behind Lower South Falls too.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2694.jpgIMG_2694Approaching Lower South Falls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2693.jpgIMG_2693Standing behind South Falls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2692.jpgIMG_2692The hiking trail goes behind South Falls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2691.jpgIMG_2691As the trail brought us nearer, the falls only became more and more beautiful.2019-06-05T20:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/06/05/cascade-falls-and-bauneg-beg-mountain/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2813-1.jpgIMG_2813We prepared to drive across the state of New Hampshire....for a few minutes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2810.jpgIMG_2810View to the horizon to the left.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2809.jpgIMG_2809View to the horizon to the right. As you can see, our view is better while there are no leaves on the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2806.jpgIMG_2806This is the "mountain peak." In the west, we would call this a hill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2805.jpgIMG_2805Boulders beside our trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2803.jpgIMG_2803I love catching blossoms along trails. Spring is always the best season to find flowers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2802.jpgIMG_2802Near the beginning of the trail, we passed stone walls that reveal old property boundaries.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2799.jpgIMG_2799Fiddleheads along the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2796.jpgIMG_2796I liked the reflections on the water.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2794.jpgIMG_2794The water was a rich coppery red.2019-06-08T14:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/06/01/fairy-houses-on-mackworth-island/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2746.jpgIMG_2746Not the Portland I'm used to.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2767.jpgIMG_2767Will in the distance. Wonderful rock formations in the foreground.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2766.jpgIMG_2766We clambered around on the beach, with it's fabulous rocks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2764.jpgIMG_2764Officially sanctioned fairy homes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2763.jpgIMG_2763Fairy homes built against the bases of the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2761.jpgIMG_2761This home has exceptional landscaping and an artistic flourish of oak leaves on top.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2760.jpgIMG_2760This one rolls out the green carpet, between columns of pine cones.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2758.jpgIMG_2758While cautioned not to use living materials, these could easily have been collected from the ground and not picked.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2754.jpgIMG_2754This one was so big that I fit into it! I've never been in a fairy house before.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2752.jpgIMG_2752Since we had visited America's Stonehenge earlier in the day, I named this Stickhenge.2021-08-17T15:53:13+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/05/11/perspective-from-mom/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/mom-me.jpgMom meMom and me enjoying an afternoon by the river, in Hood River, Oregon.2019-06-25T16:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/05/09/mayhem-on-the-farm/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/tlkp4237.jpgTLKP4237Time for dinner and some pomegranate cider. I have to make my salads look amazing to trick myself into eating them, ha ha.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/eqsy5718.jpgEQSY5718Me getting dirty. I think it's so hilarious how splattered I get with what I call "weed guts." Green glop gets sprayed from top to bottom, coating my glasses, sticking in my hair and onto my face. I guess a person can't expect polish when she's working on the farm.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_1981-1.jpgIMG_1981Moles were tearing up my yard all winter.2019-05-22T15:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/05/07/lil-hussies/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2630.jpgIMG_2630Raccoon paw prints on the cat carrier.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2629.jpgIMG_2629https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2628.jpgIMG_2628Squirrel discovered the bird seed. I am used to a tiny grey squirrel and a tiny black squirrel I call the Squirrel Ninja. This one is big and has probably been eating the bird seed at someone else's house too.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2627.jpgIMG_2627Another panorama, of just the pond.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2626.jpgIMG_2626Panoramic view of my pretty yard, with the pond on the left and house on the right.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2625.jpgIMG_2625I took down the tall grass all the way around the pond, and around all the trees on the far side of the pond.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2621.jpgIMG_2621It's evening, so will you little ones please stay up here for the night?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2620.jpgIMG_2620Upstairs/downstairs view of two babies in the grass, two in the rafters.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2618.jpgIMG_2618https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_2617.jpgIMG_26172019-05-12T14:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/28/eating-up-tulips/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0139.jpgDSC_0139Acres of blooming tulips.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0137.jpgDSC_0137Hazelnut orchard at the back of the farm.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0135.jpgDSC_0135The view as we headed back to the carnival section to find some food and wine.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0134-1.jpgDSC_0134A tractor prepares a field nearby.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0132.jpgDSC_0132Tara said, "Take off your sunglasses!"https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0123.jpgDSC_0123Me, warm enough to take off my sweater. Yay for sun!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0121-1.jpgDSC_0121Each field demonstrates tulips that are on sale from the farm's flower catalog.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0118-1.jpgDSC_0118We were allowed to stand and look, but not to enter the orchard.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0115.jpgDSC_0115Fields of tulips at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn, Oregon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0112.jpgDSC_0112....but I took one photo of it to show you what I mean.2019-05-07T21:07:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/04/26/irish-doors/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0215.jpgDSC_0215Steps lead to a passage through a wall at Muckross Friary.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0188.jpgDSC_0188This doorway is the entrance to the cemetery at the Muckross Friary.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2301-1.jpgIMG_2301Doorway into Newgrange. Older than Stonehenge. The oldest door I've walked through in my life.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0252-2.jpgDSC_0252Door to the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0248-1.jpgDSC_0248Door to the National Library of Ireland.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2432.jpgIMG_2432We parked by this door in the town of Cashel, when we stopped to find a place to eat. I not only love the red colour and the doorknocker, but the knob in the center of the door.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2362-1.jpgIMG_2362Entrance to St. Finn Barr's Cathedral glittering in the setting sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2287.jpgIMG_2287Looks like a king in pain.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_2264.jpgIMG_2264The front door of our Airbnb place - 2 George's Quay - between Starbucks and Offbeat Donut.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/dsc_0255-1.jpgDSC_0255Doors inside the National Museum of Ireland - Archaeology.2019-05-07T21:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/28/portlands-lan-su-garden/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2153.jpgIMG_2153Lan Su Chinese Garden in downtown Portland.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2150.jpgIMG_2150Skyscrapers are barely noticed from inside the garden. Instead, I noticed the architecture inside, the variety of plants, and the peacefulness of the setting.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2146.jpgIMG_2146Weak spring sunlight highlights early buds.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2145.jpgIMG_2145Symbolic fish and peaches adorn the top of one building.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2147.jpgIMG_2147Blossoms were small, and few, but unmistakably all over the garden.2019-04-04T16:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/27/coast-and-home-again/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2245.jpgIMG_2245McMenamins passport, featuring the logo for their Hammerhead Pale Ale.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2243.jpgIMG_2243The stamps I got at Kalama Harbor Lodge close to my home. Only one more stamp to go!2019-03-29T00:57:03+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/26/aircraft-ice-cream-forests-ocean/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_e2185.jpgIMG_E2185My first time in the cockpit of an A-7E Corsairhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2209.jpgIMG_2209Our corner table at Meridian, and the busy beach below.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2203.jpgIMG_2203A section of our beautiful Oregon coastline.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2196.jpgIMG_2196Cooler in the gift shop was drool-worthy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2191.jpgIMG_2191Assembly line where workers are getting 40-lb blocks of cheese ready for cold storage.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2186.jpgIMG_2186My own view from inside there. All those gauges!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0233.jpgDSC_0233One thing I love about the Oregon Coast scenery is the frequency of rock outcroppings, often with trees on top.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0229.jpgDSC_0229Pacific City beach, looking toward Cape Kiwanda.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0228.jpgDSC_0228A helicopter flies over Haystack Rock. Well, one of the Haystack Rocks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0219.jpgDSC_0219View of Netarts Bay from the patio of our room at Terimore Motel. The Pacific Ocean is on the horizon.2019-03-31T17:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/22/rock-falls/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/beaconrockjenthomas.jpgBeaconRockJenThomasBeacon Rock beside the Columbia River. Photo by Jen Thomas.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2139.jpgIMG_2139The solution for gasping is to take photos along the way.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2131.jpgIMG_2131Only Multnomah Lodge can make a burger and a gyro sandwich look so good.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2120.jpgIMG_2120View from the top, looking west toward Bonneville Dam and the submerged Celilo Falls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0151.jpgDSC_0151Looking from the bridge out to the tourists below and the Columbia Gorge out there in the sunshine.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0149.jpgDSC_0149Multnomah Falls is a familiar sight, but I never tire of it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0148.jpgDSC_0148Sometimes the best view of the falls is from the parking lot, where you can see the whole thing. On this day, the snow and ice confused the view. The Blue Star Highway sign honors veterans.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0145.jpgDSC_0145There are many many switchbacks that make you gasp for breath.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0144.jpgDSC_0144The view west toward Portland/Vancouver.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0141.jpgDSC_0141Will climbs a rock staircase onto the viewing platform at the top.2019-03-28T16:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/21/always-sunny-in-seattle/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_e2072.jpgIMG_E2072Brandeis Anthropology kidshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/image1.jpgImage1Mads in Seattle, March 2015https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2116.jpgIMG_2116A gorgeous March day in Seattle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2115.jpgIMG_2115Looking down onto the towers from the kite flying hill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2111.jpgIMG_2111Remnants of natural gas generator towers at Gas Works Park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2110.jpgIMG_2110Will and Ian walk beside the generator towers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2109.jpgIMG_2109The view from Gas Works Park is outstanding.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2099.jpgIMG_2099We stood with 100 other people, watching the locks operate.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2092.jpgIMG_2092Seagulls at the locks, making their own racket.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2085.jpgIMG_2085Educational facility at the salmon ladder is not quite ready for the public until the glass is cleaned.2019-05-31T14:43:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/18/pirates-in-longview/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2179.jpgIMG_2179Frederic finds himself motivated by Ruth (Lorraine Little) and Richard, the Pirate King (Joey Le Bard), while the orchestra plays.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2174.jpgIMG_2174Drama unfolds as twists in the story are revealed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2172.jpgIMG_2172Major General Stanley (Patrick Hale) argues his case.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2167.jpgIMG_2167General Stanley's daughters try to decide what to do about their sister Mabel. (Cassandra Charles, Rochelle Larsen, Rachel Welsh, and Claire Beck)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_2170.jpgIMG_2170Frederick (Peter Curtis) and Mabel (Laura Tack) find a moment to talk. Well... more like a moment to sing.2019-03-20T18:20:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/03/03/sierra-snow/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1813.jpgIMG_1813Here is the wall of snow at one of the plowed pull-outs that we found.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1803.jpgIMG_1803Down in the valley again, there was less snow but more sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1802.jpgIMG_1802My cousin Debbie is an accomplished photographer.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1796.jpgIMG_1796https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/img_1783.jpgIMG_1783I spotted the Golden Gate Bridge beneath my plane's window, as we approached San Francisco for a landing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057In this one I was trying to highlight the icicle in the branches.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0055.jpgDSC_0055A ray of light burst through snow howers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053And then the sun blinked out and it was back to snow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0046.jpgDSC_0046Parking lots were packed with people excited to get onto the slopes buried in several feet of new snow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_0043Looking across the creek that runs through the center of the Kirkwood resort.2019-04-06T20:43:50+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2010/11/30/farewell-november/2019-03-01T23:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/02/25/window-into-the-kitchen/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1418.jpgIMG_1418Tara came home from college for a couple days and we painted the walls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/gqbq2872.jpgGQBQ2872Where did I wash dishes for all that time? You guessed it: in my bathroom sink. No, it was not ideal.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g10.jpgg10And viola! My kitchen today. I'm all moved in and cooking again. And washing dishes in a proper sink.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g9.jpgg9Finally put the refrigerator back into the kitchen (and I scratched my beautiful floor in doing so - arrrgh!). Also installed microwave and wall oven.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g8.jpgg8At long, long last the floor was installed. It was finally taking shape. Since the wood in the kitchen is white oak, and the wood in the TV room is red oak, it's not a seamless transition. As the wood ages it will blend better and I like this much better than the trim pieces in between each room. Now it's a flat surface that doesn't trap dirt.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g7.jpgg7When the painting was done, the electrician hooked up some of the lights so we had something to work by. Then the cabinets were installed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g6.jpgg6Sheetrock went up, the water heater was replaced with a tankless water heater for more space, and I was able to begin to visualize the future finished walls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g5.jpgg5After everything was torn out, I cleaned up the floor. It's still such a mess.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g4.jpgg4At that point the contract work came in, dismantling the walls. Look how much that opens up the room already!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/g3.jpgg3Then tore out all the old cupboards, the appliances, and began tearing up the tile floor.2019-07-31T20:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/02/16/winter-in-a-week/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/evao5858.jpgEVAO5858When you have to shovel snow for only one snowstorm all winter, it's fun!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/pqya6165.jpgPQYA6165I think this photo captures the snow at the deepest point. It had been snowing and then melting a little, off and on for a few days.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_e1856.jpgIMG_E1856Hussies in the snow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1877.jpgIMG_1877Nighttime snow on the deck. Who made those tracks?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1868.jpgIMG_1868Fern for hairhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1860.jpgIMG_1860snow angelhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/img_1859.jpgIMG_1859I followed the Hussies around, giggling at them trying to make sense of the snow. They pecked at it...scratched in it...and then in a group decided to go back into their purple chicken house where there is no snow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dsc_0079.jpgDSC_0079My snow buddy valiantly stood in the rain for as long as he could, but like so many of us, succumed to the winter blahs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dsc_0066.jpgDSC_0066Looking up the hill at the house.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/dsc_0060.jpgDSC_0060My little creek in the snow. You can see it off to the right.2019-04-12T00:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/02/22/its-time-to-think-about-colleges/2019-01-24T19:40:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/01/17/black-odyssey-at-trinity-rep/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1612.jpgimg_1612Stage set for the opening scene of Black Odyssey, as the audience waits for the show to begin.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/46533977342_4b35e5d4a0_k.jpg46533977342_4b35e5d4a0_kUlysses was lost at sea, so there are a lot of scenes with water, and rain.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/45861906544_5e8a878c68_k.jpg45861906544_5e8a878c68_kJoe Wilson, Jr as Ulysses, and Julia Lema as Calypso.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/45861902444_ad61d663ff_k.jpg45861902444_ad61d663ff_kSupa Fly Tiresias and his entourage.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/44768277010_5ad9832710_k.jpg44768277010_5ad9832710_kLeft to right: Paw Sidin, Aunt Tina, Deushttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/31645107807_79bf72b2a8_k.jpg31645107807_79bf72b2a8_kCostumes, shoes, and songs wowed us.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/32712042088_0952950513_k.jpg32712042088_0952950513_kWhen Circe enraptures us with the pure pleasures of eating, the entire audience was salivating. And maybe not just for food. ;)2019-01-20T15:46:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/01/16/providence-doors/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0305.jpgdsc_0305Entrance to the State Househttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0293.jpgdsc_0293I do not recall which church hosts these magnificent doors.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0268.jpgdsc_0268Entrance to Providence City Hall. What a beautiful way to see "please use a different entrance."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1614.jpgimg_1614All Saints' Memorial Church2019-01-18T22:01:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2019/01/15/sachuest-point-and-newport/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1652.jpgimg_1652Look at that smile! What cold wind?!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/img_1651.jpgimg_1651Photo taken by Will, looking down the hill to Sachuest Point.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0266.jpgdsc_0266Our raw bar selectionhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0265.jpgdsc_0265Black Pearl and Cook, two seafood restaurants that called to us.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0262.jpgdsc_0262A view from the docks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0260.jpgdsc_0260Streets of Newport are clear in January.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0259.jpgdsc_0259Irish pub?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0258.jpgdsc_0258Dragons!!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0256.jpgdsc_0256And of course the classic gothic chapel, the tallest structure around, on top of the hill, and drawing me here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dsc_0254.jpgdsc_0254The front of the 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DIGITAL CAMERASkin colour has become part of what makes us beautiful as human beings, and also part of what makes us ugly.2017-11-20T23:24:58+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/09/03/the-sun-returns/2017-10-30T03:21:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/08/26/totality/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0021.jpgDSC_0021Mainstreet of Condon, Oregonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022Museum inside the Veteran's building in Condonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_00061.jpgDSC_0006I passed through vast areas of wind farms. These things always make me think of a science fiction story.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/or2.jpgorOregon's path of totality. (image courtesy NASA) The star is where I live. The arrow points to my campsite.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0001.jpgDSC_0001A Canadian eclipse-viewer stops for gas and cleans the windshield. His pup was along for the ride.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0018.jpgDSC_0018Heading south. Clearly we all have the same thing in mind. I giggled to myself about the famous Oregon driver politeness. Look at how courteous we all are here, giving plenty of space between each vehicle. This behavior makes East Coast visitors go friggin mad with frustration.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_0023Further south the views became more beautiful to me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0028.jpgDSC_0028Some entrepreneurs thought to rent out space in their fields after getting the hay in. This farm was charging people to set up tents and trailers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030Closer shot. There were already hundreds of campers by mid-afternoon. I'll bet the population was enormous by midnight. I hope the ranchers made a mint!! :)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/dsc_0032.jpgDSC_0032National Forests are for everyone!2018-01-20T23:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/08/13/ballard-locks/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076Gardens tend to be lovely in the rain as well as in the sunshine.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0077.jpgDSC_0077Some kind of office for staff. I instantly had visions of Monty Python. Sorry. Can't help myself.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0081.jpgDSC_0081Looking West toward the Sound, a small boat moves ahead into the lock.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0082.jpgDSC_0082People watch with surprising enthusiasm as the boat enters the lock.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0084.jpgDSC_0084The first boat heads all the way in, and ties off.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0085.jpgDSC_0085The gates close.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0086.jpgDSC_0086Two boats in together, as the water level rises.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0087.jpgDSC_0087...and before you can say Bob's your uncle, the boats are eye level and ready to move into the lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0091.jpgDSC_0091These spirals, clearly reminiscent of waves, were lit with tiny blue lights. I'll bet it's wonderful at night.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0093.jpgDSC_0093On the way back to the locks, we saw a train passing across the bridge. From the look of the cars, this one could be carrying oil.2017-08-16T08:49:27+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/07/09/saline-courthouse-and-buffalo/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0269.jpgDSC_0269Looking along the porch.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0270.jpgDSC_0270Saline Courthouse in Rose, Oklahomahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0273.jpgDSC_0273Beneath the front awning of the springhouse, this inviting structure is built, to encourage you to take the water.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0275.jpgDSC_0275Upstairs chimney restored.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0276.jpgDSC_0276At the top of the stairs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0278.jpgDSC_0278Me, on the stairs in the courthouse.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0279.jpgDSC_0279The kitchen area inside the courthouse.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0283.jpgDSC_0283The creek as it continues down the slope from the spring house.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0284.jpgDSC_0284The spring house, just down the slope from the courthouse.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/dsc_0292.jpgDSC_0292A different view of the creek, as I made my way to the cemetery.2017-08-14T03:35:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/06/11/cco-leadership-workshops/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_31781.jpgIMG_3178Joseph Erb, my new favourite Indian artist.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3172.jpgIMG_3172cultures confusing each otherhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0163.jpgDSC_0163My favourite speaker of them all was Anita Finger-Smith, who talked in great detail about the circumstances that resulted in the Eastern Band Cherokees remaining in their homeland when so many others were removed to Oklahoma.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0167.jpgDSC_0167Earnie Frost told us about his journey to self-awareness, and how he turned his lessons into ideas for how to revitalize the Cherokee community.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0173.jpgDSC_0173Tiffanie Harbarger talks about Cherokee relationships to land and water.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dsc_0179.jpgDSC_0179Rob Daugherty introduces Chris Welch.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3174.jpgIMG_3174Our keynote presenter was Tracy Spears, author, co-founder of a leadership organization, and softball player.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3177.jpgIMG_3177This scene is familiar to many of you, I'm sure. An expert speaker, a slideshow, a conference room. But the topics... now that is what made this weekend exceptional.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_3181.jpgIMG_3181Janelle Adair's storytelling had me in tears. This is an ancient form of leadership teaching, and the effect, perfect over thousands of years, has an undeniable impact on the audience. I think all corporations should bring in storytellers.2017-07-13T00:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/05/15/hummingbirds/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0028-2.jpgDSC_0028 (2)I am fascinated when these speedy little rockets perches and holds still.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0031-2.jpgDSC_0031 (2)This one's a bit chubby. Is she a new momma? Or has he had too much at the feeder?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0033-2.jpgDSC_0033 (2)They certainly find the Japanese Maple a satisfactory perch.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0056.jpgDSC_0056I like this hummingbird feeder because it is metal and glass instead of plastic. It's supposed to have an ocean theme, and instead of flowers, the birds suck from holes in seashells and starfish.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0059.jpgDSC_0059Don't bother me, I'm eating.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0061.jpgDSC_0061Evening sunshine makes the green feathers gorgeous.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/dsc_0062.jpgDSC_0062This hummer is coppery rust-coloured, just like the feeder.2017-05-23T07:33:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/books/books-i-read-in-2016/2017-04-25T02:42:10+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2017/04/25/earth-day-art/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0024-2.jpgDSC_0024 (2)I found this on the back. I would like to believe this piece belongs to Shailia's little brother Jordi, who wrote "Help Our Earth!"https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0025-2.jpgDSC_0025 (2)Earth Day is celebrated in Longview, Washington on grocery bags.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0020-2.jpgDSC_0020 (2)Marie Smith made this one. Marie is in the 2nd grade at Northlake Elementary. Her teacher is Ms. Magnuson.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0022-2.jpgDSC_0022 (2)Jasmine Christopher made this Earth with a knowing smile. Jasmine is a Kindergartner at Robert Gray school, and her teacher is Mrs. Box.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0023-2.jpgDSC_0023 (2)This piece was done by future typeface designer, Shailia Wild, a Kindergartner at Robert Gray School. Her teacher is Jodi Hanson.2017-06-10T01:24:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/02/15/journey-to-astoria/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0058.jpgdsc_0058This beautiful book was more than I could have expected.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0059.jpgdsc_0059A peek inside, where there are hundreds of photos of the restoration of the Armory.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/antoine-joseph.jpgantoine-josephAntoine and Joseph consider the finer qualities of distant mountain peaks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/overland-party.jpgoverland-partyThe overland party, looking ahead and realizing their destination remains far away.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/robinson-mckenzie.jpgrobinson-mckenzieRobinson and McKenzie face off.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tonquin-party.jpgtonquin-partyEarly in the trip, future sailors of the Tonquin maneuver a smaller boat.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/campfire.jpgcampfireOne night around the campfire with the overland party.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/thorn-fox.jpgthorn-foxThe wicked Captain Thorn gazes to the horizon from the deck of his ship.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/astoria.jpgastoriaAll images in this post used with permission from Portland Center Stage. https://www.flickr.com/photos/portlandcenterstage/sets/72157671722653471 2017-04-23T03:45:35+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/02/08/rent-a-few-years-later/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/img_2842.jpgimg_28422017-04-23T03:25:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/04/22/spring-forth/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036Pitiful camellia after the deer ate them this winter.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037I love the deep purple of the vinca.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038Oregon grape bursting with yellow flowers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_0048The chipmunk seems unconcerned that I loom at the window with an enormous lens pointed at her.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050A chipmunk feeding on the seeds I leave about for them.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053Sugar-loving hummingbird, returned from her winter playground.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020You may recall that I can never get a great shot of the Great Blue Herons who fish in my pond. This photo proves nothing has changed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0033.jpgDSC_0033Tulips live such a short life but give such pleasure during that time.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0025.jpgDSC_0025Narcissus along the driveway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_00271.jpgDSC_0027A closer shot of the narcissus.2017-05-23T07:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/04/12/a-shift-in-the-weather/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0004-2.jpgDSC_0004 (2)I had been seeing elk sign out there, but finally got to see the magnificent beasts themselves one morning.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_00181.jpgDSC_0018https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2979.jpgIMG_2979One of my many fires on the back of the property.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019Bridal Veil Falls is just one of many astounding waterfalls along the Old Columbia Gorge Highway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0018.jpgDSC_0018Looking toward Portland along the Columbia River on a typical April day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0017.jpgDSC_0017I liked this crooked old mossy tree branch as much as the arched bridge behind it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2955.jpgIMG_2955My college sophomore. Tara has dyed their hair green this time. I can never predict what will happen next with that hair!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2953.jpgIMG_2953They kicked my butt at Scrabble, due in part to their words skills, but maybe possibly also due to these rotten tiles?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/img_2963.jpgIMG_2963Pink! And green! Look at that springtime hue behind me: woo hoo!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/dsc_0005.jpgDSC_0005Ducks in the pond. This was only a few weeks ago, but already it is much much greener on the banks.2017-06-09T08:05:45+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/03/26/we-are-who-weve-been-waiting-for/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0018.jpgDSC_0018Davis gives us his perspective on how things get done in Indian Country.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022Davis grew more animated as his message became animated.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0027.jpgDSC_0027Litefoot was gracious and generous with all of us.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030Litefoot graciously acquiesces a selfie with one of the group.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020Members of the Mt. Hood Cherokee group listened as Davis inspired us.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dsc_0024.jpgDSC_0024The messages of positive action poured out of him.2017-04-03T04:30:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/03/01/sea-lions-on-the-docks/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0001.jpgdsc_0001Sea lions have overtaken the Rainier docks. A pulp mill at the Port of Longview is across the river.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0002.jpgdsc_0002Cover up in enough blubber, and nap in a pile with your buddies, and I'll bet February becomes a lot warmer.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0004.jpgdsc_0004Look at these howlers!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0006-2.jpgdsc_0006-2Looking downriver toward Astoria, and the Pacific Ocean. That is the Lewis & Clark Bridge, joining Longview, Washington to Rainier, Oregonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0007-2.jpgdsc_0007-2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0009-2.jpgdsc_0009-2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0010-2.jpgdsc_0010-2Sea lions heaped upon the docks, ranging from hound-sized to bear-sized.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0012-2.jpgdsc_0012-2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0013-2.jpgdsc_0013-2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/dsc_0014-2.jpgdsc_0014-2This ship's size is almost made modest beside the big sea creatures.2017-03-20T07:21:17+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2017/01/15/snow-and-snow/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0026.jpgdsc_0026Looking past the apple tree into the neighbor's yard.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0034.jpgdsc_0034My snowy home on a hill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0022.jpgdsc_0022Beaver Creek burbles along gaily with no interruption.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dsc_0036.jpgdsc_0036The sun came out for a few days, brilliantly lighting it all up. Those are my tracks in the foreground. I just can't stay indoors when it's this pretty out.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2737.jpgimg_2737Our gorgeous Christmas tree!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2739.jpgimg_2739Tara balancing new sketchbooks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2740.jpgimg_2740https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2775.jpgimg_2775Evening sun making the treetops glow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2780.jpgimg_2780TS inside the moving van. It was parked at the storage unit, and we spent all day long emptying the unit and filling the truck.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2785.jpgimg_2785World made black and white.2017-04-23T02:50:45+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/11/30/on-the-mercado-side-of-santiago/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0045.jpgdsc_0045View from the Santiago apartment that is home for a couple days. Below is the Catholic University, and you can also see the hill with Hidalgo Castle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0044.jpgdsc_0044Looking the other direction from the apartment window, with the GAM on the left, and Cerro San Cristobal on the distant right.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00371.jpgdsc_0037Inside the huge fish market and Donde Augusto, the restaurant.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00292.jpgdsc_0029Detail work inside the post office.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00302.jpgdsc_0030Glass ceiling and chandelier of post office.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00311.jpgdsc_0031Thehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00331.jpgdsc_0033The main hall of the cathedral.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00341.jpgdsc_0034Along the west side.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0035.jpgdsc_0035The archangel St. Michael along the east side.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00382.jpgdsc_0038Inside the huge fish market and Donde Augusto, the restaurant.2017-01-04T16:15:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/09/23/north-idaho-panorama/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_00311.jpgdsc_0031Almost to the top!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/clifty-mountain-tara.jpgclifty-mountain-taraTara is still sporting the Cruella de Vil hair, and a lovely smile.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/clifty-mountain-jim.jpgclifty-mountain-jimhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/clifty-mountain-crystal.jpgclifty-mountain-crystalJ got a good shot of me too. Maybe happy people just look good, in general. ;-)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0001.jpgdsc_0001Tara leads the way to the pit.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0004.jpgdsc_0004Beasts at rest in the evening. What a child's playground, eh? (Perhaps even children in their 40s and 60s)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0005.jpgdsc_0005A view of the breathtaking Purcell Mountains of British Columbia, stretching down into Montana.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0006.jpgdsc_0006This image really appeals to me. The three of us standing in the setting sun, gazing across the rock face of the quarry.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0010.jpgdsc_0010Autumn colours brighten the forest.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0012.jpgdsc_0012Many things are Mom's but the map on the wall is Jim's!2017-01-01T22:41:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/03/27/theres-a-party-in-portland/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0462.jpgDSC_0462Ned Grabavoy and his little ones.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0458.jpgDSC_0458Nat Borchers claps while holding his boy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0455.jpgDSC_0455Twenty-six attempts vs. sevenhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0453.jpgDSC_0453Here, Jim hauls the wooden disc through the crowd so people can touch it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0451.jpgDSC_0451Flags and smoke in the air.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0443.jpgDSC_0443https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0440.jpgDSC_0440https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0438.jpgDSC_0438https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0437.jpgDSC_0437Ball is in the air (a white smudge above the A in Alaska) and Timbers goalie has his eye on it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0436.jpgDSC_0436Timbers lined up for defense of a penalty kick2017-01-01T21:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/12/11/exploring-lake-llanquihue/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00291.jpgdsc_0029On the way to Puerto Octay, a picturesque church beside the road.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0031.jpgdsc_0031https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0033.jpgdsc_0033A view of the church in the center of town.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00341.jpgdsc_0034The farther south we travel, the more influence from indígena (indigenous peoples) I see. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0036.jpgdsc_0036Inside the church were arches built of wood - the first time I have seen this structure in wood instead of stone.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00371.jpgdsc_0037We bought cheese in a shop on the first floor of this lovely house.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0038.jpgdsc_0038At noon the fire siren went off - a common thing I've seen in US cities - and four previously quiet stray dogs jumped to their feet and joined in song.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0039.jpgdsc_0039Cemetery on a hill overlooking Lake Llanquihue.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0040.jpgdsc_0040The town of Puerto Octay on the north shore of Lago Llanquihue.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00442.jpgdsc_0044A headstone at the cemetery in Puerto Octay.2017-01-02T03:23:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/12/05/day-hike-in-the-andes/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0099.jpgdsc_0099Lago Caburgua, in between dust clouds. It's a tiny, nondescript town, and this beautifully built lakeshore was unexpected.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0103.jpgdsc_0103We spotted this great horse, patiently waiting for its master.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0104.jpgdsc_0104These birds filled the fields, using those awesome beaks to dig for some kind of yumminess in the grass. They have a very loud call that sounds like ducks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_01081.jpgdsc_0108On the way to the park. Chile is a stunningly beautiful country.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0115.jpgdsc_0115The trail included many little wooden structures to help us out, like bridges and ramps.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0119.jpgdsc_0119The sheep had recently been shorn and I could see the marks from the clippers in their wool.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_01211.jpgdsc_0121This is typical of the scenes we saw while walking along the gravel road part of the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0123.jpgdsc_0123A river near Lago Tinquilcohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0124.jpgdsc_0124A bridge over a river early along the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_01262.jpgdsc_0126Bamboo was one of the primary trees in the forest, to our surprise.2016-12-11T03:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/12/04/volcano-villarrica/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00551.jpgdsc_0055Margaret negotiates with the rental car employee.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00601.jpgdsc_0060Heading down route 199 in Chile.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0061.jpgdsc_0061Sights of the volcano along the entire trip.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0062.jpgdsc_0062Our fabulous hotel on the shores of Lake Villarica.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0065.jpgdsc_0065Every room in the hotel has views of Lago Villarrica.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0074.jpgdsc_0074Mt. Villarrica from Pucónhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0078.jpgdsc_0078Lago Villarricahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0079.jpgdsc_0079We asked at the tourist office where to take a good photo of the mountain, and he suggested that we go to the lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00801.jpgdsc_0080We kept seeing these clouds form and roll off the very top of the volcano. It was hard not to think it was steam.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0084.jpgdsc_0084There are a couple of flower stands in Pucón that sell these astounding, huge bouquets of flowers that are painted to look out of this world.2016-12-14T15:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/12/10/we-hit-the-highway-in-search-of-a-river/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00271.jpgdsc_0027The stairwell between all the floors of our hostel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0028.jpgdsc_0028Looking through the common room to the kitchen. Guest rooms above, and on all sides of the common room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00021.jpgdsc_0002A lovely shot of the rental car dashboard.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00041.jpgdsc_0004The rivers and forests and mountains make for stunning scenery.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00071.jpgdsc_0007I tried to get shots along the way and my camera hardly ever complied. There were a lot of scenes like this.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0010.jpgdsc_0010We saw a lot of this today, but even Ruta 5 is beautiful in its way.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00121.jpgdsc_0012The common room at our hostel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0013.jpgdsc_0013I can't get over what a beautiful country Chile is.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_0015.jpgdsc_0015The rafting headquarters.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/dsc_00161.jpgdsc_0016Getting ready for our safety briefing.2016-12-11T16:59:55+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/11/27/next-up-chile/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_2408.jpgimg_2408A sign we spotted when using a drive way to turn around. Tara and I thought it was hilarious.2016-12-23T22:14:09+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/11/13/oregon-wine-sake/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_25551.jpgimg_2555I tasted the "moldy rice," which was chewy and sweet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00291.jpgdsc_0029Our feet had to be covered to prevent unwanted contamination.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00301.jpgdsc_0030An enormous mixer.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0033.jpgdsc_0033The cedar-lined roomhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0034.jpgdsc_0034The fermentation room that smelled thickly sweet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0037.jpgdsc_0037Mack explained the steps with the help of this panel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_00381.jpgdsc_0038Imported saké in the tasting room.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_2557.jpgimg_2557Bubbling ricehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_2555.jpgimg_2555Me with a handful of "moldy rice." It was chewy and sweet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_2554.jpgimg_2554Smiling tasters.2016-11-28T01:44:25+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/11/07/something-else-to-think-about/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0002.jpgdsc_0002Here he is again, even farther in the distance.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0004.jpgdsc_0004These geese make a wonderful call, that sounds somewhat human-like. I have yet to identify them.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0029.jpgdsc_0029In the back of the propertyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0030.jpgdsc_0030One last look at the lovely pond.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0036.jpgdsc_0036https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0038.jpgdsc_0038Each evening, there is a brief moment where the sun has an opportunity to hit the front of the house through the trees. That is, if it's shining.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0041.jpgdsc_0041See how patriotic I am! The flag has complicated meanings in the States, which pains me. Despite the meanings I *don't* want others to take, I take the chance and display my country's flag anyway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0051.jpgdsc_0051I have yet to get a close up photo of this remarkable fellow, who is attracted to my pond for fish reasons.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0056.jpgdsc_0056This handsome 3-point stood just on the verge of eating the rest of my honeysuckle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/dsc_0061.jpgdsc_0061The next day he ate my apples, to which he is welcome.2016-11-14T01:28:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/09/17/goodbye-summer/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0186.jpgdsc_0186How cool is this?!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_01181.jpgdsc_0118I couldn't get enough of the daisies. I never did mow them because I didn't have the heart. Just let them die and then pulled them up.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_01501.jpgdsc_0150Western Tanagerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_01531.jpgdsc_0153Western Tanagerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0149.jpgdsc_0149Bullfrog enjoying a rare sunny day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0143.jpgdsc_0143The littler, spunky one that loves to play.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0141.jpgdsc_0141Common Yellowthroathttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0140.jpgdsc_0140Common Yellowthroathttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0137.jpgdsc_0137This was Thomas, while I was taking photos of the Yellow Throated Warbler.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/dsc_0133.jpgdsc_0133Belted Kingfisher2016-10-12T02:02:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/08/20/last-trip-to-the-snake/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076Fields of hops in the valley. The source of so much brewed goodness.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0070.jpgDSC_0070My friend J hands the sword off to Dhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0058-2.jpgDSC_0058 (2)Cows graze in the evening, as the hills turn purple.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_00511.jpgDSC_0051Sun sets over the Snakehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0044.jpgDSC_0044Taz is the only kitty who made it to Romania. I wonder what she thinks of Europe?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_0043Tent in the grasshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_00401.jpgDSC_0040A bird flies off clutching a fish in its claws. You can't see the fish in this photo...trust me it's there. ;)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038This quail perches on this particular pile of rocks nearly every night.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0033.jpgDSC_0033Another quail. So photogenic I can't help myself.2022-04-02T14:56:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/08/17/beach-time/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053Lovely Oregon coasthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0051.jpgDSC_0051Haystack Rock from Cape Kiwandahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0047.jpgDSC_0047There's another one!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0046.jpgDSC_0046These whales are said to spout water and vapor up to 12 feet into the air.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0045.jpgDSC_0045The white-and-gray speckled body of a Gray Whale is visible as she surfaces.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0042.jpgDSC_0042Our group climbed a sand dune at Cape Kiwanda and were treated with coastline views.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0040.jpgDSC_0040I found this sign somewhat disconcerting.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/dsc_0029.jpgDSC_0029Women head into the water to surf. Pacific City's Haystack Rock sits almost a mile offshore.2016-08-19T13:57:24+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/07/31/hero/2016-08-11T18:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/04/24/farm-life/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1917.jpgIMG_1917I had to pick up two more 4x4s in the Jeep, which is not made for hauling lumber.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1916.jpgIMG_1916Douglas helped me take down the old fence so we had room to put up a new one.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1915.jpgIMG_1915I was tickled by the official label slapped onto my lumber order.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1912.jpgIMG_1912Some feathers to help me remember my Lacey, the sassiest of the bunch.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1900.jpgIMG_1900My farm is greening up in the Spring weather.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1898.jpgIMG_1898Eggs in their proper place.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1895.jpgIMG_1895Looking across the pond up to the house, while taking a break from mowing the back forty.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1894.jpgIMG_1894The grass grows fast in the Spring and it was like mowing a jungle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1892.jpgIMG_1892The Hussies behind a fence.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_1879.jpgIMG_1879Serpentine belt came off the deck the first time I tried to use the mower this year.2016-05-05T03:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/03/20/eggs/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1793.jpgIMG_1793My friend doing yard work in the pouring rain.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1723.jpgIMG_1723Why did the chickens cross the road?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1722.jpgIMG_1722Lacey! Are these your eggs? Thank you ma'am!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0414.jpgDSC_0414Egg farmerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0412.jpgDSC_0412Look at these brown and beautiful eggs!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0411.jpgDSC_0411The motherlodehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0410.jpgDSC_0410Wait, what is that in the ferns?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0408.jpgDSC_0408Working in a dense and unkempt flower bed, I spotted a solitary egg out in the rain.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0404.jpgDSC_0404https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/dsc_0399.jpgDSC_03992016-03-30T03:22:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/02/28/tips-for-men/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fish-3.jpgfish 3{photo by Stephen Trulove}https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fish-2.jpgfish 2{photo by Emmet McCusker}https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fish-1.jpgfish 1Man holding a fish.2016-03-11T13:59:58+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/03/08/black-violin-at-the-schnitz/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_1701.jpgIMG_1701Stage before Black Violin's show2016-03-31T01:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/02/23/gifts-to-warm-the-home/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0385.jpgDSC_0385Empty garlic bag and mostly empty nut bag.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0384.jpgDSC_0384A bees wax squirrel candle. Can't get more perfect for me!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0383.jpgDSC_0383My beautiful kitchen towel tells the truth: lots of love here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0375.jpgDSC_0375https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0374.jpgDSC_0374The rain was gushing today, but the ample front porch keeps the front of the house dry.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0365.jpgDSC_0365Close up of the kitchen towel that Marlene made for me as a housewarming gift.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0366.jpgDSC_0366Pond books that I can hardly wait to read.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0370.jpgDSC_0370Look at all these shirts! I am so excited to get them!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0369.jpgDSC_0369If I wear this hat, I'll fit right in among the locals in Rainier. But I'll be the only one with the gorgeous goose embroidered on the side. Look at that!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/dsc_0360.jpgDSC_0360This beauty is perfectly suited for my plum walls.2016-03-08T15:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/01/26/beaver-creek-falls/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0294.jpgDSC_0294 A small but dizzyingly high falls squirts out from beneath the road we came in on.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0292.jpgDSC_0292G leads the way through the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0287.jpgDSC_0287https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0300.jpgDSC_0300https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0290.jpgDSC_0290https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0299.jpgDSC_0299https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0293.jpgDSC_0293https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0298.jpgDSC_0298Beaver Creek scours out a bowl to fill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0297.jpgDSC_0297https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0296.jpgDSC_02962021-11-19T11:36:49+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/01/17/whitery/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1604.jpgIMG_1604Chicken hussies were not phased by their first snow, and treated it as they do everything: tasting it. Snow proved edible, and they spent all morning eating it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1591.jpgIMG_1591Jim loves antique cars, and so I'm going to assume these are here intentionally, waiting under the snow for some future TLC.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1590.jpgIMG_1590Now these are clearly well loved cars. Tara and I have been for a ride in the one in the center.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1587.jpgIMG_1587What do you do when it snows? You shovel, of course.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1586.jpgIMG_1586View from Jim's cabin in Moyie Springs the morning after we arrived.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1584.jpgIMG_1584View from the Hood River Starbucks as we got some fuel for the road.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0113.jpgDSC_0113Looking up at the house. Even in the winter I am pretty sure I need a couple of trees hanging over that deck. Guess I'll be planting this spring.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0111.jpgDSC_0111The pond froze over, so the wild ducks went off to find a more accommodating home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0110.jpgDSC_0110Alder in the creek. In total, I have eight trees down. Six are in the creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0109.jpgDSC_0109The log resting horizontally here shows high water level back when the creek flooded.2016-01-28T02:50:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2016/01/02/happy-new-year/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0069.jpgDSC_0069My chickens got as fat and saucy as possible.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/af7.jpgaf7On Veteran's Day I talked again about complexities of guilt and pride for those who served, but not in battle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1529.jpgIMG_1529Tara got a tattoo of a honey beehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/img_1395.jpgIMG_1395Tara in a cosplay from the show Gravity Fallshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_007911.jpgdsc_00791https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0243.jpgdsc_0243I spent 4 days in The Enchatments Wilderness area in Washington state.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0156.jpgdsc_0156Tara and G went to Oneonta Gorge with me: the trail is so narrow we had to walk in the creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_01551.jpgdsc_0155The sun lit up a mountain lake in October.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0094.jpgdsc_0094Tara visits Hansel & Gretel in our favourite local amusement park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0041.jpgdsc_0041I made lots of new friends at the home of a luthier in Gig Harbour, Washington. There is nothing like having friends who can make music.2016-01-13T15:49:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/11/20/bonding-over-pottery/2015-12-29T02:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/01/29/snapshots/2015-12-29T02:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/03/02/no-rain-at-dharma-rain/2015-12-29T02:07:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/08/10/supermoon-over-the-sandy/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0875.jpgDSC_0875Mossy bank with trail leading to the campsite.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0869.jpgDSC_0869Tara dismantles one of the multiple fire pits. (I agree with her. Three fire pits in the same spot is a bad idea.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0864.jpgDSC_0864Keeping my coffee warm in the percolator.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0863.jpgDSC_0863I counted, and the exposure was nearly 5 seconds! I was holding the camera in my hands, so it may be a little blurry, but I think this is a great shot, considering.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0861.jpgDSC_0861Moon sparkles across the mountain and makes the river glow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0851.jpgDSC_0851How cool is this with all the orange spark trails!2015-12-29T02:05:09+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/12/22/making-it-through-mudslides-and-rain/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1558.jpgIMG_1558Christmas lights of Portland.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1564.pngIMG_1564Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/img_1557.jpgIMG_1557Christmas lights of Portland.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050The river washed out the log that used to be here, as well as the huge blackberry brambles that were growing from it. (Yay! Less weed-whacking this summer.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022This is back when I thought my poor fish were going to boil in the shallow, warm pond.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049This section was entirely impenetrable a month ago. Now it's smartly combed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019Beaver Creek is apparently trying to be Beaver River.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0051.jpgDSC_0051Who needs a leaf-blower when floodwaters clean it up much better?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053Looking the other direction, you can see exactly where the water flowed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/dsc_0021.jpgDSC_0021The river washed out the log that used to be here, as well as the huge blackberry brambles that were growing from it. (Yay! Less weed-whacking this summer.)2015-12-27T18:25:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2007/09/14/what-teacher-had-the-most-impact-on-you/2015-11-28T22:54:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/11/28/giving-thanks/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_15241.jpgIMG_1524Tawny examines a crust from leftover key lime pie.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/img_1524.jpgIMG_1524https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0073.jpgDSC_0073My friends told me this plant looks like kale. I'm pretty sure it is not kale, but I haven't identified this random weed growing on my property. I do agree that it's as pretty as kale.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0067.jpgDSC_0067Frosty pond on Thanksgiving Day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0069.jpgDSC_0069I am no longer worried about the pond being to warm for the fish to stay healthy. Interestingly, I have no concerns about the effects of a frozen pond on the fish inside.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0072.jpgDSC_0072Frost is like adornment for the leaves and grasses and branches. When the sun hits them, the land sparkles.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0075.jpgDSC_0075I brought the two branches up from the creek to the deck, so I could photograph the ice better.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0057.jpgDSC_0057It was very difficult to get my camera to show what I saw: delicate feather-like wisps of ice that clumped together in a chilly pillow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0061.jpgDSC_0061I was totally captivated by the ice.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dsc_0060.jpgDSC_0060As soon as I touched these mounds of ice, they crushed and melted beneath my fingertips.2015-12-09T01:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2007/11/12/proud-to-be-a-gulf-war-veteran/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/af7.jpgAF7Dressed in my blues, sometime in the Spring of 1991. Just after the swift conclusion of the first Gulf War.2015-11-30T08:48:41+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/11/11/proud-to-be-a-gulf-war-veteran-2/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/af7.jpgDressed in my blues, sometime in the Spring of 1991. Just after the swift conclusion of the first Gulf War.2015-11-22T16:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/10/25/back-home-in-full-colour/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_02851.jpgDSC_0285The sun and Snow Creek Wall put on one last show for me by way of goodbye.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc00455_uhdsm.jpgDSC00455_UHDsmThe starry sky from Crystal's place. Photo credit: Tech Support, friend, chicken-catcher and house-sitter.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0282.jpgDSC_0282It looks sort of pretty, but this photo does not convey the magical sound.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0281.jpgDSC_0281A rock spire on the side of Snow Creek Wall is lit by the slanting rays of the sun as I descend into the canyon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0279.jpgDSC_0279A bracket fungus captured my attention while I was resting.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0029.jpgDSC_0029An apple from my tree.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0025.jpgDSC_0025A new creek view, available due to some heavy pruning of this big cedar that was dropping branches to the water.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020Creek level is rising again.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019A view up toward the house from down where I'm building a bonfire pile.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0014.jpgDSC_0014Distracted by a spider (but you can still see the red in the background). Isn't the colouring gorgeous?2015-11-22T17:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/10/12/roslyn-and-leavenworth/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0106.jpgDSC_0106Dome at night.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0104.jpgDSC_0104Christmas shophttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0101.jpgDSC_0101https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0100.jpgDSC_0100A shop signhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0099.jpgDSC_0099Gustav's restaurant has it's own dome.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0097.jpgDSC_0097Even the signs are in German!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0096.jpgDSC_0096A guest cottage. Now, wouldn't you love to stay in this place, overlooking the miniature golf course and grazing goats.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0095.jpgDSC_0095Grazing goathttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0092.jpgDSC_0092Nearly every view today was filled with oranges and reds and mountains.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0091.jpgDSC_0091Murals can be found on 80% of the buildings. Not exaggerating.2015-11-16T03:45:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/10/18/exploring-snow-lakes/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0273.jpgDSC_0273The dam between Upper and Lower Snow Lakes doubles as part of the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0277.jpgDSC_0277A woodpecker pecks only on the shaded side of the tree - specifically to thwart my photography efforts.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0274.jpgDSC_0274A pika holds still and poses for me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0211.jpgDSC_0211Whisky Jack says, "Yo! Toss me something good to eat, lady!" When I didn't, he hopped all around me on a rock, eyeing my clothing for crumbs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0210.jpgDSC_0210https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0203.jpgDSC_0203The chipmunks and whiskey jacks mounted a joint attack force and my resistance was futile. I shared my peanuts to their great appreciation.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0185.jpgDSC_0185The view from the far end of the lake, back toward the stone dam, near where my tent is pitched.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0184.jpgDSC_0184A fascinating fungus.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0178.jpgDSC_0178I took a dozen photos of this lovely bird. However, the light was very low and it would not hold still, so most are too blurry to use.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0164.jpgDSC_0164Bleached white log beside the aqua-coloured water that was continually captivating to me.2015-11-16T03:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/10/17/high-in-the-mountains/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0118.jpgDSC_0118Cedar trees reach their fingers out to soak up a bit of Snow Creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0198.jpgDSC_0198Roughing it? Says who? I do breakfasts too. Here you see the remainder of the sausage, scrambled eggs, sliced cheese and coffee (in the coffee/wine/alfredo all-purpose tin cup).https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0193.jpgDSC_0193The final meal. The pasta has a dark colour because I boiled it in the same pan in which I cooked the sausage. That made the water brown, but oh so flavourful.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0192.jpgDSC_0192Alfredo sauce, sausage, sundried tomatoes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0276.jpgDSC_0276As soon as I spotted this peninsula jutting into Nada Lake, I knew I wanted to camp there. Look at the incredible aqua blue of this lake - isn't it remarkable?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_01331.jpgDSC_0133https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0142.jpgDSC_0142Finished product! It hit the spot. Once I cleaned my plate and everything settled, I filled the plate and ate this much again! ha hahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0141.jpgDSC_0141My supplies for my first supper: Thai curry with chicken, fresh broccoli and mushrooms.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0139.jpgDSC_0139Home Sweet Home. It was as splendid as I imagined it. Who needs a designated camp site?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/dsc_0137.jpgDSC_0137While searching for a way to get to the peninsula, I took off my pack and gazed up at the far end of Nada Lake. Look at my pack there, on her back with her legs curled above her like a dead beetle.2015-11-16T03:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/09/06/august-passed-in-a-blink/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1330.jpgIMG_1330The Jeep is baptized in straw.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1318.jpgIMG_1318Tara is less afraid of heights than I am.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1296.jpgIMG_1296Seafaring robots dressed for the party.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1276.jpgIMG_1276Don't I know it!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0319.jpgDSC_0319Robert Lewis tells a story with the help of audience members. Tara is on the right.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1228.jpgIMG_1228Families sit on the beach in the evening, with a view of Longview, Washington.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/img_1227.jpgIMG_1227A puff of steam from a factory looks ominous in the otherwise romantic evening.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0273.jpgDSC_0273My new home officehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0026.jpgDSC_0026For all the hours that people were at the housewarming party, I never thought to bring out a camera, till we spotted the sun setting through smoky forest fire skies.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022The most I have ever seen on the land at one time.2015-09-08T02:50:29+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/08/30/gig-at-gig-harbor/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0073.jpgDSC_0073Rick Ruskin has skillfully wound his way around guitars for decades.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_00611.jpgDSC_0061Jerry and Terry make a great team and looked like they were having fun up there.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_00511.jpgDSC_0051Terry Holder tunes her guitar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0049.jpgDSC_0049Tools waiting to be called upon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0039.jpgDSC_0039Marcus begins to open up his new guitar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0046.jpgDSC_0046Guitars waiting for the tender touches of repair work.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0041.jpgDSC_0041Roy McAlister talks with Marcus as the musician gets to know his new McAlister guitar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037His fingers blur across the frets.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0036.jpgDSC_0036Marcus in the living room of a family who play music and love music.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_00331.jpgDSC_0033Down at the picturesque Harbor itself. This town is in Puget Sound, so it has full access to the Pacific Ocean, but is protected from seaside exposure.2015-09-07T19:17:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/08/10/tara-literally-polishes-up-the-mailbox/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0119.jpgDSC_0119Partially painted mailbox with a collection of nail polish handy. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0120.jpgDSC_0120Tara worked away at this project. At first I meant to add my touches and make it a team effort, but it turned out so beautifully I couldn't bring myself to interfere.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0266.jpgDSC_0266Ready for mounting, in the back of my step-father's pickup.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0267.jpgDSC_0267Woo hoo! Our new functional work of art is in its new home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0150.jpgDSC_0150Close-up so you can see how amazingly beautiful the colours are. Sadly, nail polish does not seem designed to withstand sunlight, and there are signs of fading already. I'll check in after a year or so, and let you see how it holds up.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0149.jpgDSC_0149Finished! Isn't it gorgeous?!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0122.jpgDSC_0122Tape removal day, while we ate some delish fish & chips at a place we found not too far away.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0146.jpgDSC_0146The old, sad mailbox. It had a white strip of tape with one number on it, crossed out, and a different handwritten number in felt pen beneath.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0269.jpgDSC_0269We've made our mark in the neighborhood. It's a shady street at all times, so hopefully sun damage will be slow. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0268.jpgDSC_02682015-09-07T19:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/08/09/dragonflies-at-the-pond/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050A crimson dragon for youhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0047.jpgDSC_0047Impressive double wings on this beauty by the water.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_0043It is interesting to me how they rest with their wings pulled forward. I wonder why?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0042.jpgDSC_0042Not a dragon fly. But interesting nonetheless.2015-08-10T20:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/08/02/oneonta-gorge-is-cool-on-a-hot-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0181.jpgDSC_0181Playing in the water.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0189.jpgDSC_0189Posing under the fallshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0209.jpgDSC_0209They decided to try and swim beneath the falls.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0196.jpgDSC_0196The top of Oneonta Falls as it crashes down into the narrow gorge and pool below.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0237.jpgDSC_0237The views on the way out. We literally had a light at the end of the tunnel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0246.jpgDSC_0246Tara walks toward the deeper water, beneath trees soaring from the tops of the cliffs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0166.jpgDSC_0166Creative people built about 15 towering cairns in one section of the creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0156.jpgDSC_0156Tara and G wait for me while I gasp at the views and take photos.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0152.jpgDSC_0152Dozens of people make their careful way across a log jam and rock in the middle of the creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/dsc_0151.jpgDSC_0151The recently opened Oneonta Tunnel is a great photo op for adventurous people who want to climb to the top. This old tunnel was built for the original Columbia River Highway around 1920.2015-08-05T15:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/07/22/adulthood-snuck-up-on-me/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/us.jpgusMy Tara and me, September 2014https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0108.jpgDSC_0108Yes, this sign suits us much better.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0040.jpgDSC_0040There used to be a "No Hunting or Trespassing" sign on a tree by the lake. Tara has it in hand, after replacing it with a different sign.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1242.jpgIMG_1242Tara checking out their Oregon State University dormitory room during orientation last week.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tartru_0034-edit.jpgTARTRU_0034-EditTara's high school senior photo, taken in September 2014.2020-04-15T15:29:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/07/18/i-get-by-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1234.jpgIMG_1234N mows the enormous lawn past our new adorable chicken coop.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0062.jpgDSC_0062The end of the day was time to rest and enjoy the land.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0060.jpgDSC_0060The tip of this Foxglove is still blooming. There are only two left on the property and I'm glad I get to see them before their season ends.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0039.jpgDSC_0039Racecar helps from the deck, in the way that cats do.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0032.jpgDSC_0032This is what the TV room looked like a week ago, and what it still looks like now. Well, except for the mattress on the floor. We have the beds set up now.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1253.jpgIMG_1253Our new babies have most of their feathers now, and are getting to know their new home. We have room for only four, but four eggs a day should be enough. :)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1250.jpgIMG_1250A glass of wine, a flat rock in the shade, and the gurgles of a creek are the right combination for restoring my soul.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0056.jpgDSC_0056My pretty little pond.2015-07-23T02:52:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/07/16/sunset-on-the-water/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0014.jpgDSC_0014The air was warm. The water was warm. The people were warm - even the talking and laughter were like a blanket around me. In this softness, the copper sun sank into the water.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0013.jpgDSC_0013A few sailboats were out.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0011.jpgDSC_0011The sun sets over the Columbia Riverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0010.jpgDSC_0010Here, dozens of families unwound and cooled off. You can still see the bridge in the background, as well as my favourite volcano: Mt. St. Helens.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0007.jpgDSC_0007Cars zoom past on I-205 between Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. These two cities (and states) straddle the huge Columbia River.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0002.jpgDSC_0002J directed me to a beach that was west of the I-205 bridge.2015-07-23T02:49:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/07/04/a-first-look/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0025.jpgDSC_0025Standing beside the pond, looking up at the house on the hill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_0023This is behind the pond, a park-like area that holds a few Wood Duck boxes on the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0024.jpgDSC_0024https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022The pond hosts a painted turtle who likes to sun himself on the tiny island.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0021.jpgDSC_0021Standing beside the back deck, looking out toward the Back Forty.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0020.jpgDSC_0020A year-round creek has trout and crawdads.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019I am standing beside the road that runs past the house. Creek on my right, and the Jeep on my right, backed up to the door for unloading.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dsc_0026.jpgDSC_0026The back of the house, with the long deck. I expect to spend many days on that deck. Don't you think it needs a couple of trees?2015-09-12T21:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/07/03/soon-to-be-country-girl/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_1186.jpgIMG_1186The blonde chicks are Rhode Island Reds, and the other two I don't know. But I have time to figure it out before they come live with us.2015-07-11T16:05:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/06/17/distraction-with-a-capital-d/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/dsc_0088-big.jpgDSC_0088 bigCastle all lit up for the 60th diamond anniversary celebration. It truly is a magical place.2015-06-26T12:29:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/06/01/theoretically-a-new-place-to-live/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image1.jpgImage1A livable place, should one have the opportunity to live here.2015-06-18T13:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/05/27/arting-up-alberta-street/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_0043A new ramen house I will definitely return to with Tara.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_1214.jpgDSC_1214Here someone has salvaged an old Coke advertisement.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/8354967896_cf08208fc1_k.jpg8354967896_cf08208fc1_kWe share the same sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/8354061395_ac76f53527_k.jpg8354061395_ac76f53527_kOne thing I particularly enjoy here is the variety of artists' styles.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0013.jpgDSC_0013This one is tiny: perhaps 2 1/2 feet tall. It includes a micro-mural of Haystack Rock, on the Oregon Coast.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0011.jpgDSC_0011The artists are not only talented, but also engaged and aware of their impact on the community, which probably explains why so many sign their work.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0055.jpgDSC_0055We talked for a long time to these enthusiastic young men who had raised their own money through donations from passers-by, and then took it upon themselves to paint over unattractive graffiti. There must be no better affirmation of community action than when young men make it their own project.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0052.jpgDSC_0052Rose City is another Portland nickname. This is an example of when graffiti can no longer be called an eyesore. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0039.jpgDSC_0039The people in this area have cultural influences that include German, African, Chinese, and Mexican.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0035.jpgDSC_0035Inspirational as well as attractive.2015-06-02T03:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/30/heat-and-goodbyes-in-hiroshima/2015-05-17T13:24:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/05/09/an-excuse-to-draw/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/001.jpg001My Siberian Tiger in full colour.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1056.jpgIMG_1056early draft tigerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1055.jpgIMG_1055This is how we did it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1054.jpgIMG_1054early draft rhinohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_1053.jpgIMG_1053Tara designing wildlife cards.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/elephant1.jpgelephant1The original sketch of the elephant, that Tara used as a guide to carve the block print.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/turtle1.jpgturtle1The valid sea turtle card, based on an actual turtle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/elephant2.jpgelephant2colour experimentshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/elephant3.jpgelephant3Elephants in the mist.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/turtle2.jpgturtle2Catch ya later, Dude!2015-05-28T02:31:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/05/04/if-your-home-is-full-of-strangers-go-to-the-zoo/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0233.jpgDSC_0233DeBrazza's Monkey gazes out at me from behind bars.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0264.jpgDSC_0264Straw-coloured fruit bat seems to be cackling with glee. Perhaps he is particularly big fan of bananas for lunch.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0259.jpgDSC_0259An Egyptian fruit bat. Gosh they are so beautiful I just want to cuddle. I love bats.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0243.jpgDSC_0243This photo makes either the giraffe look small or the birds look enormous. Answer: these birds are enormous!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0139.jpgDSC_0139Polar bears enjoying the shade and the cool water of what turned out to be a very warm day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0092.jpgDSC_0092Tara pretending to be a baby eagle. A cranky baby eagle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0238.jpgDSC_0238Reticulated giraffes with a Speke's gazelle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0217.jpgDSC_0217One of the lovelies inside the aviary.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0215.jpgDSC_0215Luckily my camera has a zoom lens and I could get a better look at them. Here, one elephant appears to have open-mouthed delight as it scratches an itchy thigh on that log.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/dsc_0214.jpgDSC_0214This is our actual view of the Asian Elephants, while barriers keep us safely at a distance during construction of Elephant Lands.2015-05-23T13:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/04/14/larch-mountain-hike/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/600_436265920.jpeg600_436265920This is me in front of the waterfall in the shot right above.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0108.jpgDSC_0108Looking over the edge of Multnomah Falls, down to the parking lot and I-5 below. Doesn't this perspective mess with your equilibrium?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0125.jpgDSC_0125Walking past yet another waterfall.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0123.jpgDSC_0123Switchbacks. We became rather familiar with them.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0118.jpgDSC_0118Part of the trail ducked under cliffs that had been carved out for us. See the waterfall in the distance here?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0113.jpgDSC_0113Our trail followed Multnomah Creek for quite a while.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0132.jpgDSC_0132You go first!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0157.jpgDSC_0157Mt. Jefferson not visible, but how lovely are the trees with natural flocking?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0155.jpgDSC_0155Isn't this just lovely?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_0153.jpgDSC_0153Someone else built this snowman, but we added the character.2015-07-26T18:40:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/04/09/friends-of-the-heart/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/collage-2.jpgCollage 2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/collage4.jpgCollage4https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/12-6-14-profile.jpghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pets-collage.jpgpets collage2015-04-10T13:40:35+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/03/17/cherry-orchard-trail/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/600_434807752.jpeg600_434807752This is me, photographing one of the ancient Cherry trees for which the trail takes its name. Thanks to the group leader S for the photo!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0011.jpgDSC_0011That's me, holding my Tilly hat to make sure it didn't blow into the next state!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0001.jpgDSC_0001A lovely trailhead sign for the Cherry Orchard Trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0002.jpgDSC_0002We hiked through trees at the beginning, but soon climbed up and out onto the exposed mountainside.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0009.jpgDSC_0009Looking down onto the Columbia River.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0003.jpgDSC_0003One person in our group was very knowledgeable about the wildflowers and was able to name everything we spotted. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0024.jpgDSC_0024And looking west, back toward Portland, from our lunch stop.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0023.jpgDSC_0023Looking east from where we picnicked at the top of the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0019.jpgDSC_0019I was feeling a little artistic with this one.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0017.jpgDSC_0017Something about this landscape is stunning to me. On the surface, it is desolate and dry and colourless. Still, I find it spectacular.2015-03-23T13:39:11+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/02/15/cliffs-moss-waterfalls/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0188.jpgDSC_0188Trail is visible on the right, with Eagle Creek below on the left.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0186.jpgDSC_0186Heading back to the trailhead along these truly remarkable and beautiful cliffs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0174.jpgDSC_0174Look at the falls! Are you looking? (My view from where I'm standing is the one at the top of this post - jaw-droppingly gorgeous.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0171.jpgDSC_0171This is me, bouncing down the hill to get a better look at the falls. So much for staying on the trail...https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0163.jpgDSC_0163The area above Lower Punchbowl Falls has a rocky beach area that can hold a lot of people who want to enjoy the shade and cool breezes in the summer. In February, there's just a guy taking pictures of his girl. :-)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0155.jpgDSC_0155Metlako Falls, the first big falls you can see from the trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0154.jpgDSC_0154The trail was dynamited out of the side of a cliff.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0152.jpgDSC_0152People ahead of us on the trail walk behind a waterfall.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0148.jpgDSC_0148The beginning of the trail follows the creek before climbing high above it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0144.jpgDSC_01442023-12-26T05:17:01+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/03/11/squirrel-proof/2015-03-18T17:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/03/04/laurelhurst-buds/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0037a.jpgDSC_0037aNothing says "Spring" like newly opening flowers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0041a.jpgDSC_0041aObviously, all the light and dark made me think of black and white.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0036a.jpgDSC_0036aReaching up hopefully to a weak Spring sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0040.jpgDSC_0040A tiny package of delight, reaching out to me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dsc_0042a.jpgDSC_0042aI couldn't get enough of the fuzzy flower buds. Tara was getting chilly, hopping from one foot to the other, while I was not aware of temperature at all.2015-06-09T14:31:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/02/28/squirrel-whisperer/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/dsc_0058.jpgDSC_0058This is Peanut. He was sort of freaked out about the Nikon, but not so freaked out that he was going to pass up a peanut.2015-03-18T18:46:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/books/books-i-read-in-2014/2015-02-22T01:59:58+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2013/03/13/urinal-fun/2015-02-21T19:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/01/31/good-things-jar/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0299.jpgDSC_0299"I'm glad we have health insurance and that Tara is healthy." We have only had health insurance for a couple of years - previously couldn't afford it. This note after talking with a pediatric cardiologist about the state of Tara's heart. Yikes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0297.jpgDSC_0297Our pile of good thingshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0296.jpgDSC_0296Powell's is a local famous bookstore. If you have ever been there, you will agree.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0294.jpgDSC_0294"the ability to forgive and be forgiven"https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0293.jpgDSC_0293"My ballet has drastically improved. I am skilled and beautiful."https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0292.jpgDSC_0292Tara with the TARDIS blanket and hot cocoa, and the good things jar.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0290.jpgDSC_0290Our jar2015-03-18T18:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/03/08/unilateral-hypocrisy/2015-01-18T16:44:50+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/01/12/mirror-lake-the-scenes-i-missed/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_03391.jpgDSC_0339One last look back up at the mountain where I had stood in the sunshine. Then it was time to go Into The Woods, and head back to the Jeep.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0335.jpgDSC_0335I passed the lake on the way back down, and caught the evening light.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0330.jpgDSC_0330I included a shot of this ridgeline in the December post. It looks different this time, with all the sunshine!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0328.jpgDSC_0328Here's the money shot! Click the image so you can see them all, left to right: Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, Mt. Hood. (Picture me jumping up and down with glee)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0327.jpgDSC_0327The glorious sun had baked the rocks dry at the top.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0326.jpgDSC_0326I had not hiked far. In the bottom left, you can see the curve of the highway. That spot is just a few feet from where I parked the Jeep.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0325.jpgDSC_0325The south side of Mt. Hood rises above Mirror Lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0317.jpgDSC_0317Mt. Jefferson to the south, beyond hazy azure hills.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0313.jpgDSC_0313The snow at this point was easy to walk through.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0308.jpgDSC_0308Trying to capture the iceberg blue in the shadows, but it doesn't show up.2015-01-21T23:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2015/01/06/goodbye-tree/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0741.jpgIMG_0741https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0774.jpgIMG_0774Gift time! Tara's holding a T-shirt with the pattern of the Portland International Airport carpet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0745.jpgIMG_0745Stringing lights and scattering needles everywhere. (I'm still finding them!)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/img_0744.jpgIMG_0744My phone captured Mt. Hood peeking above the tree farm trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0289.jpgDSC_0289Goodbye tree. You are still beautiful. Thank you for being in our home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0287.jpgDSC_0287Gifts gone, and it looks a little empty beneath that tree. I love how the lights reflect off the floor.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0283.jpgDSC_0283Glass ball received as a gift from Mom years ago.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/dsc_0279.jpgDSC_0279Cloth origami crane from my trip to Japan.2015-01-11T18:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2009/01/10/end-of-an-age/2015-01-03T17:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2008/12/28/how-well-did-we-do/2015-01-03T17:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/12/31/clear-cold-colorful-new-years-eve/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0274.jpgDSC_0274https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0273.jpgDSC_02732015-01-07T17:22:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/12/29/and-marcus-went-down-to-boise/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0188b.jpgDSC_0188bSteve Eaton, Alana Davis, Marcus Eaton.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0182.jpgDSC_0182https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0168.jpgDSC_0168https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0163.jpgDSC_0163Most of my shots were from behind the stage, since that is where our seats were.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0138.jpgDSC_0138Marcus and Alana share the stage.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0174.jpgDSC_0174Marcus Eaton at the Sapphire Room at the Boise Riverside Hotel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0124.jpgDSC_0124Alana Davis knocks us flat with her amazing voice.2015-01-11T00:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/12/27/idaho-family/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0261.jpgDSC_0261Empty walls always cry out for graffiti. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0255.jpgDSC_0255How can something so wretched be so picturesque?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0254.jpgDSC_0254Sentinels https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0253.jpgDSC_0253I love that there are decorative touches to the smoke stacks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0252.jpgDSC_0252Does the second floor of the hut truly jut away like that?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0250.jpgDSC_0250A closer look shows what a cobbled-together quilt of structures it is.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0244.jpgDSC_0244Every level of scrutiny reveals more fascinating layers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0242.jpgDSC_0242An abandoned factory of some kind, in an absolutely remote stretch of highway.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0235.jpgDSC_0235Is it beautiful, or is it ugly? I guess it depends on who is asked.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0229.jpgDSC_0229Morning light touches the river.2014-12-31T17:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/12/18/snow-hike/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_01100.jpgDSC_01100At the top of the mountain, sun periodically lit up the bits of cloud moving through.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0122.jpgDSC_0122https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0120.jpgDSC_0120https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0118.jpgDSC_0118Willows along the marshes on the side of Mirror Lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0117.jpgDSC_0117This little guy along the trail on the way home gave me a happy "So Long!"https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0115.jpgDSC_0115Snowy ridgeline at the top of Tom Dick and Harry Mountainhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0104.jpgDSC_0104https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0103.jpgDSC_0103Sunbeam alert!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0101.jpgDSC_0101I was tempted to use this one in my B&W challenge. What a pretty twisty tree branch.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_0099.jpgDSC_0099The snow was really coming down at this time, and you can see it in the background where there are no sheltering trees.2014-12-20T20:08:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/09/12/dividends-of-patience/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0274.jpgDSC_02747:16 p.m. Look at that! What an incredible view. Perfect light, perfect weather. I was rewarded well beyond expectation.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0264.jpgDSC_02647:05 p.m.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0249.jpgDSC_02496:48 p.m.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0239.jpgDSC_02396:25 p.m. I knew it wouldn't clear by 6:30, but I could tell the clouds were clearing. So I stayed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0219.jpgDSC_0219This is Mt. St. Helens when I arrived at the Observatory.2014-12-04T21:38:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/11/23/marcus-and-tim/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/p_20141109_212858_nt.jpgP_20141109_212858_NTAwww, reunited.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0052.jpgDSC_0052I could never get Mick Vaughn into focus. That man is one high-powered bundle of energy.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0043.jpgDSC_0043Tim Reynolds wows the audiencehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0037.jpgDSC_0037I allowed myself to be annoying and snapped about 7 shots with a flash, but it didn't improve the photos and mostly just gave Marcus glowing red eyes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0035.jpgDSC_0035https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0031.jpgDSC_0031Marcus Eaton at the Star Theatre in Portland November 19, 2014https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0030.jpgDSC_0030On the beautiful stage of the Star Theaterhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0026.jpgDSC_0026Marcus claps into the microphone while he builds a loop.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0022.jpgDSC_0022Here's the rest of the view from the fire. Great atmosphere here.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0021.jpgDSC_0021Enjoy the fire, a drink, a smoke, and watch people walk by on the street.2014-12-11T14:38:50+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/11/09/too-long-away-from-boston/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_06971.jpgDSC_0697Illuminated white tower at sunset and brilliant foliage reflected in the water. Some scenes are inescapably New England.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0673.jpgIMG_0673Crazy for donuts!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0672.jpgIMG_0672M and R at dinner. I love them so very much.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fullsizerender.jpgFullSizeRenderTara, R, and me in the Brandeis Admissions parking lothttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_07191.jpgDSC_0719How did we all fit into this small space?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0713.jpgDSC_0713Reliving the old days.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0749.jpgDSC_0749Veritas, the Harvard logo meaning "truth," above a boar's head. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0747.jpgDSC_0747https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0743.jpgDSC_0743A glimpse of the Harvard Campushttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0742.jpgDSC_0742R and Tara walk through a Harvard courtyard2014-11-15T18:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/11/11/harvard-and-halloween/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0681.jpgIMG_0681New England trick-or-treatinghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/img_0678.jpgIMG_0678Vitruvius and Micromanager prepare to hit the Ashburnham streetshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0759.jpgDSC_0759Happy and goofing aroundhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0754.jpgDSC_0754I don't know what ICH stands for, but this is amazing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0753.jpgDSC_0753Don't you think these artists should be working in graphic design in New York or something?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dsc_0751.jpgDSC_0751My favourite grafitti spot is in Fitchburg, Mass. I find it powerful that such beauty is created and then destroyed weeks, or even days later, when the artists come back to paint something new.2014-11-13T04:02:46+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/10/25/a-good-place-to-call-home/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0529.jpgDSC_0529The upper falls, above the poolhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0537.jpgDSC_0537I love this portrait. Trust me, that is a face built of decades of squinting into the sun, and has not a trace of grumpiness in it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0620.jpgDSC_0620Sunrise on an early season dusting of snow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0602.jpgDSC_0602Tara took this one, and I love it! This is what we call "the pit." It's a rock quarry down the mountain from the cabin. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0586.jpgDSC_0586Sunset from the front of the cabin. You can see the lights of Moyie Springs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0577.jpgDSC_0577See the skinny Model A tracks over the fat F150 tracks? Generations of Fords.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0574.jpgDSC_0574Tara and her grandpa in the Fordhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0571.jpgDSC_0571Here you see what is needed in a truck, and nothing else.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0567.jpgDSC_0567https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0565.jpgDSC_05652014-11-09T18:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/10/19/sunshine-for-a-rainy-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sunshine-award.jpgSunshine-Award2014-10-24T13:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/10/15/sauvie-island-pumpkin-patch/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0509.jpgDSC_0509This farm chef hooked me up with a delicious elephant ear!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0506.jpgDSC_0506Now isn't she a beauty?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0500.jpgDSC_0500Ok, ok, I'm not heartless. Here's the same llama, in a much more flattering angle.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0496.jpgDSC_0496I think looking head-on at a llama is about the most hilarious thing ever. I mean, how can you not laugh?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0491.jpgDSC_0491Kids hauling their treasures toward the parking lot.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0490.jpgDSC_0490Descending from one of the bridges. Nope, don't know which way to go yet.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0489.jpgDSC_0489What you see here is a whole lotta corn. Plus some stuff in the distance...https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0488.jpgDSC_0488The Haunted Maize is operational at night, and we didn't stay late enough. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0487.jpgDSC_0487Larry is recording the latest CORNundrum.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0486.jpgDSC_0486What is this a picture of? You can figure this one out! They were all this easy, but fun nonetheless.2014-10-19T15:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/10/10/sketch-of-the-day-no-411-in-my-moleskine-sketchbook-wherever-we-are-it-is-our-friends-that-make-our-world-ff/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/flower-for-blogger.jpgbotanical illustration2014-10-13T03:22:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/10/08/connections/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0518.jpgDSC_0518https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0517.jpgDSC_0517Face to face, flower and lenshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0515.jpgDSC_0515I just love this flower. The recklessly long and wavy stems, the mismatched petals, the fearless orange center.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0468.jpgDSC_0468Flower casts a shadow against a wall.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0467.jpgDSC_0467Long stems bend to the sunhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0465.jpgDSC_0465What a beautiful shadow.2014-10-13T03:25:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/10/05/scenes-from-the-willamette/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_03961.jpgDSC_0396Apartments and a restaurant at water's edge.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_04041.jpgDSC_0404I find sailboats romantichttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0444.jpgDSC_0444https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0434.jpgDSC_0434Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, and the famous submarine out front - part of the museum. Scenes from A Hunt For Red October were filmed in that tiny capsule.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0429.jpgDSC_0429Two of Portland's 12 bridges spanning the Willamette River and the Columbia River.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0425.jpgDSC_0425An uncommon perspective of Portland downtown.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0418.jpgDSC_0418This is actually the only photo I really like from the whole cruise. A new bridge is under construction, and this scene was part of the construction equipment.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0412.jpgDSC_0412In no time, we were south of the city in some rural-looking areas. This is Waverly Golf Course and the club house.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0404.jpgDSC_0404Sailboats are so romantic, aren't they?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0396.jpgDSC_0396Apartments and a restaurant at water's edge.2014-10-08T19:59:26+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/10/01/bird-cache/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0459.jpgDSC_0459i saw my first Stellar's Jay in the yard today! I see these all over the forest, but now finally, in my yard too. Aren't they gorgeous?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0456.jpgDSC_0456Jay about to drop some food into a hole.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0455.jpgDSC_0455Jay up on his tip-toes looking for a good spot to cache.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0452.jpgDSC_0452Western Scrub-Jay checking the area to see if it's being watched.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/dsc_0450.jpgDSC_0450She says, "Um, excuse me? it isn't polite to stare."2015-03-05T01:33:55+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/09/28/the-other-side-of-the-mountain/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0375.jpgDSC_0375Huckleberry deliciousness.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0373.jpgDSC_0373Meta Lake. Remnants of the destroyed forest are still visible while the new one regenerates, purely on Mother Nature's timeline.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0364.jpgDSC_0364You've been wondering, "What's that silver stuff in the lake?" Here's a good look. That is a mat of decomposing trees that were blown into the lake 34 years ago.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0362.jpgDSC_0362I was so interested in how the air was clear over me, but thick with dust over the ash-filled valley.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0358.jpgDSC_0358Spirit Lake todayhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0350.jpgDSC_0350Mt. Hoodhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0347.jpgDSC_0347Mt. Adamshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0345.jpgDSC_0345Our view behind the Ranger as he talked.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0343.jpgDSC_0343Spirit Lake in the foreground, and the ashy skies behind it.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0338.jpgDSC_0338Wind lifts volcanic ash from the crater.2014-10-05T16:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/09/22/for-beautys-sake/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0273.jpgDSC_0273I want to paint this with oils - all that blue shadow. These are the hummocks in the valley below the observatory.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0378.jpgDSC_0378I am on the East side of St. Helens, and the wind is Easterly. So the air is clear over the forest, but in the places where the volcanic dust is still on the surface, the particles are raised high in the air. You can see the cloud moving off to the West.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0372.jpgDSC_0372The contrast was just irresistible.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0376.jpgDSC_0376I am about the world's biggest huckleberry fan. Imagine my delight when I found bushes just loaded with ripe berries beside a trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0367.jpgDSC_0367Pow! What color!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0342.jpgDSC_0342Ash kicked into the air as high winds tornado into the crater.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0300.jpgDSC_0300This was so much more astonishing in person, but it's still nice here. The North Fork Toutle River sparkles as it flows West to the sea.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0288.jpgDSC_0288This one makes me think of candy. No Photoshop here, just pure atmospheric luck.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0286.jpgDSC_0286Evening sun turns the silvery spikes of dead trees into copper.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0265.jpgDSC_0265Sunset on icefields on the west slopes.2014-09-25T12:55:02+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/09/13/yumihari-observatory-above-sasebo/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/07111.jpg0711Yumihari no Oka Hotel, on Mt. Shokan-dake above Sasebo. You can also see the sharp point of the roof over the observatory, rising above the trees farther up the hill.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/01911.jpg0191The hotel pool from their balconyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/01721.jpg0172Looking west from the observatory, a view of the Kujukushima2024-05-13T16:37:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/09/07/dragon-boats-on-the-willamette/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0191.jpgDSC_0191This handsome fellow strutted so intentionally in front of the camera, that I knew he was asking to have his photo published.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0189.jpgDSC_0189Friends in the waterhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0177.jpgDSC_0177Paddlers of the Pink Phoenix team - all breast cancer survivors!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0175.jpgDSC_0175https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0173.jpgDSC_0173Boats drawing closer, passing in front of our famous Oregon Museum of Science and Industryhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0168.jpgDSC_0168When the boats turned, the light was finally right, and I could get a shot of the dragon boat details.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0167.jpgDSC_0167Teams blast across the finish line.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dsc_0169.jpgDSC_0169The finish line is the row of red floats beneath the Hawthorne Bridge.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_1247.jpgDSC_1247Pirate flag on a dragon boat at Portland's Rose Festivalhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_1242.jpgDSC_12422014-09-14T15:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/08/17/honored-cherokee-warrior/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0932.jpgDSC_0932Cherokee Warrior Awardhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0916.jpgDSC_0916I am standing with Chief Baker as he presents the Cherokee Warrior Award.2015-06-22T14:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/08/03/tradition-of-faeries/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0732.jpgDSC_0732Tara throws rotten tomatoes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0725.jpgDSC_0725https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0722.jpgDSC_0722Bubbles, beaming smiles, and beauty spreads across the faery fields of Oregon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0691.jpgDSC_0691Tara, me, and the Leader of the Rebellion (at least that's how she explained it).https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0678.jpgDSC_0678https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0655.jpgDSC_0655The fae folk are famous for being tricksters.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0639.jpgDSC_0639Pirate and witch team up.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0638.jpgDSC_0638Characters teach each other juggling tricks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0630.jpgDSC_0630https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dsc_0618.jpgDSC_06182014-08-06T01:56:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/27/tara-in-iwakuni-and-sanzoku-chicken-shack/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/097.jpg097More seating areas tucked away in the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/096.jpg096Me on a stone bridge over the creek that runs through Sanzokuhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/089.jpg089Waterfall cools this hidden path behind the busier sections.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/086.jpg086Glimpses of other people dining, in amongst the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/081.jpg081Tara, Tony, and Andre browse the wareshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/079.jpg079My daughter. Samurai Warrior.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/072.jpg072The atmosphere is just as wonderful for the indoor seating.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/063.jpg063Tara's breaded, deep-fried chickenhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0621.jpg062My meal, and Tara's thumbs-uphttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/060.jpg060We chose large2015-04-26T08:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/07/23/ever-so-much-more-than-a-hike/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0393.jpgDSC_0393My shadow in the setting sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0499.jpgDSC_0499A natural life cycle of a forest includes fires.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0364.jpgDSC_0364Naked spikes of trees from an old forest fire crest the peaks.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0541.jpgDSC_0541From the middle of the North Fork of the Trinityhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0477.jpgDSC_0477A deer watches me with curiosity, and perhaps a little hope that I'll spill some food.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0367.jpgDSC_0367https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0351.jpgDSC_0351Sundial Bridge at the Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, California.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0348.jpgDSC_0348The volcano Mt. Shasta, rising in front of the sun at a rest area in Weed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/dsc_0339.jpgDSC_0339The Canby ferry, M.J. Lee II, on the Willamette River.2014-07-25T16:07:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/06/07/tears-and-a-serpent/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/tot.jpgtotAuthor: Julia Coates2014-06-10T12:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/06/04/who-doesnt-love-cherries/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_08481.jpgDSC_0848Arrow points to critterhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0847.jpgDSC_0847The raccoon is eyeing me warily, wondering whether to continue up for more cherries, or to climb down and escape. I must not look very scary, because she went back to climbing.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dsc_0846.jpgDSC_0846Num Num Num2014-06-07T02:34:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/05/31/forcing-shinseki-to-resign-is-a-cop-out/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/coin.jpgcoinEric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bronze-side.jpgbronze side2014-06-01T15:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/05/25/superstitions-of-hiking-in-taiwan-spooky-talk/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_38941.jpgFeatured Image -- 5214https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_389411.jpgDSC_3894(1)2014-05-28T13:40:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/05/21/rainy-mothers-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0798.jpgDSC_0798Stairs leading down to a rope swing. Believe it or not, we were not tempted to use the swing this weekend.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0795.jpgDSC_0795View from the picnic table in our campsite.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0792.jpgDSC_0792Yup, this pretty much sums it up.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0791.jpgDSC_0791A water pump for campers. It's so pretty. Usually there is a spigot, but this - while providing the same service - is a pleasure to use.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0785.jpgDSC_0785Look at our sad, damp, little home down there.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0780.jpgDSC_0780Under the rock - wetter than ever!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0776.jpgDSC_0776This bridge crosses the creek that flows under House Rock, then down the bank to the river.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0774.jpgDSC_0774Some people use bridges for walking...https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0772.jpgDSC_0772Wildflowers don't mind rain.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0770.jpgDSC_0770Stone steps between two huge rocks, leading to a footbridge to the House Rock trail.2014-06-01T15:00:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/05/18/central-oregon-weekend/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0700.jpgDSC_0700This campsite was across the river from the House Rock trail. I decided to stay there the following weekend with Tara.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0751.jpgDSC_0751We made a picnic lunch up here and gazed out across this amazing view while we ate and sampled some Hood River microbrews.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0748.jpgDSC_0748View of Black Butte from Cline Buttes. From here you can tell it was formed by a volcanic eruption.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0745.jpgDSC_0745McKay Crossing Falls on Highway 21 south of Bend.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0731.jpgDSC_0731Chipmunk at the Metoliushttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0727.jpgDSC_0727Metolius River bubbles up, instantly formed, from beneath Black Butte.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0723.jpgDSC_0723When the rain let up and the sun came out, the glow was irresistible.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0721.jpgDSC_0721Harlequin duckhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0714.jpgDSC_0714This is me beneath House Rock, contemplating how I would use this space if I was a pioneer traveling through Oregon by wagon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0709.jpgDSC_07092014-05-31T14:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/05/14/not-to-be-forgotten/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0464.jpgDSC_0464View of the park from our Hilton room. You can see the backdrop to Cars Land, and the Tower of Terror.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0052.jpgDSC_0052Strollers. If you've ever been there, you know what I'm talking about.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0455.jpgDSC_0455Oh my, my. I realized when the kids began shooting at this booth that I had failed my kid and had not passed on a critical Idaho skill! I had to teach her how to hold a rifle, and she's 16 years old. I'm so embarrassed. This is after some coaching, but still... I need to get this kid to a range.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0432.jpgDSC_0432Taylor, our most favouritest skipper of them all. We loved her so much we asked for an autograph!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0430.jpgDSC_0430Skippers of the Jungle Cruisehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0424.jpgDSC_0424Lines. We stood in so many lines. The lines wrapped around and up and down stairs, in and out of buildings.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0418.jpgDSC_0418I just loved the Tiki Room. It was completely throwback and such silly fun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0403.jpgDSC_0403Downtown Disney was a completely fun and unexpected outdoor mall. Entertaining and Disney-themed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0371.jpgDSC_0371Another shot I like, as the rollercoaster flashes overhead above Toy Story Midway Mania!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dsc_0368.jpgDSC_03682014-05-20T01:58:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/04/28/avenue-of-roses-parade/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_06161.jpgDSC_0616The stunning costumes of the the dancers Comparsa Orgullo Morelense Cemiac. Tara pointed out that the historic traditions illuminated are Aztec.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0663.jpgDSC_0663https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0660.jpgDSC_0660This little girl was next to me and was having the time of her life with her grandpa by her side. "Papa! This is the best parade EVER!" she squealed at one point.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0658.jpgDSC_0658https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0654.jpgDSC_0654I adore the hot rods! The Nova is my very most favourite muscle car. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0652.jpgDSC_0652Hey! This guy is my neighbor. What a fun idea for a paint job.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0650.jpgDSC_0650https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0645.jpgDSC_0645Like these two. Eeek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0642.jpgDSC_0642More comedy from the County Corner. There are all manner of the dead and mysterious marching with this hearse.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0641.jpgDSC_0641While our Timbers Army may be famous, we've got rabid fans of other team too: like those who love the Blazers and the Winterhawks - our ice hockey team.2014-05-14T20:45:12+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2009/12/20/there-and-back-again/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/trip-0271.jpgtrip-027Misty wet Northern California scenehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/tree.jpgtreeChristmas tree, decked in all its fineryhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/carson-edited.jpgCarson editedEureka's Carson Mansion, magically alighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/trip-034.jpgtrip 034Smith River two minutes before sunrisehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/trip-032.jpgtrip 032One of the Highway 101 bridgeshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/trip-031.jpgtrip 031Jedediah Smith State Parkhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/trip-025.jpgtrip 025foghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/trip-018.jpgtrip 018rainhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/trip-020.jpgtrip 020The red speck is a pickup truckhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ship.jpgshipRainy dawn. There's a ship! See the light?2014-04-26T19:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/04/26/hood-river-fruit-blossoms/2014-05-20T13:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/04/23/hood-river-blossoms/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0609.jpgDSC_0609At the end of our tour, we stopped by a deli, picked up an amazing lunch and a couple of microbrews (yet another thing Hood River is famous for), and had a picnic lunch at the beach.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0606.jpgDSC_0606The original version. These heaters in the fruit fields are eye-catching. The red rust is irresistible in the colour photos. Hard to convert it to sepia. :-)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0606-old.jpgDSC_0606 oldThe result of me playing with the "time machine" feature of Paint Shop Pro.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0605.jpgDSC_0605Heaters in an orchard.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0594.jpgDSC_0594An orchard viewed from Panorama Point, a drive-up viewpoint in the valley.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0592.jpgDSC_0592Another view from Panorama Point. It's like a sea of white blossoms.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0583.jpgDSC_0583What makes the orchards here especially picturesque is the hilly terrain that rises to mountains on the horizon. My eye delights in all the uneven shapes and depths.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0582.jpgDSC_0582Blossoms draped across the hillshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0575.jpgDSC_0575I couldn't stop admiring the orchards draped over hills.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0568s.jpgDSC_0568sThe incomparable Mt. Hood, somewhat less remarkable in hazy skies.2014-04-25T02:42:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/04/10/raccoons-coming-out-my-ears/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_04651.jpgIMG_0465A pile of unused raccoon stickers just waiting to find a home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0472.jpgIMG_0472The first one goes on my car. This way I can take the raccoon with me all over the place.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/img_0465-e1397060177844.jpgIMG_0465A pile of unused raccoon stickers just waiting to find a home.2022-12-13T14:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/04/08/radiator-springs/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0395.jpgDSC_0395View of Radiator Springs from the Ferris wheel at Paradise Pier.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0349.jpgDSC_0349The scenery was unbelievable.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0347.jpgDSC_0347People waiting for their group inside the Racers ride.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0346.jpgDSC_0346Cave paintings of old cars inside the Radiator Springs Racers ride.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0192.jpgDSC_0192Radiator Springs Racers was one of our favourite rides.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0135.jpgDSC_0135Looking at the rock cliffs from the downtown Radiator Springs community.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0133.jpgDSC_0133Here is Flo's in the daylighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0118.jpgDSC_0118All buildings matched the theme.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0109.jpgDSC_0109The kids shared a tire.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0108.jpgDSC_0108We rode our giant tires like pucks on an air hockey table.2014-04-15T02:12:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/04/06/birch-over-time/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0489.jpgDSC_0489The old brown pods are gone, and the new golden pods are packed with life potential.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0487.jpgDSC_0487Afternoon sun bursting between clouds lights up the pods to their yellowy fullness.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0479.jpgDSC_0479Morning light makes dark shadowshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0475.jpgDSC_0475Thumbnail moon through birch seed pods.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0472.jpgDSC_0472Blossoms exploding in the sunshine like popcornhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dsc_0471.jpgDSC_0471Cherry blossoms2014-04-09T15:10:14+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/03/30/birds-in-the-park/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0460.jpgDSC_0460Typical green-headed Mallard duckhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0459.jpgDSC_0459Female Mallard duckhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0458.jpgDSC_0458Black Crowned Night Heron, I believe. Isn't this one beautiful?!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0452.jpgDSC_0452Fabulous blue headed male Mallard duckhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0448.jpgDSC_0448Canada Goosehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0447.jpgDSC_0447Seagullhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0422.jpgDSC_0422The Ladies of the Tiki Room sing us a song. (Clue #4) https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0384.jpgDSC_0384An American Coot glides through the water (clue #3).https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0375.jpgDSC_0375Sparrow munches popcorn. (Clue #4)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0372.jpgDSC_0372Lovely yellow petals2014-04-02T15:42:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/03/22/the-season/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0004.jpgDSC_0004There is no better pink in the world than the pink of blossoms.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0003.jpgDSC_0003Flowers, sunshine, blue sky - if I'm not mistaken, it's Springtime!2014-03-24T14:30:15+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/03/13/bricks-cascade-2014/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_00531.jpgDSC_0053Notre Dame cathedral. I like the idea of overlapping architecture: How Legos are used to recreate a cathedral that is remarkable for its construction.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_00421.jpgDSC_0042Battle scene in the jungle, on the edge of a sea. (That's an entire aircraft carrier down at the other side.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0050.jpgDSC_0050Old School Legos! I looked at this and all the Legos of my past came back to me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0435.jpgIMG_0435Close-up of the spectators and playershttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0434.jpgIMG_0434The Quidditch pitch at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardryhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0431.jpgIMG_0431Taktsang (Tiger’s Nest) Monastery in Bhutan. The builder was kind enough to pose for me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0430.jpgIMG_0430close-up of a portion of Rivendellhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0429.jpgIMG_0429close-up of a portion of Rivendellhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0060.jpgDSC_0060Rivendell in Legoshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0059.jpgDSC_0059One of several battle scenes. Check out the exploding dirt.2014-03-21T13:45:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/03/04/willamette-valley-parks/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/img_0425.jpgIMG_0425Me, in front of the cottonwood tree. (Look at the horrible bands I now have to wear on my braces. Vampire girl.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0062.jpgDSC_0062Rabbit has it's eyes on ushttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0053.jpgDSC_0053Arno stands beside Mission Lake, which is behaving much like the river it used to be.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_0048I had to lie on my back to get the whole tree into this shothttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0047.jpgDSC_0047The Nation's Largest Black Cottonwood Treehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0045.jpgDSC_0045Arno in the middle of the swollen Willamette Riverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0042.jpgDSC_0042We came around a corner and suddenly we were in line to get onto the Wheatland Ferry.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0038.jpgDSC_0038Blockhouse in Dayton, Oregonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0034.jpgDSC_0034Daffodils are up in central Oregon! They didn't care if it was 37 degrees and raining.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_0032.jpgDSC_0032Rose hips in the rain2014-03-06T14:29:18+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/02/22/memories-influence-fantasy/2014-02-24T13:50:41+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/02/14/ice/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0124-1.jpgDSC_0124 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0130-1.jpgDSC_0130 -1frozen and sparklinghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0129-1.jpgDSC_0129 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0128-1.jpgDSC_0128 -1Fingers of ice fan outhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0127-1.jpgDSC_0127 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0126-1.jpgDSC_0126 -1The trees in the front yard, weighed down with ice. You can see many broken branches on top of the snow.2014-02-19T14:33:07+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/02/12/back-yard-characters/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0070-11.jpgDSC_0070 -1Well. You knew this was going to happen eventually.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0137-1.jpgDSC_0137 -1The Northern Flickers take my breath away with their size and beauty.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0136-1.jpgDSC_0136 -1Hummingbird sipping juice from plastic flowers. I haven't decided what kind he is.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0081-1.jpgDSC_0081 -1Can't you just feel that nasty cold wind and snow blasting? The juncos kept hiding on the windward side of the feeder, little darlings.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0078-1.jpgDSC_0078 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0069-1.jpgDSC_0069 -1Oh, she was too fast and I missed the shot. Hello, dear. Can I help you? I've never seen a chicken in my yard before, but she is as welcome as all the other birds.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0361-1.jpgDSC_0361 -1I call them the silver squirrel and the red squirrel. There is no better way to explain it!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0001-1.jpgDSC_0001 -1Squirrel with attitudehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0066-1.jpgDSC_0066 -1A treeful of lesser goldfinches. Can you see them all? And they make the sweetest cacophony of fluttering and twittering when they are in the weeping birch tree. And below the fluff of the seed pods floats down like snow below them.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dsc_0064-1.jpgDSC_0064 -1A Lesser Finch finds birch seeds outside my window.2014-03-06T02:46:12+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/05/24/hoffman-as-salesman/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/salesman.jpgSalesmanPhilip Seymour Hoffman as Willy Lomanhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/flawless3.jpgflawless3Philip Seymour Hoffman as Rusty, in the movie Flawless. (credit: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/15772/looking-back-at-joel-schumacher%E2%80%99s-flawless)2014-02-03T05:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2014/02/02/stuck-with-a-needle-and-burst/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/philip-seymour-hoffman.jpgPhilip-Seymour-HoffmanPhoto credit: The Guardian2014-02-17T01:16:51+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/books/books2011/2014-01-30T13:29:22+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/books/books2012/2014-01-30T13:28:50+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2012/05/13/death-prom-japan-and-other-minor-happenings-in-my-life/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tent.jpgtentOur tent on the sand of the Sandy River, near Mt. Hoodhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/mildanme.jpgMildanMeGramilda, Pulek, and me, at her home in Nampahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tara-tux.jpgTara TuxShe looks great in a tuxedo!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/hp-guts.jpgHP gutsHP gutshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/corner.jpgcorner2014-01-18T16:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/12/27/south-to-the-north-coast/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0049-11.jpgDSC_0049 -1My Arno, the climberhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0051-11.jpgDSC_0051 -1The trail winds through old growth redwood rain foresthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0059-1.jpgDSC_0059 -1Coast Redwoods soar up above the green forest floorhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0070-1.jpgDSC_0070 -1Itty bitty car in the trees along Howland Hill Roadhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0078-1.jpgDSC_0078 -1Arno inside the cut trunk of a tree beside the road.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0082-1.jpgDSC_0082 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0089-1.jpgDSC_0089 -1This attractive gentleman stayed close, with the hopes that I would share my lunch with him.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0095-1.jpgDSC_0095 -1Wind filled the air with mist and gave a dreamy quality to the seaside sunsethttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0098-1.jpgDSC_0098 -1did I mention that he likes to climb?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0103-1.jpgDSC_0103 -1Arno on top of a rock at a southern Oregon beach2013-12-29T17:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/12/11/rose-city-roller-derby/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0336-1.jpgDSC_0336 -1Kilted refhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0334-11.jpgDSC_0334 -1Enurgizer Bunny skating for DLR moves in for a block.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0332-1.jpgDSC_0332 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0308-1.jpgDSC_0308 -1Since everyone's on wheels, there were plenty of spillshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/rose-city-rollers-logo.jpgrose-city-rollers-logohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0334-1.jpgDSC_0334 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0330-1.jpgDSC_0330 -1D.L.F. and the Break Neck Betties battle it out at the Memorial Coliseumhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0329-1.jpgDSC_0329 -1In Portland, we got your red mohawaks. We got your lime-green mullets. Any questions?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0327-1.jpgDSC_0327 -1Blockers in a group, getting ready for the start whistlehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/dsc_0324-1.jpgDSC_0324 -1contact sport2013-12-20T15:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/11/28/finished-products/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0226-1.jpgDSC_0226 -1Honeycomb mughttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0225-1.jpgDSC_0225 -1bee on the bottomhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0224-1.jpgDSC_0224 -1honeycomb pattern https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0221-1.jpgDSC_0221 -1finished bowl with fruit in ithttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0220-1.jpgDSC_0220 -1golden swirls2013-12-04T18:26:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/11/30/blogging-communities/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sisterhood1.jpgsisterhoodSisterhood of the World Bloggers Awardhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sisterhood.jpgsisterhoodSisterhood of the World Bloggers Award2017-11-04T04:41:07+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/12/04/my-job-looks-different-from-here/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/window.jpgwindowMy view into the back yard from my new office at home.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/lights.jpglightshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/img_9938.jpegIMG_9938Racecar on my desk yesterday, annoyed that I stopped scratching her head so I could take this photo with my phone.2014-03-11T13:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/11/13/dont-sleep/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/dsc_0219.jpgDSC_0219I took this photo of a furry dude in my back yard a couple months ago. Afterward I realized the flash caused the same white ghost eyes as the stencils and stickers. Is there a message in that, as well?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0295.jpgIMG_0295This is the first raccoon of its kind I have seen in colour. Art near the intersection of Belmont and 60th.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0279.jpgIMG_0279on Thorburn Streethttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/img_0193.jpgIMG_0193at my bus stop2013-12-04T18:35:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/02/miyazaki-landscapes/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/126.jpg126I turned, gazing about me, spotted this scene and thought instantly of Hayao Miyazaki2015-01-16T07:56:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/23/did-christians-make-me-a-nice-atheist/2013-12-04T18:38:30+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/08/laurelhurst-park/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0224-1.jpgDSC_0224 -1Aren't the branches fascinating?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0221-1.jpgDSC_0221 -1I did not expect newly blossomed flowers in October!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0216-1.jpgDSC_0216 -1Hello friend!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0209-1.jpgDSC_0209 -1Laurelhurst Park has some truly remarkable treeshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0197-1.jpgDSC_0197 -1The algae gives a strong colour to the lakehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0188-1.jpgDSC_0188 -1Island in a lake at Laurelhurst Park in Portland, Oregonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0185-1.jpgDSC_0185 -1I enjoyed experimenting with the reflections in the lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0183-1.jpgDSC_0183 -1We came across these happy ducks who found children with bags of grain.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0174-1.jpgDSC_0174 -1Ducks left us when they realized we had no food.2013-10-20T18:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/18/columbus-day-backpacking-is-that-a-bag-of-poo/2013-10-20T16:39:18+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/17/columbus-day-backpacking-can-i-burn-the-map-now/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0037-1.jpgDSC_0037 -1Tent on snow. Brrr!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0001-1.jpgDSC_0001 -1Information boards and no available permits at the Whitewater Trailheadhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0009-1.jpgDSC_0009 -1Snow starts to come down hard as I realize our destination is a much higher elevation.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0199-11.jpgDSC_0199 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/jefferson_map_small.jpgJefferson_map_smallThis is the trail we followed to Scout Lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0198-1.jpgDSC_0198 -1Sun through leaves near the trailheadhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0193-1.jpgDSC_0193 -1Mt. Jefferson in snow-capped lovelinesshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0186-1.jpgDSC_0186 -1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0181-1.jpgDSC_0181 -1The trail we made from the PCT to get to our camp.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0178-1.jpgDSC_0178 -12013-10-23T15:31:33+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/07/photography-lesson/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0236-1.jpgDSC_0236 -1Autumn colours! Irresistible.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/dsc_0234-1.jpgDSC_0234 -1A spider in late day sunshine2013-10-08T17:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/10/05/guest-writer-climbs-cooper-spur/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/arno-stone-hut.jpgArno stone hutArno at the stone hut on Cooper Spur, Mt. Hood Oregon2013-10-06T15:28:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/09/29/last-summer-on-fujisan/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/344.jpg344My Fuji stick!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/338.jpg338Sign in one of the few actual toilets on Fuji. Most are pits, but this one used precious water, and cautioned me to use it sparingly.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/324.jpg324This is me, just below the summit of Mt. Fuji, though I don't really know how close yet. (The smile is part relief and part hope.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/308.jpg308Looking up at the endless switchback on red and black pumice gravel, and all the little huts offering to brand my stick so I can rest for two minutes.2013-10-07T03:35:59+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/02/24/locked-gate-and-happy-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/041.jpg041Arno at the Bridge of the Godshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/036.jpg036a flocking of shocking pinkhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/035.jpg035Looking toward Oregon. See the PCT sign in shadow on the right.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/033.jpg033https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/030.jpg030https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/020.jpg020https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/014.jpg014A locked door, preventing would-be trespassers, wishing to pretend ignorance of the "closed trail" signs.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/013.jpg013There is no equal to the majestic view of the great Columbia River Gorge from a heighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/010.jpg010The trail held such promisehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/027.jpg027Beacon Rock near Stevenson, Washington2013-09-25T19:32:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/09/14/at-the-river/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0107.jpgDSC_0107Finally the sun sank so low I couldn't avoid the fact that we had to get home and get some sleep for another full day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0106.jpgDSC_0106These ladies carried their chairs down from the highway, walked directly into the river, sat down and began gossiping. "...and I was like, 'you can't expect me to forgive you after what you did.' And he said..." They were wonderful.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0105.jpgDSC_0105My pretty girl in the bushes, seeking out shade to do her homework in between splashes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0102.jpgDSC_0102https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0101.jpgDSC_0101Looking upstream https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0100.jpgDSC_0100Sparkleshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0095.jpgDSC_0095A paddle boarder calmly sails through our midst.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0091.jpgDSC_0091A floating couch! There are three people on this floating contraption.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0089.jpgDSC_0089Can you see the little fry in the water? Look for the shadow.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076My T jumps into the Sandy River2013-09-16T03:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/09/03/kumoricon-2013/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0032.jpgDSC_0032Kyoshi warriors. These are the best cosplayers I have ever seen. Incredible costumes. I should know, since I made one of these for Tara three years ago.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/img_0233.jpgIMG_0233My daughter's costume on day 2, from Lackadaisyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1010114.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/p1010011.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0070.jpgDSC_0070A face at Kumoricon 2013https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0067.jpgDSC_0067more Homestuck trolls (Homestuck was very big this year)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0066.jpgDSC_0066https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0055.jpgDSC_0055https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0052.jpgDSC_0052https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dsc_0048.jpgDSC_00482013-09-15T12:44:28+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/08/28/redhead-event-2013/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-17.jpgred 17During the last seconds of counting downhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-16.jpgred 16https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-15.jpgred 15https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-14.jpgred 14dance! dance!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-13.jpgred 13like red waterfalls!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-12.jpgred 12three beautieshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-11.jpgred 11Nice!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-10.jpgred 10My stunning friend Heather, blending in with the crowdhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-9.jpgred 9there's a beard!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/red-8.jpgred 8free sunscreen anyone?2013-09-06T19:09:30+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/08/11/old-snowy-mountain-and-goat-lake/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0882.jpgDSC_0882Treacherously steep slopes were thrilling and beautiful as we lifted out of the valley and away from the lake.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0881.jpgDSC_0881This is Goat Lake. I love that fabulous blue of compressed ice!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0867.jpgDSC_0867Our view of Old Snowy Mountain from the Lily Basin Trail. That round hump on top is the point we climbed to.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/img_20130810_200424_552.jpgIMG_20130810_200424_552Wet Sunday morninghttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0845.jpgDSC_0845My signature pose when I get to a high spot. I'm on top of Old Snowy, and that's the sharp ridgeline stretching to the south behind me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0837.jpgDSC_0837(Arno made it to the top, too. He is more comfortable climbing mountains than I am.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0834.jpgDSC_0834https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0827.jpgDSC_0827Arno trekking out onto the McCall Glacierhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0813.jpgDSC_0813Hikers moving along the PCT as it crosses Packwood Glacierhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0803.jpgDSC_0803goat vs. lump of snow2013-08-28T14:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/08/10/goat-rocks-wilderness/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0850.jpgDSC_0850Arno and me in the mountainshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0805.jpgDSC_0805Steep valley with Mt. Rainier rising in the background to 14,410 feet. Goat Lake is in the cirque to the left.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0801.jpgDSC_0801Just left of the view above, Goat Lake rests in a cirque and drains by a high waterfall.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0795.jpgDSC_0795Here is a shot from our trip to the Andes, with llamas and their keeper.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0794.jpgDSC_0794https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0792.jpgDSC_0792https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0786.jpgDSC_0786Pacific Crest Trail!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0782.jpgDSC_0782Up close and personal with Mt. Adams. You can almost feel the frigid air coming off the glaciers, huh?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0771.jpgDSC_0771Bird in a stunted tree near our camphttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/dsc_0763.jpgDSC_07632013-08-28T13:36:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/07/27/faerieworlds-2013/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0520.jpgDSC_0520Faery with attitudehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0512.jpgDSC_0512My Tara girlhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_05571.jpgDSC_0557info treehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/full-map.jpgfull-mapa map of the realmhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0611.jpgDSC_0611This is me, at the end of the day, as Miss T and I prepare to find a bed.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0581.jpgDSC_0581tea anyone?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0563.jpgDSC_0563shimmeringhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0561.jpgDSC_0561Fantastic wings! Will they even work?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0559.jpgDSC_0559pouty faeryhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0557.jpgDSC_0557direction tree2013-08-19T17:34:57+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/08/06/love-affair-exposed/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marcus-1.jpgMarcus 1Drummer Kevin Rogers, me, Marcus at the https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marcus-2.jpgMarcus 2Miss Tara (right) finally gets to see a real Marcus Eaton show!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marcus-11.jpgMarcus 11This is how intimate it was. So many of these people turned into friends that night.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marcus-10.jpgMarcus 10Marcus at a backyard show outside of Seattle, September 3, 2009https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ste-chapelle.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAt the Father's Day concert at Ste. Chapelle winery in Caldwell, Idaho in 2006https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/marcus-3.jpgMarcus 3Marcus and me last month in Portland2014-08-13T02:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/07/17/concert-in-the-gorge/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0188.jpgIMG_0188A super show and an excellent venue. We will be back!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0183.jpgIMG_0183Counting Crows on stagehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0182.jpgIMG_0182Happy people sprawled in the lawnhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0181.jpgIMG_0181The Wallflowers on stage. Jakob, does it bother you that I can't help but think of your dad when you sing certain songs?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0180.jpgIMG_0180Arno and me in the welcome cool after the sun moved awayhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/img_0175.jpgIMG_0175The crowd all wine-happy and warm and anticipating The Wallflowers2013-07-17T18:13:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/07/14/july-4th-road-trip-part-iii-john-day-fossil-beds/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0137.jpgDSC_0137Million-year-old leaf fossilshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_00791.jpgDSC_0079https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0206.jpgDSC_0206left or right?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0174.jpgDSC_0174This little girl ran ahead of her parents in her excitementhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0167.jpgDSC_0167boardwalk into Painted Cove Trailhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0168.jpgDSC_0168Miguel, Diego, and Tara along the boardwalk on the Painted Cove Trailhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0169.jpgDSC_0169Mounds of coloured cracked clayhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0141.jpgDSC_0141Shoe treehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0144.jpgDSC_0144wow. all those shoes...https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0150.jpgDSC_0150View from the Painted Hills Overlook trail2013-07-18T02:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/07/11/july-4th-road-trip-part-ii-warhawk-air-museum/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0216.jpgDSC_0216The Korean box of drawers. You would have picked this too, huh?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0120.jpgDSC_0120Graffiti in Oregon: we don't do anything around here without activism of some sort.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0119.jpgDSC_0119It's so stark I could be tricked into thinking this is an artist's rendering of a farm. But no, this is simply Eastern Oregon.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0117.jpgDSC_0117There were many cabinets such as this one that tracks, through the placement of mementos, the history of an Air Force pilot and his wife, and their impressive careers.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0111.jpgDSC_0111F-104 Starfighterhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0108.jpgDSC_0108P-47 Thunderbolt at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idahohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0105.jpgDSC_0105Join the WAVES!2013-07-18T02:07:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/07/10/july-4th-road-trip-part-i-silver-city/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/house.jpghousePa and Michelle's house on the Snake Riverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0093.jpgDSC_0093Our camp on night #2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0087.jpgDSC_0087Learning about someone's pasthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0083.jpgDSC_0083I found this terribly sad story.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0077.jpgDSC_0077Diego and Tara finding interesting headstones.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0076.jpgDSC_0076https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0074.jpgDSC_0074View from the back of the center of Silver City. I love the large, patched-together building in the center, the Idaho Hotel.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0071.jpgDSC_0071A side street makes the town look more alive, as it actually is, since people own and live in these homes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0059.jpgDSC_0059Inside the Idaho Hotelhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_0056.jpgDSC_0056Catholic church on a hill2013-07-18T01:52:03+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/07/02/portland-pride-2013/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1367.jpgDSC_1367Eliot, me, and some of our fair city's bridges in the background.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1362.jpgDSC_1362The audience, I kid you not, does not look much different than the typical group of people one finds on Portland streets.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1359.jpgDSC_1359Portland Pride Parade 2013 with Poder Latino Oregon!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1334.jpgDSC_1334The Pug Contingenthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1331.jpgDSC_1331Red Dress is always a great floathttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1320.jpgDSC_1320The Timbers Army loves LGBT!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1318.jpgDSC_1318The Rose City Rollers are Portland, Oregon’s all-female flat track roller derby leaguehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1317.jpgDSC_1317Sorry I caught you in an unflattering expression, but dahling, you look FABULOUS!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1314.jpgDSC_1314Ssssssssssizzlin!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_1303.jpgDSC_1303People of faith were out in support...um, wait a minute... is this a real church?2015-03-01T01:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/06/16/happenings-at-home/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130614_201700_774.jpgIMG_20130614_201700_774futzing with the lenshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130614_201748_463.jpgIMG_20130614_201748_463Arno captured me, capturing the mountain. https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_20130614_201710_941.jpgIMG_20130614_201710_941photographer photographedhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0120.jpgIMG_0120German Beerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0121.jpgIMG_0121We thought the appetizers were priced too high, till they brought these two platters of food!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0075.jpgIMG_0075roses in Coke bottlehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0043.jpgIMG_0043thishttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_1284.jpgDSC_1284https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_1286.jpgDSC_1286Mt. Hood in the setting sun, from Mt. Taborhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/img_0115.jpgIMG_0115Old kitty named Tux, who claimed our house as his own for a few days.2013-07-02T17:14:53+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/05/22/klickitat-river-for-mothers-day/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0094.jpgIMG_0094I forgot to pack my french press, and used the emergency percolator!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0088.jpgIMG_0088The forest canopy shaded thick stands of lupinehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0081.jpgIMG_0081Awwww...https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0080.jpgIMG_0080Gravel road to the camping area led past several folks getting the winter cobwebs out of their rifles.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0099.jpgIMG_0099wildflowers on a ridge above the Klickitat Riverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0111.jpgIMG_0111Highway 142, leading north from the Klickitat River, is something blogger LB would like to take her bike on.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0107.jpgIMG_0107This gives a better sense of how steep the hills arehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0106.jpgIMG_0106Miss T high above the Klickitat, which you can see in the valleyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0096.jpgIMG_0096This is where I sat when I heard the elk bugle. If you zoom in, you can see the peak of Mt. Hood in the clouds. And Portland, in the rain, is beneath them. (ha ha!)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/img_0090.jpgIMG_00902013-05-28T02:01:17+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/04/14/oregon-tulips/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1093.jpgDSC_1093https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1086.jpgDSC_1086Another tulip standing out from the crowd that I just had to capture.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1078.jpgDSC_1078These were my absolute favourites of the day. All the tulips in this row were crazy with lots of green.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1059.jpgDSC_1059I loved the yellow boots!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1057.jpgDSC_1057https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1051.jpgDSC_1051This flower was standing tall, so I wanted to really set her off!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1048.jpgDSC_1048https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_10401.jpgDSC_1040https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1062.jpgDSC_1062https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/dsc_1099.jpgDSC_1099Gribble Barn2013-04-20T23:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/04/04/california-camping/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/xyz-430.jpgxyz 430The campground stretches along the base of the hills, beneath those trees. You can see one of the toilets on the left.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/xyz-321.jpgxyz 321Our view of the Greenwater Valley in the morning, from the tent.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/camp5.jpgcamp5Our final campsite in the trees.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/camp4.jpgcamp4Arno crouches to prepare the spot for our tent, between the two small branches of the creek.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/camp3.jpgcamp3Our tent, beneath the Big Dipper, in Greenwater Valleyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/camp2.jpgcamp2Tucked at the base of a tufa pinnacle near Trona, Californiahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/camp1.jpgcamp1Looking north toward the town of Trona.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-498.jpgxyz 498Getting the fire going in Lassen National Forest2013-04-14T14:06:35+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/03/30/mono-lake-then-north-again/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-465.jpgxyz 465A bird perches high atop a spire for a magnificent viewhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-460.jpgxyz 460Yellow grasses from last summer have not yet been replaced by this year's crophttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-443.jpgxyz 443The solitary tube standing alone out there is a good illustration of how each tufa spire begins as a formation around a spring bubbling up from underground.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-439.jpgxyz 439Looking west to the Sierra Nevadahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-507.jpgxyz 507Yes, I am blogging by the campfire. In a skirt. And a down jacket.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz.jpgxyztufa pinnacles reflect in the water at Mono Lakehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-504.jpgxyz 504Our camp beside the Lassen National Forest roadhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-482.jpgxyz 482an island of tufahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-478.jpgxyz 478A snowy egret perched atop a tufa spirehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-458.jpgxyz 458The water hosts life on many levels, to include plant life below the surface2019-08-26T21:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/03/29/dantes-view-and-scottys-castle/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-426.jpgxyz 426The mountains in a darkening sunset as we made camp in Big Pinehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-412.jpgxyz 412One of the buildings of Palmettohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-397.jpgxyz 397dragons everywherehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-393.jpgxyz 393Looking down into the living room from the second floor balconyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-389.jpgxyz 389Bessie's fabulous Spanish kitchenhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-383.jpgxyz 383The dining room. Scotty's initials are on the porcelain plates. I want to know how he pulled that one off.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-368.jpgxyz 368The courtyard of Scotty's Castle. Family living quarters on the left, and guest quarters on the right.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-359.jpgxyz 359We bought only a couple gallons to get us safely to the next gas station, because gas prices in the park were a bit steep.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-352.jpgxyz 352mine shafthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-349.jpgxyz 349Arno makes breakfast on the tailgate, at the site of a supposed ghost town called Furnace.2013-04-07T18:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/03/28/below-sea-level/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/xyz-332.jpgxyz 332Me with my coffee at Dante's Viewhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0720.jpgDSC_0720At the entrance to the parkhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_07371.jpgDSC_0737Along Harmony Borax Works interpretive trailhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0773.jpgDSC_0773Natural bridge a one-mile hike from the paved roadhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0759.jpgDSC_0759From the basin, looking back toward the parking lot and the head of the trailhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0757.jpgDSC_0757New crystallization of the mineral rich environmenthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0749.jpgDSC_0749In our new Tilley hats at the lowest point in the United Stateshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0743.jpgDSC_0743Water! Liquid water in Death Valleyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0740.jpgDSC_0740The path out into Badwater Basinhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/1.jpg1The inset shows you what the sign says, high above our truck2016-09-18T16:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2011/02/27/a-stack-of-war-books/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/holz-bay.jpgHolz BayHoltz Bay, Attu Island, Alaska. One of the places captured and occupied by Japanese during WWII. Note the crashed Zero on the beach. {credit below}2013-04-07T17:58:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/03/27/red-rock-canyon-state-park-and-trona-pinnacles/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/curtain.jpgcurtainThis cliff looks like curtains of fabric to me.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/red-rocks.jpgRed RocksArno stands at the base of one of the stunning cliffs in Red Rocks State Park.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pinnacles.jpgpinnaclesThe Trona Pinnacles in the setting sun.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ag.jpgAGArno beside a Joshua Treehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0595.jpgDSC_0595I photographed this rock two years ago.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ct.jpgCTMe, jumping down the rockshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/central-valley.jpgcentral valleyMy attempt to make the Central Valley look beautiful. (Luckily the photo doesn't capture the stinky cow poop smell.)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/stars1.jpgstars1The lights of Trona are visible in the distance, and stars above make it seem peaceful here, though the wind was whipping at the time the photo was taken.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/moon.jpgmoonFull moon rises in some thin cirrus behind a tufa spire.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/dsc_0625.jpgDSC_0625Looking out from our campsite2017-01-08T21:00:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2011/03/20/red-rock-canyon-sp-hoover-dam/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cali-042.jpgCali 042Hoover Dam from the new bypass bridgehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cali-043.jpgCali 043https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/rock.jpgrockA rock juts into the skylinehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/hoover-dam.jpgHoover DamHoover Dam from the new bypass bridgehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/canyon-wall.jpgcanyon wallCanyon wall rising above the campsiteshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/joshua-tree1.jpgjoshua treeI love Joshua Trees. Aren't they amazing?https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/flowers.jpgflowersYellow flowers glow in the grey dayhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/joshua-tree.jpgjoshua treeA Joshua Tree in Red Rock Canyon State Park2013-04-07T14:16:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2011/05/22/japanese-garden-in-the-rain/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/garden.jpggardenStrolling Pond Garden with waterfall and koi (can you see them?). This scene is surreal, as though we were in a terrarium.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/moss.jpgmossmagical lighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/rock-garden.jpgrock gardenhira niwa sand gardenhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/spirit-house.jpgspirit housespirit househttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/old.jpgold173-year-old bonsaihttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/wisteria.jpgwisteriaFragrant wisteria2013-04-07T04:12:54+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2010/04/21/woodburn-tulip-festival-2010/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/terra-in-tulips.jpgTerra in tulipshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/hazelnuts.jpghazelnutsHazelnut grove at far end of tulip fieldhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/tuggin.jpgtugginMy daughter and mehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/mud-child.jpgmud childGaloshes and mud puddles https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/white-one.jpgwhite oneyellow hillhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/tulips.jpgtulipsFields of colour2013-04-07T03:58:53+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/03/26/northern-california-feels-like-home/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/play.jpgplayArno and I playing in the Pacific https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/splash.jpgsplashMiss Tara splashes through the waves in a skirt.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sea.jpgseaOur first glimpse of sea as we moved south of Crescent City.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/driver.jpgdriverMe in the driver's seat, goofing with Tara as we waited at a stop light.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/daffodils.jpgdaffodilsBurst of daffodil yellow in the median strip.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/hug.jpghugMe and my Arno2013-04-03T12:27:13+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/02/06/the-moth-in-portland/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/012.jpg012Forgive the terrible phone camera image from inside the theatre.2013-02-07T03:16:06+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/01/27/elusive-peace/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/3391.jpg339Park in Kumamotohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/339.jpg339Park in Kumamoto2013-01-28T13:45:11+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/12/30/stepping-in-for-mom/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/004.jpg004Hanging beneath the feeder.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/094.jpg094Squirrel doing acrobatics to get at the bird seed in the feeder.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/002.jpg002Seagulls perched on the roof of the garage.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/kitchen.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMy mother at her kitchen window.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/moma.jpgMomaMoma, the woodpecker. She got her name because she brought her young each spring and taught them to find food at Mom's cabin.2021-06-04T18:17:34+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2013/01/05/fishing-boats-on-nishiki-river/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/213.jpg21The water is so still it looks as though the boats are floating in the air.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/21.jpg21.jpgThe water is so still it looks as though they are floating in the air.2021-06-04T18:12:08+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/photography/header-images/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nagasaki.jpgNagasakiView from the observatory above Nagasakihttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/crooked-path.jpgcrooked pathPath on the grounds of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyotohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/226.jpg226View of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyotohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/kiyomizu.jpgkiyomizuView of Kiyomizu Temple in Kyotohttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/shinjuku.jpgshinjukuA temple in Shinjuku (area of Tokyo)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/greytree.jpggreytreeThe original image that Word Press providedhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/greentree1.jpggreentreehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/house.jpghouseOne of the groundshouses at Mt. Tabor Parkhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sky.jpgskyA sunset in Montavillahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/sunset.jpgsunsetOn the east side of Mt. Tabor looking toward Montavilla2013-01-06T02:51:19+00:00weekly0.6https://crystaltrulove.com/2012/12/24/dieting-with-braces/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mouth.jpgmouthAny resemblance?2014-06-18T15:37:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/08/05/american-town-festival-at-sasebo/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/092.jpg092https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/090.jpg0907th Fleet Bandhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/078.jpg078Making myself at home on the USS Denverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/072.jpg072Control room of the USS Denverhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/058.jpg058The deck of the BHR is so vast you can't even tell you're on a ship!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/057.jpg057A Japanese ship docked off the stern of the BHRhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/051.jpg051From inside the BHRhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/050.jpg050https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/044.jpg044https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/043.jpg043Walking toward the ships (USS Denver with USS Bonhomme Richard behind)2012-09-29T09:58:42+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/01/kiyomizu-temple-made-me-late/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/kannon.jpgkannonSome of the 1031 statues inside Sanjusangen-do. Please click image for source.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/239.jpg239I looked over the edge of a bamboo fence and saw this path. Resistance was futile.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/229.jpg229Lanterns beside a twisting path through the foresthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/243.jpg243Rainy paths through the grounds of Kiyomizu Templehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/233.jpg233Tourists queue at the Otawa Waterfall. With long-handled cups, they collect water to sip for luck.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/221.jpg221Wood and metal are found throughout the templehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/216.jpg216iron sandalshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/214.jpg214Ancient, massive cypress columns crowned with glass and cast iron lanterns.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/210.jpg210dragon fountainhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/206.jpg2062012-09-24T05:00:16+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/04/07/seattle-sights-sakuracon/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/040.jpg040From our hotel room, we could spot clouds and moon good enough for any Halloween scene.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/029.jpg029People gazing out at the view of the city at dusk.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/024.jpg024Seattle, Space Needle, Puget Sound, Mt. Rainierhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/riza.jpgRizaRiza Hawkeye in my combat bootshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/0271.jpg027Freezing my tush at Kerry Parkhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/017.jpg017Reflection of the Space Needle on the side of the music, sci-fi, and pop culture EMP Museumhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/0081.jpg008Seattle Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramushttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/0071.jpg007https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/006.jpg006https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/0051.jpg005click to enlarge2012-09-22T07:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/28/what-do-you-eat-at-a-cat-cafe/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/01.jpg01Tiny shopfronthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0401.jpg040Natta-chan is more fun to watch than the televisionhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/028.jpg028Hangin' outhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/0191.jpg019Natta-chan crawled into Tara's lap for a warm welcomehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/016.jpg016gorgeous fluffhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/015.jpg015https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/014.jpg014Chocolate gets some lovin'https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/013.jpg013A girl tries to get Subaru-kun to play2012-09-09T20:26:25+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/21/my-girlie-comes-to-japan/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/185.jpg185She can't tell you what it is, only that it's good! In mere minutes, and with the unfamiliar chopsticks, Miss T empties the bowl of rice, vegs, and chicken.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/178.jpg178Lovely Nishiki River flowing through Iwakunihttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/177.jpg177Arches of the Kintai Bridge, leading to the village of the higher ranking lords in the old dayshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/176.jpg176Tara on the bridge, castle behindhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/163.jpg163Respite from the heat in the shade beneath the Kintai Bridge. Miss T is glowing, but she was one hot and tired out kiddo at this point.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/180.jpg180Wielding her ballet bag like a weaponhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/158.jpg158We got your dried fish in a bag, right here!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/146.jpg146Tara posed in front of the white granite snake. White snakes, as you may have read earlier, are a famous local resident of Iwakuni, Japan.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/145.jpg145Looking down the row of granite carvingshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/135.jpg135dragon2012-09-02T07:49:48+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/06/30/sagano-romantic-train-and-arashiyama/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0004.jpgDSC_0004One of the very few photos in which the photographer let me get away with no teeth. I tried to argue, "But geishas don't have big smiles." The man would have nothing of it. He would not let up till I flashed a giant grin. Ah well.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0025.jpgDSC_0025Look at those sandals!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dsc_0028.jpgDSC_0028a quartet of colorful geishashttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/174.jpg174Shop filled with cocoon sculptures, and a rare English-speaking shop keeper.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/193.jpg193At the pond in front of Tenryu-jihttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/186.jpg186Captivating bamboo foresthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1791.jpg179https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/1771.jpg177https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/173.jpg173detail on a porchlight at a home in Arashiyamahttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/172.jpg1722021-06-04T18:30:52+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/15/route-to-fujisan/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/fuji.jpgFujiThis is what I was able to spot through the trees on our drive home. Isn't it an amazing sight?! Please click image for the source.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/075.jpg075Climbers on the trail, and the valley below.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/070.jpg070The views on the way back down were so much better now that the fog had cleared!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/065.jpg065In the hut at the summit, this man hammered an inked stamp into our sticks, then said, "Congratulations" in English, and presented us with a little prayer on a tiny wooden board, which I tied to my stick.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/064.jpg064Me at the Toriihttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/062.jpg062The second Torii! We knew we were close, but we couldn't tell how close.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/061.jpg061My hiking buddy, with the bandana on his head. This was our view the rest of the way to the summit.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/059.jpg059Dirty snow fields were still melting in the middle of July, while it's 87 degrees in the valley below.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/052.jpg052This is what the slope would look like if there were no tourists and no trail.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/046.jpg046Lake below and stunning clouds above2021-06-04T18:21:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/07/09/a-perfect-definition/2012-07-15T07:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/06/15/religions-and-relationships/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/036.jpg0362021-06-05T15:05:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2011/08/31/tour-of-oahu/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/151.jpg151https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/155.jpg155Another sunset photo from Round Top (sorry for all the sunset pics, but they were just so awesome!)https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/164.jpg164Diamond Head made golden by lighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/162.jpg162Sunset over Waikikihttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/166.jpg166crepuscular rays over Honoluluhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/102.jpg102red-crested cardinalhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/128.jpg128ruins of sugar millhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/106.jpg106V and T on the beach at Kualoa Pointhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/109.jpg109Chinaman's Hat https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/096.jpg096At the Pali Lookout. It was windy!2012-06-14T22:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/06/02/shinkansen-from-end-to-end/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/062.jpg062Looking directly at the sun from my room on base is not a problem in the haze.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/iwakuni-train-stn.jpgIwakuni train stnInside the Iwakuni train stationhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/028.jpg028Up north, I was able to see snow on the distant peakshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/026.jpg026Homes here typically have two stories and tiled roofs. I believe I could live quite comfortably in one of these beautiful homes.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/021.jpg021Rice fields in all the flat areas, and houses tucked against the bases of thousands of lush, green hillshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/018.jpg018A typical valley scene from the windows of the trainhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/015.jpg015Security guard plays a little air guitar to pass the timehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/011.jpg011View from the Tokyo train stationhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/009.jpg009Smoking hut, filled to capacityhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/008.jpg008Waiting for my train to Hachinohe at track 21 in Tokyo station.2012-06-06T09:53:10+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/05/29/shinjuku-then-iwakuni/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/046.jpg046Tokyo from a bridge. There are bodies of water all over the place.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/045.jpg045Cuteness is "IN" in Tokyo. Here is one shop where every single item for sale is cute. The salesperson was ADORABLE. You can see her, reading a paper.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/030.jpg030View from Shinjuku Station. All of the bicycles you see are unlocked.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/023.jpg023Belongings of homeless people who have left the park for the day.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/0211.jpg021Stone figures at the shrinehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/013.jpg013Shrine at Shinjuku Central Parkhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/04.jpg04A view from Shinjuku Stationhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/tower.jpgtowerShinjuku Towerhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/006.jpg006Tokyo Shinjuku Hiltonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/005.jpg005Shinjuku at night2012-05-30T08:48:36+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2011/05/08/girls-in-the-gorge/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/creek1.jpgcreekthe creek below Bridal Veil Fallshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/waterfall1.jpgwaterfall1Shepperds Dell Fallshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bridalfalls.jpgbridalfallsBridal Veil Fallshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/creek.jpgcreekthe creek below Bridal Veil Fallshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/flower3.jpgflower3https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/bridge.jpgbridgetypical gorge bridgehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/gully.jpggullybridge over Shepperds Dellhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/flower2.jpgflower2https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/flower1.jpgflower1https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/trail.jpgtrailstone wall beside trail to Shepperds Dell Falls2012-05-24T16:52:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/03/30/sego-canyon-petroglyphs-pictographs/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/jesus.jpgjesusSomeone named Jesus signed this onehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/archaic.jpgarchaicArchaic period. Could be as old as 7000 BCEhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/033.jpg033One of the main panels of art in Sego Canyon. To assist in perspective so you can guess the size, look for the fence in the lower right.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/028.jpg028An example of the multiple layers of wall arthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/027.jpg027https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025a.jpg025aThis is what hides underneath my bed!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/025.jpg025https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/021.jpg021pictograph next to petroglyphhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/019.jpg019ghostlikehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/016.jpg016Smith Vineer 18812012-04-26T14:24:04+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/03/28/exploring-cayonlands-needles/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/dropoff.jpgdropoffThis Google satellite image helps me illustrate the drop offhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/206.jpg206North Six-Shooter Peak in the setting sun, viewed from my rock perchhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/202.jpg202Sun sets on the rocks and tentshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/194.jpg194https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/187.jpg187Arno at the top of a rockhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/164.jpg164https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/160.jpg160Mineral deposits look like fresh snowhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/141.jpg141Diego and Arno peer into the chasmhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/137.jpg137Keep your children under control!!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/128.jpg128Dirt road to our next adventure2012-04-19T01:31:32+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/03/27/rocks-and-ancient-people-in-canyonlands/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/224.jpg224Last glimpse of light across the desert horizonhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/220.jpg220Three-quarters of a reflected sunhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/191.jpg191Tara and Miguel hold up the rock ceiling with their headshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/186.jpg186View from the top of the trail https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/178.jpg178ladders are part of the trailhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/173.jpg173Diego contemplates grinding grainshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/169.jpg169pictographs above the springhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/167.jpg167Ferns drop from a sheltered crack in the wall where water seeps outhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/149.jpg149Tara peeks into the roadside ruinhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/131.jpg1312012-04-16T23:44:39+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/03/26/rain-x-saved-my-vacation/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/080.jpg080View from rocks above camphttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/088.jpg088Arno prepares a meal while I do not help.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/original_circle.jpgoriginal_circleIt's even better than this. This stuff is amazing.2012-04-07T19:17:47+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/03/25/visiting-the-treasure-valley/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/parker.jpgParkerParker was a big fan of Tara right away. Here he has asked her to read him a story. {I had to take the photo with my phone. Sorry about the poor quality!}https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pa-house.jpgPa houseTara, Pa & Chelle on the porch at their househttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/everett.jpgEverettAdorableness.https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/croissant.jpgcroissantMelt-in-your-mouth2012-04-07T19:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/03/21/dreaming-of-mom/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/061.jpg061https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/068.jpg068https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/078.jpg078https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/060.jpg0602012-04-02T03:44:19+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/02/26/marcus-eaton-intervision/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/010.jpg010gourmet burger!https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/008.jpg008https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/011.jpg011Marcus engagedhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/030.jpg030https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/049.jpg049https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/059.jpg059https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/054.jpg054https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/035.jpg035https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/042.jpg042Paul belts it outhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/021.jpg021The venue didn't provide enough intimacy, apparently, and Andre takes matters into his own hands2012-03-21T15:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2012/02/25/jp-johnson-teaches-cherokee-culture/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ryan-sierra.jpgRyan SierraRyan Sierra talks to us about how to strengthen our group and maintain ties to the Nationhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/jp.jpgJPJP Johnson and me at the Mt. Hood Cherokees event2015-08-11T23:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2010/03/31/farmers-market/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/house.jpghousethe setting added to the delighthttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/nose.jpgnosefun for all ageshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/tractors.jpgtractorsa boy reaches for Lego tractorshttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/honey1.jpghoneyhoney ...and duct tapehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/honey.jpghoneyhoney ...and duct tapehttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/flowers.jpgflowerscarrying flowers over their heads so they don't get crushedhttps://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/people.jpgpeopleshoulder to shoulder2012-03-07T16:49:31+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.com/2009/01/31/big-smiles-no-job/https://crystaltrulove.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/girlfriends.jpgGirlfriendsgirlfriends2012-02-09T03:33:43+00:00monthlyhttps://crystaltrulove.comdaily1.02026-04-03T08:08:03+00:00