Shifting season

Working hard outside is a good way to not think about politics.

Shevlin Park and Pilot Butte

If you read my last post, you saw that I drove the 4 1/2 hours down to Bend, Oregon to see an art show and found my childhood home at a museum. I spent one night in Bend and found two quick, easy trails to walk the next morning. First of all I enjoyed Shevlin […]

Back home in full colour

Finally I began the 4000 foot drop back down to civilization.

Roslyn and Leavenworth

Once I saw that the highway to Leavenworth passed within 5 miles of Roslyn, it was a no-brainer that I had to stop.

Sauvie Island Pumpkin Patch

Sauvie Island is a wide, flat island created because the Willamette River splits just before it empties into the Columbia River.

Bird Cache

I should have been focusing on my work, I know. But sometimes it’s much more interesting to gaze through the window at the backyard. One of the ubiquitous Western Scrub-Jays was digging with its beak. He must have been hitting a small rock in the soil, because it went “tink, tink, tink,” as the bird […]

Halloween recap

Holy cow. Seriously? 9:25 and I hear a little girl’s voice outside…there goes the bell.

Fall on Sauvie Island

The first part of the maze was somewhat short in length and we became lost without a moment’s hesitation!