Oregon Renaissance Faire

The Oregon Renaissance Faire is a wonderful place to be no matter the weather.

Pumpkin regatta

The Giant Pumpkin Regatta began in Tualatin in 2004 and from what you will see in the photos, has become a very big deal.

Harvard and Halloween

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.

All Hallows Eve

My baby girl went to her first party without adults. (well, they hovered quietly in the house, while the kids had their party outside in the back yard) She was very very excited all week, and then came home hyped up on grown-up-ed- ness and sugar. A neighbor’s kids threw the party for their 12- […]