Oregon Trail Mix

 

2014 Collage

Just a few of the highlights of 2014. Click to embiggen!

Window Shopping for Books

This is just another experiment in layers. Nothing groundbreaking, just another step on the learning curve. 

Oregon Fail

A couple of friends have noted that I didn't write much about our trip to Portland, Oregon. While I enjoyed the trip, it went by so quickly that I found myself lacking a combination of time and inclination to take many photographs, something I already regret. But the truth is with our time in Portland so limited, and with the weather so hot and muggy, I found myself extremely disinclined to lug around my digital SLR. In fact, on this trip I took nearly as many photos with my cell phone as with my real camera.

There's also something to be said for just leaving some things to memory instead of trying to document every single important moment...and then missing them anyway, hidden behind your viewfinder. 

Oregon Stump

Earlier this month Sylvia and I drove to Portland, Oregon. Along the way I shot this photo of a stump in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. It feels sad and comforting at the same time. 

4-Man Fountain

Contemplation on the Rocks

eromitlaB toN

Powell's City of Books in Portland, Oregon, bills itself as the world's largest independent book store. While I can't verify the truth of that claim, it's certainly the biggest book store I've ever visited, and I walked out with a heavy bag of books for only $120 or so. Not a bad haul. 

This post's cryptic title is a clunky allusion to a long-ago episode of Homicide: Life on the Street in which a character writes "eromitlab" in blood. That's "Baltimore" spelled backwards. 

Gorge-eous

For the August long weekend Sylvia and I drove to Portland, Oregon, via the Columbia River Gorge. It's a spectacular drive! 

Planning a Powell's Pilgrimage

One day - perhaps this summer - I would like to visit Powell's Books, the world's largest independent new and used book store. Perhaps I'll take a couple of flex days surrounding the Canada Day holiday. Who's with me? Sean? Sylvia? Jeff and Susan? Steven? I suppose that's a lot of people for one vehicle...

Mom's Big Birthday

Today's Mom's birthday! Here she is with her older sisters in 1945. Mom is the little one on the right. Aunt Jean is on her right, Aunt Margaret is behind Aunt Jean, and Aunt Marjorie is behind Mom.

Sean and I gave Mom iTunes gift cards for her iPad so she could buy some books for Mom and Dad's upcoming trip to Oregon. I'll bet little Elizabeth never imagined that one day she'd be reading books displayed on a plate of glass...but then, not even Arthur Clarke or Isaac Asimov were imagining such wonders back then, at least as I recall their work.

Anyway, Happy Birthday, Mom! May you enjoy many more.