Photo #91

Across the street....

Our neighbors have some gorgeous old Flowering Plum Trees and here they are........

Photo #90

Pioneer Square Sculpture

Through the years this sculpture has served as a backdrop

for lots of tourist and local family photos.

Photo #89

Riding the rails

Yesterday we went downtown on the bus to catch the Red Line light rail over to the airport to do some Ikea shopping, then went over to N. Portland via the Yellow Line for lunch and then finally back to downtown Portland to catch our #35 bus back to Lake Oswego. While on the Yellow Line I chatted with this pleasant lady. Her little dog is a rescue dog that she has had for 3 years. I think she is one of our many homeless people here in Portland

Photo #88

One person's bicycle is another's garden art...

Surrounded by Euphorbia, Mahonia

and a basket of plastic flowers.......

Photo #87 and #87.5

Twin Baby Boys=Two Baby Quilts

We just found out a week ago that a friend of ours just had twin boys. So here are the two quilts for those boys ready to go to the quilters this morning. Every baby needs at least one quilt!

Photo #86

Scissor Shadow

Preparing to mat photos for Short Term Gallery.

A co-operative gallery in Baker City.

My blog photos will be featured in May through June.

and for more Shadow Shot Sunday photos go here:

http://heyharriet.blogspot.com/

Photo #85

Quick trip over to Baker City

We made a quick trip over to Baker City

yesterday. On our way home today we went

through La Grande and came upon

one of the oldest buildings in this town.

It was moved from it's original site to a site

above the city on a bluff by a parks walking trail. http://www.el.com/to/lagrande/

Photo #84

Heat Coma

This is what Lucy looks like when she's in a heat coma

from standing in front of the fire too long....

Photo #83

Spring Cleaning

My sweetie decided that perhaps his desk drawer

held just a bit too much stuff. So he dumped all the contents

out on the floor and only put back some of it.....whew!

Most of these pens were all dried up and were tossed.

Photo #82

Grandmother's China Closet

Years ago my Grandmother gave me her China Closet.

In it are assorted multi-generational

"treasures and momentos"

Photo #81

No the sky is not falling.........

Only thirty four more days

Before Easter eggs must be dyed
Why is Easter such an eggcentric holiday?

Photo #80

Lucy

Lucy loves to soak up the warmth from our

gas fireplace before falling asleep in a heat coma.

For years we had a wood eating insert and last

year Russell installed this great fireplace. We

can turn off the furnace and this will heat

up the whole house! And what's best is that

our gas bill went down a bit!

Photo #79.5

Full Worm Moon
As the temperature begins to warm and the ground begins to thaw, earthworm casts appear, heralding the return of the robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter; or the Full Crust Moon, because the snow cover becomes crusted from thawing by day and freezing at night. The Full Sap Moon, marking the time of tapping maple trees, is another variation. To the settlers, it was also known as the Lenten Moon, and was considered to be the last full Moon of winter.

To read what NASA has to say go here:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/

Photo #79

A rather plump telephone pole due to excessive posters.

Photo #78

Live music gets your toes tapping!!

Sassparilla Jug Band has to be our favorite

local band. Last night they played at the

Laurelthirst Public House on 2958 NE Glisan .

We all had a great time!
http://www.sassparillapdx.com/home.html
http://mysite.ncnetwork.net/res8u18i/laurelthirstpublichouse/

And for more Six Word Saturdays go here:
http://www.showmyface.com/

and if you'd like to see more Sassparilla photos go here:
http://katheworsley.blogspot.com/2010/09/joy-of-music-and-dance.html

Photo #77

A Color For Every Day

I took the latest baby quilt in to the professionals.

Pat Roche has her quilting studio in lower SE Portland

and it's a virtual eye massage to visit.

Photo ops in every corner.

Photo #76

Happy St Patrick's Day!

This little flower grows on the sides of the road here.

I have no idea what it is, but I liked it so much I dug

some up and planted them in our back yard. They

have spread a bit, but they are not invasive because

after they come up in early spring and bloom, they die

back completely and don't reappear til the following spring.

Plus the slugs don't eat them!!!

Photo #75

Slightly Gnawed on Hellebore

I had to shoot this photo upside down because

with all the rain and the nature of how Hellebore's

grow all the blossoms were head down looking at the

soil. As you can see the slugs have been having

a bit of a feast on this plant. After I took this photo

I went around the garden picking all the daffodils that

were face down and brought them into the house.

As I put them into a vase a lot of slugs emerged from

inside the flowers...eeeew how disgusting. They were quickly

dispatched. I took no prisoners. Obviously our chickens are not

doing their job-or else there are just a lot of slugs this year.

Photo #74

First Crocus

Yesterday I went into our backyard and

found all sorts of budding and blooming treasures.

Here's one and I suspect there'll be another!

Photo #73

A Sure Sign of Spring

These tiny daffodils are such a treat

to see as this means everything else

will begin to pop up, pop out and bloom!!!

Photo #72 and 72.5

One thing leads to another....

It's been awhile since I made a baby quilt- the last two

were made last September and October. And now there

are two more cuties arriving this summer-so I'd better

get to sewing little quilts! Here's the first top done-for a

little boy due in June. Now I'll get the quilting done by

a friend who has a long arm machine -she does fabulous work.

for more views of quilts etc go here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katheworsley/sets/72157594206988814/

Photo #71

Saturday is Make a Wish Day!

Photo #70

Visual Blight in the Columbia River Gorge

Only time will tell if these windmills provide

enough energy to justify this visual blight.

I used to actually kind of like how these gigantic

windmills looked. Now I think they have cluttered

the landscape and ruined the vistas we once had.

So far a medium sized coal fired electric plant produces more

electricity than all the windmills and solar panels

in the whole USA and that doesn't make much sense.

Sustainable? Not so much.

For more photos etc go to my posting from last year:

http://katheworsley.blogspot.com/2010/06/energy-and-its-visual-cost.html

Photo #69

Headed Back Home Down

the Columbia River Gorge

Photo #68

Hells Canyon, Idaho

Photo #67

Looking Down Into Hells Canyon

Tom and Sarah took us here Saturday.

We'd never been here before.

Neither words nor photos do it justice.

For more info go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Canyon

Photo #66

Multnomah Falls

We drove 300 some miles to Baker City on Hwy 84.

This is the first of many photos I took this weekend.
Note the small bridge at the bottom of the photo- it

really isn't small. That's how big the falls are.

For more info go here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_Falls

Photo #65

Zephyr Bakery in Baker City, Oregon

A perfect place to have a great cup of coffee, chat with friends and

have some wonderful made from scratch baked goods!

We cannot say enough good things about this new bakery on Main Street!
Zephyr Bakery & Deli, 1917 Main St. owned by
Barbara and Paul McNeil, is open for business.

Thurs.&Fri.7:00am-4:00

Sat. & Sun, 8:00am—4:00 pm

and for more Shadow Shot Sunday photos go here:

http://heyharriet.blogspot.com/

Photo #64

Barley Corn Patron

We're in Baker City this weekend !

A beautiful 5 hour drive across the state of Oregon

to visit good friends. And this morning it is

snowing ...fer crying out loud!

Photo #63

Brewery Shot at a McMenamin's

I am posting a few photos early as we'll be

out of web range for a few days.....back later

with some new photos of places perhaps you

haven't seen! Cheers!

Photo #62

The Vineyard Waits for Spring
Just diagonally across Stafford Road from the
Luscher Farm community gardens is the historic
Shipley-Cook farmstead that is now a vineyard for a local winery.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/2008/05/a_labor_of_love.html

Photo #61

Historic Dolphins on the Willamette River
The Oregon Portland Cement Company operated for 70 years

in Lake Oswego's Foothills area that now has condominiums,

apartments and Foothills Park. The plant went into operation

in 1916. What you see here are the last remnants of the

business. The dolphins were used to tie up the ships that

would come up the river to load cement .

Photo #60

Canada Geese

It looks to me as if he's keeping

a vigilant eye out while she eats.