Random stuff

At last I didn't lose them ... on my face (because that really has happened before)! Gee thanks, Ribbit, for making me think I ...

The wild roses are coming into bloom. I've always loved their delicate beauty and subtle fragrance. I never before realiz...

I think almost everyone has had one of these in their landscape a time or two. People spend lots and lots of time and money trying to...

Gypsy 2004(?) to 2014 A wonderful part of our family. You will be missed.

During our snowstorm back in early February, I went for a walk. As it turns out, I wasn't alone! These deer were meandering up our...

It's just a plain picture of mom's church in winter. Later in the spring, this plot will burst forth with daffodils, tulips and...

I spend a lot of time driving; and waiting lately. On one of those days, waiting for my mom at the doctor's office, the fog final...

The tree is old and scraggly, and only produces a couple of inedible apples each year. Still, it hovers over the driveway as it has f...

Portland is known as "Rose City". I don't think they meant the roses should look so ... well, dead. Oh well, at least it...

Or IS it??? Because I think it's a beautiful setting for a tiny heart! Do you see it? To see hearts from around the wor...

I am technologically challenged. I don't have an i-anything, or e-anything (is there a difference?) . I've never sent a text in...

A couple of weeks ago, while Mom was undergoing a stress test in downtown Portland, I had the opportunity to wander around a bit. I...

I saw this intriguing shadow shot in town a couple of weeks ago. It was hard, even when standing across the street, to tell where the...

I was back at the nature park last week, and happened to catch this guy ... whose unenviable job it was to pressure wash the (really cr...