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09.01.05
changing
Our Firestorm Japanese Maple has
begun turning from purple red to orange rust. Autumn's around the corner.
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09.02.05
games
Our current game inventory. The
Cootie game is a vintage set.
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09.03.05
annex
Looking up through the canopy of
our regular Japanese Maple. When we first walked through the house, finding this
tree in the backyard was yet another sign that it was meant to be our house.
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09.04.05
fern
I never saw green this color until
I came to Oregon.
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09.05.05
legend of zelda
Father and son chillin' on the
couch and playin' some Zelda. Yo.
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09.06.05
am commute
Crossing the bridge on my way to
work, looking down the Willamette toward downtown.
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09.07.05
pm commute
Getting onto the bridge, on my way
home from work.
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09.08.05
happy day
Three layer chocolate cake Sal
made for me, with one layer of raspberry preserves in the center, and two
chantilly cream layers, coated with chocolate ganache.
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09.09.05
secret message
I painted this on the column in
the attic before we started painting the room this spring, then painted the
purple over it.
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09.10.05
16 tons
This is 16 tons of chipped granite
gravel. With the help of five very fabulous friends, we hauled all of it up the
stairs in 5 gallon buckets.
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09.11.05
bake sale
Those same very fabulous friends
joined us in a bake sale fundraiser for Katrina victims thrown together on short
notice. This was the last of four tables of stuff we sold.
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09.12.05
hot pink
Taken at the Columbia Gorge Hotel
this summer.
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09.13.05
contemplation
One of my favorite shots of Sal.
But I'm glad he finally cut his hair.
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09.14.05
activist
Her enthusiasm during the peace
vigil was... encouraging.
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09.15.05
mccormick & schmick's
One of the best seafood
restaurants in town.
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09.16.05
hall house
The old girl is looking better and
better every day.
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09.17.05
dancers
German folk dancers at the Mt.
Angel Oktoberfest.
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09.18.05
hot air balloon
Saw this on our way to Salem.
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09.19.05
banner
Banners hanging all over the
beirgartens at Oktoberfest.
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09.20.05
forest pool
Pool at the base of the first
waterfall at Multnomah Falls.
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09.21.05
turbulence
Looking over the bridge at
Multnomah Falls into the water falling below.
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09.22.05
pink clouds
The sun is setting earlier, the
days are getting shorter.
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09.23.05
golden glow
Sometimes when sunlight falls just
right at the end of the day, it lights up the trees across the street and makes
the glow.
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09.24.05
highlights
I love the way the light pokes
through the dark this time of year.
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09.25.05
peak
Mt. Jefferson, taken from Mt. Hood
looking south.
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09.26.05
doughnuts
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09.27.05
tulip fields
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09.28.05
veronica mars
Wahoo! Season 2 of
Veronica Mars starts
tonight. Also? I heart DVDs.
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09.29.05
downtown at twilight
Taken from the Eastbank Esplanade,
looking across the river at dusk.
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09.30.05
serenity
Serenity premieres tonight.
I am a happy, happy little Browncoat.
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