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11.01.05
ducks & leaves
Ducks at Laurelhurst Park. I love
the color the leaves add to the water.
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11.02.05
vote
A year ago today. Three more very
long years to go.
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11.03.05
bench
I've wanted an old wrought iron
park bench since before we even had a house. Sal found this one for free on
craigslist and surprised me with it. We'll replace the wood with new slats and
paint it, it'll look great.
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11.04.05
painting
This is a picture I snapped during
the tulip trip but it came out really blurry so I
never used it. Going back through my old picture folders, I decided it'd make a
good candidate for a paint technique in my photo program. It turned out so well
that it's now one of my favorites.
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11.05.05
more rocks
Never too many pictures of rocks.
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11.06.05
salmon dinner
That's braised salmon in a
lemon-herb sauce, with roasted potatoes and rosemary polenta. My husband the
chef, ladies and gentlemen.
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11.07.05
toy
Hobbes playing with a new present
from friends. We barely had it out of the package before this picture was taken.
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11.08.05
rest
It's absolutely impossible not to
get a good nights' rest in a bedroom like this.
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11.09.05
reading nook
Almost every night at around eight
o'clock, we retire to our reading nook. Honestly, who wouldn't?
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11.10.05
parlor
This is the dining room that we've
turned into an office slash library that we euphemistically refer to as The
Parlor.
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11.11.05
entertaining
We had friends over for the
evening. This is what Sal made for dinner.
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11.12.05
pumpkin bread
Dessert for dinner last night:
Sal's take on pumpkin bread, layered with pear mousse, mixed berry coulee, and
garnished with an Anjou pear.
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11.13.05
preparation
A handy little workspace for the
chef.
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11.14.05
not roses
These are more tulips from the
famous tulip trip. Yes, those are tulips,
not roses.
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11.15.05
rocks again
Another picture from
Arcadia.
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11.16.05
hood river view
A view of Mt. Hood taken not far
from Hood River earlier this summer.
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11.17.05
pasta
Dinner tonight: homemade pasta
with a red sauce made from scratch. Homemade and from scratch, people.
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11.18.05
trees in the mist
Trees a long the cliff rim at
Multnomah Falls.
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11.19.05
autumn falls
Some of the glorious fall color at
Multnomah Falls.
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11.20.05
upper & lower
There's seriously no way to take a
bad picture at Multnomah Falls.
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11.21.05
first day
The first day at my new office.
Best feature? Floor-to-ceiling windows.
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11.22.05
floor-to-ceiling
Standing at my desk, looking out
those windows.
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11.23.05
late morning fog
A view down the river during a
particularly stubborn fog.
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11.24.05
forest glade
A quiet little pocket of forest on
the slope of Mt. Hood.
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11.25.05
frosted
Sal made the best carrot cake I've
ever eaten and frosted it very simply. He says if it tastes great, there's no
need to bury it heavy icing.
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11.26.05
respite
The kids are napping, which gives
us a brief relief from their usual ongoing terror.
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11.27.05
grumpy
Sal trying very hard to look gruff
and foreboding. He's not very good at it.
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11.28.05
self-made
I created this piece of artwork
for my office. It came out surprisingly well.
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11.29.05
pieces of me
Close-up of my artwork. Every part
of it tells you something about me. There are scraps of text, formulas, & music
and over them, several quotes that mean something to me.
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11.30.05
vignette
Opposite the green wall in my
office.
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