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03.01.06
steam II
More steam coming off lights on a
chilly night downtown.
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03.02.06
house colors
YAY!!! We've picked
our new house colors. Hall House is about to undergo an extreme
makeover!
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03.03.06
st. johns pub
This is the ceiling in
the main room of the
St.
Johns Pub, our neighborhood watering hole. I love that we have a
neighborhood pub.
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03.04.06
astoria
Looking up the
hillside of the charming town of Astoria, the town that first
bewitched me to Oregon's charms.
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03.05.06
youngs bay
Crossing the
Youngs Bay Bridge from Astoria to Warrenton.
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03.06.06
curtain view
Reminiscing about our
coast vacation a few weeks ago....
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03.07.06
eye of the beast
Detail on the whale sculpture.
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03.08.06
landmark
This whale sculpture
is a favorite landmark in Cannon Beach.
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03.09.06
astoria-megler
Crossing the entrance
to the Columbia, from Oregon to Washington on the
Astoria-Megler Bridge.
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03.10.06
coffee house
Even though I'm not a
coffee drinker, I love this town's penchant for funky coffee houses.
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03.11.06
bay view
More pictures from our
coast vacation. This is standing on the Washington side, looking
across the mouth of the Columbia to Astoria.
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03.12.06
sands at sunset
Looking down the
Seaside Promenade at sunset.
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03.13.06
magnolia
This is a blossom on
the magnolia tree outside my office. I had to ask our landscape
vendor to look it up to find out what kind of tree it was.
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03.14.06
magnolia tree
And here's the actual
tree.
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03.15.06
bird's nest
I've never seen the
birds that built this nest, but I hope they still live there.
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03.16.06
brick still life
I love old brick walls
like this. Many restaurants and businesses in town are in old
buildings, and they often leave the bricks exposed.
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03.17.06
tgif
This is my Friday
telecommute from our neighborhood coffee house. It's a rough life.
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03.18.06
anna banana's
And that's the name of
our neighborhood coffee house.
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03.19.06
chauffeur
Sal driving so I can
take pictures. Try to ignore the horrifyingly dirty windows in the
background.
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03.20.06
ice light
For some reason, this
candle holder put me in mind of a glacier.
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03.21.06
ruggedly handsome
Seriously.
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03.22.06
a murder of crows
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03.23.06
parlor view
We were finally able
to move our desks away from the dining room window out into the
middle of the room and create a seating area at the window. Hobbes
approves.
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03.24.06
hand warmer
Haven't had a picture
of the cats for awhile.
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03.25.06
evening glow
Or the bridge, for
that matter.
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03.26.06
lilac, part 1
One of the two lilac
bushes my mom gave us as a housewarming gift. They're now taller
than Sal.
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03.27.06
lilac, part 2
The second of the two
lilac bushes. This one grows as many as five heads of lilacs on the
end of every branch.
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03.28.06
lilacs, part 3
Taken at dusk, when
the light makes them seem slightly faded and their scent is the most
powerful.
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03.29.06
lilacs, part 4
We planted them off
the corner of the front porch so we'd be greeted by the scent
whenever we went in or out our front door. The smell is heavenly.
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03.30.06
makeover
Our houses new
makeover has begun.
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03.31.06
azalea explosion
We inherited four
well-established azaleas and a mature rhododendron. We have three
azaleas this color, all in the rockery, and this time of year, they
positively explode with color.
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