Hooray! A normal, mundane day with no drama to speak of. We both needed that. Before yesterday’s foobar fiasco, Rachael and I had planned to get up early, take a ride together in the foothills somewhere, and end up on the south waterfront for lunch. Today though I’m just not into it and need a snoozer so she zooms off on another 48 miler out to Chinook Landing, and I enjoy a lazy cruise along the Willamette with the new zoom camera hoping to add something new to the bird list. I’d better get going on that one - at the slow rate I’m progressing I won’t break 200.
A late photo, taken in Sellwood when we drove over to pick up the bicycles. I kept Rachael standing around in the hot sun while I shot it, so I might as well paste it in.
Crossing the Hawthorne Bridge, I pause to check out the Blues Festival that just started today. Not much of a crowd yet, but then the place is still warming up.
Scott AndersonTo Rich FrasierThat was pretty insensitive, alright. We’ll post some photos of tent camps soon, which should help. Reply to this comment 10 months ago
Keith AdamsIf I remember right last year May and June were wet, wet, wet and then about 3/4 of the way through June poof! just like someone had flipped a switch the clouds disappeared and it was clear and dry for quite a while. I was the beneficiary of the change, having set off on 2 July for my abortive trip home. Reply to this comment 10 months ago
The Ross Island cement plant has been shut down for several years now and is gradually wasting away. I wonder if we’ll see this turn green in my lifetime.
There’s a profusion of northwest native inspired art work on the pillars here, some of pretty high quality like this one. I know that’s a raven at the bottom, but what about the top figure - a sculpin?
I find the usual suspects clustered around the tadpole pond at Oaks Bottom, but nothing new today. This is likely the same downy woodpecker I spotted here in February.
Scott AndersonTo ann and steve maher-wearyTheir website just describes it as a pistachio mole verde, so presumably it’s some secret family recipe starting with pistachios and green moles. Reply to this comment 10 months ago
