Saturday, December 6, 2008
Hummingbird Snapshot
I was outside with the camera, about to try a set up to take photos of the hummingbirds, when one flew right up, about thirty and a half inches from my head. I snapped a bunch of shots, but I'm not too familiar with this particular camera, and this is the only one that really came out:
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Southwest Portland Walk
It was a sunny morning with a good east wind. I went to Greg and Dana's place in Multnomah Village around 9 a.m. -- I drove through the tail-end of rush-hour traffic. A lot of cars, but they moved pretty fast for the most part.
I listened to sports radio on the little Radio Shack crapradio I have in the van, plugged into the cigarette lighter socket. I have no idea who they were talking about and rarely do, but they get so excited about whatever it is, and I am amused by that.
Greg and I walked from his house up over Taylor's Ferry Road, through the end of Tryon Creek Park and up through the campus of Lewis & Clark College (University?). On the other side of campus is a trail we found last week.
That was accidental, and we were coming up the other way. This time we went down the trail, which is #5 of the SW Trail system, but after you hit Tryon Creek Park, the trail isn't marked.
Greg suspects this is because the people in that neighborhood don't want tramps like us hiking through their very fancy turf. There are some nice homes there, between the college campus and Highway 43. Radcliffe Court is one of the streets... big, older (mostly) homes in the Dunthorpe neighborhood.
We crossed the highway and got onto the train tracks that run along the Willamette River. We went north to the Corbett area, stopped briefly at Greg and Dana's place, the Corbett Fish House, where I pounded a cup of coffee and Greg paused to undermine the societal goals of untold thousands.
From there we went up the hill via the Iowa St. trail, which goes up (up!) under Interstate 5 and on up to Terwilliger. From there it was up over Hillsdale, right by Wilson High School, and back on down to Multnomah Village and Greg and Dana's again.
I think we probably went over eight miles, and it was a very nice day.
I listened to sports radio on the little Radio Shack crapradio I have in the van, plugged into the cigarette lighter socket. I have no idea who they were talking about and rarely do, but they get so excited about whatever it is, and I am amused by that.
Greg and I walked from his house up over Taylor's Ferry Road, through the end of Tryon Creek Park and up through the campus of Lewis & Clark College (University?). On the other side of campus is a trail we found last week.
That was accidental, and we were coming up the other way. This time we went down the trail, which is #5 of the SW Trail system, but after you hit Tryon Creek Park, the trail isn't marked.
Greg suspects this is because the people in that neighborhood don't want tramps like us hiking through their very fancy turf. There are some nice homes there, between the college campus and Highway 43. Radcliffe Court is one of the streets... big, older (mostly) homes in the Dunthorpe neighborhood.
We crossed the highway and got onto the train tracks that run along the Willamette River. We went north to the Corbett area, stopped briefly at Greg and Dana's place, the Corbett Fish House, where I pounded a cup of coffee and Greg paused to undermine the societal goals of untold thousands.
From there we went up the hill via the Iowa St. trail, which goes up (up!) under Interstate 5 and on up to Terwilliger. From there it was up over Hillsdale, right by Wilson High School, and back on down to Multnomah Village and Greg and Dana's again.
I think we probably went over eight miles, and it was a very nice day.
Left-handed Sketching
Tonight I drew Cleo with my left hand (my non-dominant hand or "evil" hand), then Cleo and Iris, also right-handed in real life, sketched with their left hand(s) also. We tried to get Amy to draw Iris, but she opted for couch-slumber rather than try her (evil) hand at ART:
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
A Trip to Willamette
Yesterday Amy and I went with Cleo to a visit to Willamette University, one of the schools she is considering for next year.
Amy (WU '81) and I (WU '82) had a good time. Cleo liked it. We saw old (and former) professors, new things on the campus -- and it was a sunny morning and very pleasant. Here Amy and Cleo stand by the Mill Stream:
Here's a spider in the sun:
And here I am, in front of Waller Hall, the oldest building on campus:
(And yes, I know you young viewers are thinking "does having so many ideas always make your cheeks that fat?" And I know you older viewers are thinking "he has a remarkably beautiful head of hair for an amateur genius.")
Amy (WU '81) and I (WU '82) had a good time. Cleo liked it. We saw old (and former) professors, new things on the campus -- and it was a sunny morning and very pleasant. Here Amy and Cleo stand by the Mill Stream:
Here's a spider in the sun:
And here I am, in front of Waller Hall, the oldest building on campus:
(And yes, I know you young viewers are thinking "does having so many ideas always make your cheeks that fat?" And I know you older viewers are thinking "he has a remarkably beautiful head of hair for an amateur genius.")
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