A non-artistic week
Tara Choate This week has been a big goose egg as far as artistic endeavers go. I wasn’t feeling well for most of it, and though I did go to critique group…
Birding
The ducks have got this thing figured out
Today I arrived at my carpool’s meeting spot and stood for a few minutes waiting for the van to arrive. As I was reading my book, I kept hearing little…
3 hikes, 3 days
Canemah – May 14 Metro area near Barton Park – May 15 Oaks Bottom – May 17
Where the Wildflowers Are
Today I drove down to Cottage Grove for an event through the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council called Bikes to Blooms. I originally saw this event on Facebook and thought…
Exploring with a new eye
I’ve been at my new job one month now and I’m delighted to report things still seem to be going well. This week OWEB had it’s board meeting, which I…
Canemah’s in bloom
In the last two weeks of not posting, Canemah has emerged into bloom. Camas, fawn lilies, and even iris area out. It was another drizzly day around here, but we…
Shameful
It’s been two weeks since I’ve posted. I don’t have a great excuse. I’ve done two paintings nights that I could have posted about (and hope to tomorrow). I’ve taken…
Native plant tour
I am sure I am not the only person who finds all sorts of fun things to do on Facebook and has a hard time following up on them. For…
About 8/10ths sane
With two days to go until I have to deliver the paintings for my show through Clackamas County Arts Alliance, I can honestly say I am about 8/10ths sane. This…