A weekend… spent
Tara Choate There are some weekends that are so enjoyable you wish you could do over again. And then there are weekends like this. Saturday morning: Golf When my dad died a…
Birding
The “free” weekend
So, unusually, I had a free weekend. I had nothing scheduled, nothing to go to, nothing committed. For once, I wasn’t behind on some project and most things were in…
Bean goose and winter deer
On Saturday I drove down to Lincoln City to see my mom. We met up at Nestucca Wildlife Refuge to join the Audubon Society of Lincoln City in their monthly…
Raptor Road Trip with 2 friends
Today I headed out to Sauvie Island with my friend Arminda and her daughter, Clover, for the Audubon Society of Portland’s Raptor Road Trip. I have been looking forward to…
Randomly on my last day of being in my thirties
1. I’ve been sick with some sort of gastrointestinal malady the last couple of days. 2. Today I managed to take Finn for a quick walk. Isn’t he cute? Pretty…
3-Day Weekend Fun
This weekend my friend Lea and I went down to Seaside to enjoy the MLK weekend. Lea and I have been friends for over 10 years and this is the…
A good start to the year
My New Year’s tale, actually begins very late in 2014. December 31 I stayed up late to finish the sweater I have been working on the better part of year…
A very birdy Christmas
For obvious reasons, this has been a very low-key holiday season for me and that trajectory continued in my Christmas celebration. I arrived at the beach to spend the holiday…
A day for the birds
Today was a normal, laid-back Saturday. I headed out to the barn to play with the horses, then took Finn for a hike, before coming back home to play with…