A New Planting

Intermittent rain didn’t stop this new landscaping project today.  Now to document everything, perhaps from the same camera angles, on an annual or semiannual basis.

And maybe I can get the resident landscape architect to identify everything, so we can post an annotated version…

Ivi Drops In

This weekend, Ivi made a fast trip home from Portland to…

  • restore her hair color (aided by now-EOU-student friend Olivia),
  • pickup her renovated bicycle (now equipped with new city tires, Portland-rain-appropriate fenders, a quick on-off shopping basket and fresh lube & adjustments),
  • spend time visiting and haunted-house-adventuring with old friends,
  • listen to Dad’s latest music,
  • regale us with all manner of tales of mystery and wonder and adventure,
  • gather food & cooking supplies, and
  • cook, cook, cook.

Hardly had she arrived but we found ourselves Sunday morning watching her load up Jordan’s truck for the return trip (they had one final stop: breakfasting with Grandma Janet), and it was all over.  For now.  But plans were made, involving considerable logistics, for a Thanksgiving rendezvous right back here.

 

Nik > OIT

Last week we made the sixteen-hour round trip to Klamath Falls, ensconcing Nik as a Software Engineering student at OIT (Oregon Institute of Technology).   Between Nik’s customary aversion to being subjected to photography and his desire to undertake almost all formalities on his own, leaving his parents on their own, very little documentation was generated.  Here is some:

Summer Trip – Day Six, Lava Butte-Smith Rock-Home

[The crush of events, mostly prep for the start of college fall terms, has permitted no time to discover the final day’s documentation of the early August trip until tonight.  To see all six posts in the summer trip series, just click the Summer Trip 2011 category.]

August 5, 2011 – Early morning rise, first stop Lava Butte, an unexpected pleasure.  On to Trader Joe’s in Bend, then to Smith Rock for a picnic lunch.  Must return for much more than a couple of hours next time, and will have to examine the 150 or so exposures quickly captured of the riveting Smith Rock when time allows.  Ivi drives us home while I ride shotgun and test-shoot, pondering the possibilities of launching longer-term projects to more definitively attack subjects such as the surreal Columbia River windmills (bringing to mind childhood memories of Calvary hill crucifixion paintings), windshield photography in general and I-84 impressions in particular …

 

Room With A View

Just an early glimpse of Ivi’s dorm and her room.  Her RA pops in, we get some of the stuff unpacked and kick back a bit to enjoy the verdant forest view.  We were surprised to find a decent amount of storage, and discovered that the kitchen — stove, full-size refrig, microwave, cabinets, etc.(can’t find my pictures of this) —  is directly across the hall with the bathroom almost as close. Only partially unpacked, we await decor refinements as they occur.