My take on the medium is the message.
Please enjoy this image from the Port of Olympia to the Olympic Mountains. It will be the last one I post on this platform. Perhaps you have seen or read...
PNW Natural Areas, a Series
Not to be confused with PNW Gardens, a Series, which are intentional gardens, whether ornamental or mimicking native and natural elements of a place. This...
PNW Gardens: Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden611 SW Kingston Ave,Portland, OR 97205503-223-1321 Nestled into the giant conifers of the West Hills, the Portland Japanese Garden...
PNW Gardens: Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens12317 Gravelly Lake Drive Southwest,Lakewood, WA 98499253-584-4106 Lakewold Gardens is in Lakewood on the west side of Gravelly Lake between...
Where has the time gone?!
This post was inspired by a list I made on Mastodon, and I decided it was good enough to expand on as a post on Substack. So, here we are. Remaining winter...
The Story of some Light Fixtures
I bought this house because it is Craftsman. I knew I wanted a Craftsman and enough room to plant a magnolia tree. Other than that it was all a learning...
PNW Gardens: Sebright Gardens
Sebright Gardens7185 Lakeside Drive NE, Salem OR 97305(503) 463-9615 Every year an early weekend in April is dedicated to hardy plants at Hortlandia and one...
PNW Gardens: Shore Acres
Shore Acres State ParkCape Arago Highway, 13 miles southwest of Coos Bay/North Bend and U.S. Highway 101(541) 888-3732 I have traversed the entire length of...
A Tale of Two Capitols
In the summer of 2014, I took a few trips around Puget Sound with my aunt who was in the process of relocating from the midwest to the Olympia area. I took...
PNW Gardens: Bloedel Reserve
Bloedel Reserve7571 NE Dolphin DriveBainbridge Island, WA 98110(206) 842-7631 Visiting the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island took us most of the day,...
I'm supposed to be writing about gardens...
I’ve been editing images for what seems like months. In reality it is probably a couple hours a day a few days a week for several weeks. Either way, it is a...
PNW Gardens, a Series
This is not a complete list of gardens in the PNW that I’ve visited, just ones that I know that I have photos of to include in a post. I may find more. I...
Southern Oregon Coast: Crescent City, CA
So this post is obviously out of order and isn’t even in Oregon, so why is it part of this series? Crossing into California is necessary when approaching the...
Southern Oregon Coast: Sand Labyrinth
There is a whimsical wonder in Bandon called Circles in the Sand. As if the beaches at Bandon are not already mystical enough, Denny Dyke and his crew of...
Southern Oregon Coast: Bandon
Our final three nights of the trip were in Bandon where we stayed at the Bandon Inn with adjoining rooms and balconies, perched on a bluff that looks out...
Southern Oregon Coast: Cape Blanco
Cape Blanco is formed by uplifted marine sediment and is still rising. Offshore and out to sea three tectonic plates collide and the PNW mega-earthquake-to-...
Southern Oregon Coast: Hughes House
The Cape Blanco Heritage Society runs a partnership for three historical locations around Cape Blanco and Port Orford. The Historic Hughes House was home to...
Southern Oregon Coast: Port Orford
On the way to Bandon, Port Orford is a small coastal Oregon port town with a lot of history. It was the first county seat of Curry County, and it is the...
Southern Oregon Coast: Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor
Between the cabin and Harris Beach State Park are some of the most scenic coastal highway viewpoints, pullouts, and picnic areas (connected by an 18-mile...
Southern Oregon Coast: Ariya’s Beach
To the north of the Crook Point cabin is a long series of beaches and the Pistol River. Our “Day three at The Cabin” day trip was mostly an attempt to find...
Southern Oregon Coast: Brookings and Harbor
The nearby towns of Brookings and Harbor, about 15 miles south of the cabin, provide any essentials you may need. We frequented the Fred Meyer for finger...
Southern Oregon Coast: The Cabin
This spot fell in the middle of the trip. Three wave-lulling nights on a crumbling hillside, coastal highway hideaway, tucked into trees and situated down...
Southern Oregon Coast, a Series
In this series of undetermined length nine posts (plus an Honorable Mention), I will share photos and anecdotes (as best as memory serves me) of a roadtrip I...
The Best Pollinator Year
I regularly switch out my raised vegetable beds to a cut-flower/pollinator garden, sometimes every other year, sometimes less regularly. 2019 was a standout...
Winter Containers, Part 2
I finished replanting the patio containers for winter. These containers are fully under the patio on the north side of the house and receive very little...
Winter Containers, Part 1
Inner Portland moved to USDA Hardiness Zone 9a recently and I’m putting it to the test. I’ve always called my front yard The Mediterranean because it faces...
Fall in Earnest
Fall is finally meaningfully here. Less than a month ago we had air quality alerts due to seven or eight wildfires in vicinity, and temperatures were still...
Behind the Berm
Last July (2021) I hired a local Portland landscape company to remove all the grass in my side yard and install a basalt stepping stone and river rock path...