Orange bathtub with fiberglass skirt to make it a racing boat in A&W livery. Plowing through the water

Bathtub (modified) boat races Aug. 1972 Nanaimo BC. Home of the famous Nanaimo bar dessert

River otters like Kong dog toys filled with snacks at the Oregon Zoo

A grand doggie day on Pismo Beach

Carved foam in the shape of a stack of savory crackers covering the front wheel of an art soapbox car

Cracker wheel cover for our cheese wedge gravity race art car

Heart shaped cookie with heart shaped cutout showing off jam and chocolates filling. Red and yellow heart in the white frosting. Tasted as good as it looked

Gingerbread Factory cookie with chocolate, jam, frosting and of course gingerbread - from Leavenworth, WA

Far flat plain of dusky browns with white 60s station wagon in the foreground.

Plymouth station wagon in Death Valley - 1974 family vacation.
The most stars I have ever seen was on a cool still night in Death Valley.
Kodachrome 64 aging blue (no color adjustment)

From top going clockwise: boysenberry, meeker raspberry, cascade gold raspberry, tulameen raspberry, marionberry

Picked 5 kinds of berries on Sauvie Island near Portland today. Time to bake and freeze!

Flower buds atop a slender spike towering over a house, set against a cerulean sky.

A friend planted an agave 10 years ago and it has decided to flower. The stalk can grow up to a foot a day and when blooming is done, it dies - leaving “pups” to start anew.

Neon sign of Falafel’s (sic) Drive-In

Falafels in San Jose,CA still tasty. It stays light so late that I couldn’t catch the neon at its best

On a quiet rural road in south central Washington is a Greek Orthodox Monastery that sells delicious traditional food

Large tower of white steam boils out of black, red, and orange painted American vintage steam locomotive in the hills

Southern Pacific steam train hammering up the grade in central CA 1981. Painted in Daylight livery, it is heading home to Portland.

Turquoise small house with dull red tile roof. Crenellated top on one corner. Maybe a nod to the storybook architecture style popular in LA in the 1920s.

Family home in Santa Monica CA 1954. Kodachrome slide no color correction! #LA1920style

Men dressed in white playing cricket near Oxford on a warm summer day

Rural England cricket match with our old neighbor, Reg, playing wicketkeeper. 1975

Jar of enticing orange hued relish made from sweet Washington onions with an amusing typo.

Hitting farm stores in central WA, I had to buy this Walla Walla Relish Relish #oniony

Steel hub, axle, bearings, nuts, and spacers all ready for assembly

New rear wheel assembly for Mt. Tabor Soapbox car. #wheelsStayAttachedPlease

Wide Columbia River dotted with sailboats sporting black and white sails

Cooler Portland weather made for a pleasant dinner on the Columbia watching the sailboats

Four gourds decorated as dragons sitting in a row. Very colorful!

What is a group of dragons called? #gourdArt

A printed tea towel with scenes from the famous Colorado restaurant Casa Bonita

My sister made a pilgrimage to Casa Bonita in Colorado and brought me back this tea towel and a churro scented car air freshener. The documentary ¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! is very well done #churroTime

A dried gourd fashioned into a happy purple bird made with paper maché accents and a chic sun hat.

Ready for the warm and sunny craft fair today. #birdsInBonnets

Winsome figurines of a husky bearded man in red, white and blue. He shows off different break dancing poses with a far away smile.

Break dancin’ ceramic Uncle Sams for sale. #patrioticKitsch

Musicians in white makeup with drums walking along a country road with nautical hats and parasols. Carrying a movie poster

4 person percussion band advertising a movie in August 1955 Japan. I wonder what the movie was? #castOfCharacters

Gourd with curled neck has added paper maché parts to turn it into a pensive red dragon with gold embellishments

Dragon gourds are coming along for the craft fair #ratherShowy

Delicate 4 lobe white flowers cover a medium dogwood tree in a tidy yard.

Dogwood trees are at peak bloom now in Portland. Flower to leaf ratio is impressive, and for just a short window.

White jointed plastic duck billed platypus on a countertop

Cool 3D printable articulated platypus - file purchased from MatMire Makes. The model is 4 color but I just did 2 and will paint. He sells a whole zoo! #bendyPus

Colorful group of Japanese children posing for pictures at a street festival

Japanese Festival, April 1955. Look how that Kodachrome 25 holds color after 70 years.

Hopeful brown and black terrier with a tangle of rope looking at the camera person

It is always rope pull time #terrierTug

Dried gourd smooth coated with joint compound over paper maché

New gourd dragons smoothed and ready for paint. #crafts

Child in a square high chair, bib, transparent plate with tall edge, mouse ears, and gulping a big glass of milk

Cousin Tom boxed in for a meal 1956. #dogBowlPlate

A trail sign that reads There is no poop fairy! Please clean up after your pets

Try humor to make trail dog walkers do the right thing? #poopFairy

Tall blackened tree trunks on a dusty trail. Some trunks bent completely over center frame. A strong blue cloudless sky behind

They allow hikes through areas like this in Lassen NP, to fully appreciate the lifecycle of an alpine forest despite the tree fall risk. #edwardAbbeyWouldApprove