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
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