Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Monday, February 27, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 27 - something you ate

Not pictured: beer
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 26 - night

While every storm threatens crops and there is undeniable nervousness and fear to accompany it, there is nothing more amazing and awe inspiring than hearing, smelling, feeling and seeing a giant thunderstorm roll through the valley back home.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 25 - green

I'll take "what's missing" for $200, Alex.
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Friday, February 24, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 24 - inside your bathroom cabinet

Once upon a time my perfume was stolen from my bathroom cabinet during a party. Upon talking to folks about this, I learned that many people look inside bathroom cabinets when at someone's house. This horrifies me. I have never done this at anyone's house. I haven't rigged ours to drop marbles if you open it, but I might, so open at your own risk. Also, If we have good drugs we're not going to keep them there.
PS: Our bathroom has a graffiti wall. Spend your time putting something memorable there rather than looking through our cabinet.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 22 - where you work

This is the view from one job to the other. I work on both sides of the Hawthorne bridge - A very Portlandia commute.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 21 - a fave photo of you

Our friend Justin took this a long, long time ago and it's still one of my favorites. A perfect example of an outtake coming out better than the intended shot.
PS: in the interest respecting different audiences, this not the same fave shot I'll use on facebook. So if you happen to read both, shh :)

February Photo a Day Challenge: 20 - handwriting

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"One sad day after polio struck and I was told of continuing paralysis - arms. hands.
(?) therapist who had worked with President Roosevelt who also had paralysis of legs from adult polio-said probably arms paralyzed worse because of inhibiting personal action - hair, eating, dressing, and my thought of writing gone!
Time for sadness
Time for Faith, Determination
Time to remember Responsibility
Kids - 2 lovely children"
Nana had polio when my mom and uncle were quite young. My mom remembers seeing her in an iron lung when she was little. Not only did Nana survive, but beat many odds by being able to walk and made pretty darn good use of her hand. She couldn't lift the right one up very high, but would use her left one to move it into place. She was a spunky old gal and we were quite close. We used to talk on the phone every Sunday morning when I was in college. As an older adult, she never went to the doctor and was on no medication. When it came time for her to go, at 88, the doctors were amazed. I remember seeing her in the hospital, she had always worn a wig, but she had beautiful long white hair. She died on a weekend that I was in Portland trying out for the Blazer dancers (and hadn't told anyone) and my mom was with students at a dance competition in NYC. I think that we were all so spiritually connected that having us spread out across the country with her in the middle, she simply floated away from the body that had held her back and joined mom and me in our adventures.
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the front of the picture she had written on. We don't know who's tiny hand that is, but I suspect it to be my mom's.

February Photo a Day Challenge: 19 - something you hate to do

let them dry!! unfortunately, I often end up repainting them and then it takes twice as long.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 18 - drink

You might have guessed that I would pick beer..  but I like coffee too.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 17 - time

beer:30
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 16 - something new

Even though I take bajillions of pictures, I waited forever to switch from film to digital. and now I just got my first DSLR. Its lovely, and I can't wait to break it in.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 15 - phone

My last land line phone. You could set it to ring or roar. I picked roar.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 14 - heart

super cute tights courtesy of charming husband.
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Monday, February 13, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 13 - blue

This is Shelly. She lives in our unfinished room upstairs and will scare the bejesus out of you if you aren't expecting to run into her. So much so, that I had to put a "Beware of Mannequin" sign on the door. She's Pasty Cline's sister.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 12 - inside your closet

This odd-shaped, unfinished part of the house had exposed insulation and not really much a floor.  A little ingenuity and elbow grease transformed it into a great little closet for anyone 5'4" or shorter.
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 11 - makes you happy

John, road trip, the middle of nowhere, cameras and sunshine. the happiest.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 10 - self portrait

My mom's old swimsuit, circa the 60's. Updated with sequins (sewn, not glued!) for a performance last night.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 9 - front door

Christmas 2004, in front of our new house with the worst cat ever to grace this earth.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 8 - sun

Driving to North Dakota on what will become a hot summer day in July. 4:30 am rest stop outside of Ritzville, WA.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Monday, February 6, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 6 - dinner

By the time I get home from dance, I expect to shower, have a cup of tea and go to bed. This is the fuel to make that happen.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 5 - 10 am

February sunshine.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 4 - a stranger

This guy has been here for as long as I've been in Portland and I've never met anyone who claims to know him.
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Friday, February 3, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 3 - hands

This is one of my all time favorite photos from this time. You are witnessing a very important burlesque conversation.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

February Photo a Day Challenge: 2 - words

Naked City on Hawthorne has the best window displays.
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February Photo a Day Challenge: 1 - your view today

This is the view from my office.  John and I picked up these cute little solar powered dancing flowers after a hangover curing walk to breakfast one recent rainy Sunday.  It's happy pink face makes me smile.
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February Fun!!

February blogging gets a theme!  YAY!
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012