The mystery plant bloomed, I think everyone was right, it does look like a lilly of sorts.
Archive for July, 2008
This week Gavin is back in Portland, OR for a conference. To help the time pass I’m (finally) assembling photo albums with Aperture. I’ve finished our first year together (May ‘06-’07), including our trip to Germany in April 2007.
The second year (May ‘07-’08) is mostly compete, I just need to add captions. I’ve just started the third year (May ‘08 forward). They’re fun and colorful. Eventually we’ll get them printed.
I’ve also made a vat of chili, my fingers still smell like onion.
Photo by Stephen, taken in early July somewhere on the Oregon Coast
I now present photos from our trip to Oregon.
We’re back from Oregon (we drove up July 6), we got in Saturday afternoon and Nick picked us up @ the Santa Rosa airport. SR has a quirky little airport, I highly recommend flying into it at least once.
Our adventure started Sunday, when we stayed at a little motor lodge in Humbolt County. A family friend owned the motor lodge and was renting out most of the buildings to homeless people. They also own other properties in the area, and are working to help the community.
Monday we drove to Gold Coast, OR, over nighted in a lovely condo, and Tuesday we took one of Jerry’s Rogue Jet Boats up the river.
Tuesday night we arrived at the house in Waldport (between Florence and Newport). The next few days are a blur of car rides and napping. We visited the Aquarium in Newport, the dunes outside Florence and the bog with the bug eating plants (very cool).
Eventually I’m going to upload photos, and my FIL has promised to send me the ones he took as well.
This month I didn’t do much reading. I didn’t really feel inspired and other things were going on.
Bellweather came highly recommend by Gavin. I’m still not entirely sure what the book was about. There were scientists, sheep and an unhelpful office girl. I picked it up and put it down, lost track of what was happening, and it didn’t seem to matter much. I’m sure Gavin will disagree.
I’ve read Poirot Loses a Client several dozen times now. I knew who did it before I picked up the book, but it made for nice evening reading.
Perhaps July’s readings will be more interesting.
