This Zentangle shows off Bales (upper left), my favorite Hollibaugh (top), Beelight (upper right); what might be a Bales variation (lower right) and Chillon (lower left)>
I really like how easy Beelight was, and how Chillon buildts to Bales.
This Zentangle shows off Bales (upper left), my favorite Hollibaugh (top), Beelight (upper right); what might be a Bales variation (lower right) and Chillon (lower left)>
I really like how easy Beelight was, and how Chillon buildts to Bales.
The Ramblers celebrated International Women’s Day with a purple party. There was great dancing and great purple.
It turned out I didn’t have any purple clothing, so I took the picture.
Bunheads episode 15. Ariel, like me, loved the dancing in this episode, but not much else. She reports that on Bunhead Bros she enjoyed learning about the origin of the quote “Everything is beautiful at the ballet.”
Bunheads Episode 16: Ariel reports that she wanted to like this episode more than she did. We both appreciated Ginny (because she’s the best bunhead). And we both loved Bunhead Bros because we love Jason Mantzoukas’s enthusiasm.
Does your house have a stumpary? The Leighwood House does.
I love this open plan with the exposed beams and built-ins that help to define where the kitchen is. When it rains, you can hear the rain on the roof.
An old-fashioned plug
The never-remodeled kitchen. (Sara and Shawn are only the second owners.) It’s a good kitchen layout. Not too big, not too small.
A built-in spot for a clock, or maybe originally for a phone?
And the two friends that hang out there, Callie and Leo.
I texted Matt to ask him if he wanted me to grab the full series of the Gilmore Girls since it was right there in a thrift store. He declined. (Why are these not on the shelf in season order???)
I had a delicious lunch at the Big Blue Cafe. They serve ginger garlic potatoes that I couldn’t get enough of. Highly recommended.
I wandered through the Cal Poly Humboldt campus to catch the bus to Trinidad and on the way I found a hobbit hole.
This may have been the most rural bus route I had ever experienced. It dropped me off in the town of Trinidad. I took a short walk through town and took a hike around Trinidad Head
It was sunny and windy.
Part of the hike went through this thicket.
Here’s the town of Trinidad
And some atmospheric pictures.
The lighthouse is still in operation (as, presumably, are these crab pots).
After my hike, I ate at the Seascape Restaurant where I had a really good smoked salmon cheese sandwich and some chowder. While there, I listened to the slightly awkward conversation of four people, one of whom was interviewing for a position in the Art Department at Cal Poly Humboldt. I wonder if he got the job?
Also, I’m pretty sure this was the beach Matt and I visited in 2019, though I never called that beach by name.
Sara, Shawn and I drove through the snow (yes snow, you can see it on the roof of the winery) for a tasting and a nosh.
We had a red wine flight and a delicious meat and cheese platter.
Then Sara and I did some senior photo posing. We used this photo to lure friend Cindy to our upcoming 30-year high school reunion.
I escaped to “sunny” California (to be fair, I don’t think the sunny moniker applies to Northern California) to see Sara and Shawn and shake off some of the endless Portland rain. Or at least experience some warmer temperatures. Unfortunately, I found the same weather I left behind. And my first morning it snowed!
I attended a Thursday night showing and by the time I got there I was a bit grumbly because (1) Thursday is a school night and I don’t love being out on school nights any more than I am due to square dancing and (2) I rode my bike and it was cold and kind of drizzly.
But, but, but! This play was so funny and so well acted I was extremely happy I attended. It takes place in 1973 after a successful campaign for J.P. Madison, who will be Atlanta’s first Black Mayor. Things become complicated when his ex-wife Eve (the hilarious Cycerli Ash) comes back to town.
Like all plays that have ended their run, this production isn’t available to you, but I encourage you to attend if it is produced in your area. You can read about it here or watch a production video on You Tube here.
He’s gotten quite scrawny and his fur is doing that old-kitty thing, but he’s still a good Sentinel who checks on me while I’m working.