OrangeDoor – Page 18

We Visit the A, B, Sea

For our date tonight, we searched out Mike Bennett’s A, B, Sea display, which I read about in the Oregonian. Each day, Bennett puts out another letter in his themed alphabet in his front yard. We were there on the nineteenth day, so could see A through S.

Matt writes postcards to his niece and nephew.

We both posed for this top-notch head-in-the-hole display.

Matt poses next to his initials: jellyfish and manta ray.

I especially liked this elephant seal.

I posed next to my initials: pelican and clownfish. Also, when we visited, there were no other people present. I think maybe families come earlier in the day.

Though no seashells were available when we stopped by, you can see that others have decorated and returned these seashells and they were added to the display.

There were postcards and stickers to take home.

It was a fun find! Thanks, Mike Bennett. After the entire alphabet appears, this will go to live at the Rogue Brewing in Newport.

We Explore Whitaker Ponds Nature Park

I’ve driven by this park several times when I take an alternate route to the airport and today we decided to explore it.

You can see the beavers have been busy, and the humans have been busy thwarting the beavers.

Birds on the wing.

The pond!

This was another pond that was separate from the main pond.

The foundation of a house has been turned into a mural.

More pond.

Us and pond.

Antares on the Back Catio

Someone is happy warm spring days are here. Antares can never get enough of the sun.

Could Have Happened at the Orange Door…

…if Matt’s name was Kevin.

It Really Snowed!

I assumed we would get the usual light dusting, but the snow turned into a proper snowstorm. There was shoveling to be done!

We went on an early morning walk and here’s what we saw:

This friend knows how to protect the windshield wipers against the dreaded ice.

We found whole blocks with no footprints! Very exciting. We also mailed some letters and did a bit of shopping at Fred Meyer. I came home soaked in sweat. Walking through snow is a workout!

I enjoyed these carrot tops in the window of a Kenton restaurant.

First Winter Snow

A certain global pandemic has left me mostly unsurprised by things. So I can’t say that I was aghast when it started to snow in mid-February for the first time all winter. But it was a fun break from the routine.

Plus, since a lot of us are working from home, we already know how to work from home. Easy-peasy.

This little friend stopped by for a snack.

Century Link Out Again. But it Doesn’t Matter.

Hey, look at this blurry photo of our Century Link router! Those red lights mean we have no internet. But we do! Because we also have Comcast.

Two internet providers is piece of mind during this quarantine time.

The New Work From Home Space

This three-day weekend, my last until Memorial Day, was spent getting the new work-from-home space in order.

I installed shelves and bulletin boards and assembled my new desk. It’s an adjustable standing desk, and here you can see it from the working side.

Here is the at-home side.

I bought two keyboard trays, one for working, one for personal use. But I forgot to check to see if they would both fit under the desk. They did not. I engineered this solution, buying a length of wood, cutting it into two pieces and offsetting those pieces from the for-work keyboard tray. It worked.

What didn’t work was not accounting for the crank handle on this side. I ended up moving the keyboard over far to the left. In that position, I have just enough space to turn the crank fully. Here’s the desk in the seated position.

Installing those keyboard trays was a two-person job. They were really wiggly. Luckily, Matt came and held the brackets steady while I screwed in the screws.