Simmering Summer July 29, 2018

2018 Photo Project

Photo #193

July 29 at 5:45am

A very smoky sultry sunrise this morning.....due to  

the devastating Carr fire south of us in Redding.

 

2018 Photo Project

Photo #194

July 26 at 8:09pm 

 

Earlier this week we saw this moonrise .

Have a lovely and safe Sunday!

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Wordless Wednesday January 31, 2018

2018 Photo Project

Photo #31

Full Super Moon and Blue Moon!

January 30, 2018  6:13pm PST

 

This was taken from our deck and you can

sort of make out Mt Shasta's silhouette.

This moon was so brilliantly bright.

 

2018 Photo Project

Photo # 31.5 

Lunar Eclipse

January 31, 2018  5:08am PST

 

Hand held photos. I actually got out of bed,

put on my jacket, warm hat and boots.

Got in the car, drove down our hill as we

have too many trees to the west and parked

our car in a neighbors very long driveway

and commenced to take a few photos.

 This was the only one really in focus.

 But at least I was there and saw how magical

 the eclipse was. Glad I got up!

The stars were amazingly bright. It was a perfect moment. 

Afterwards I turned the car around and went 

back to my snoozing sweetie and Lucy.

I hope you all got a chance to see this!

Have a lovely day!

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Awww Monday! March 13, 2017

Our last full day in Loreto Bay...

 

 

Scout always does an awesome job of snoozing...

 

 

and here's MooShu resting on his chair....

 

 

While we all waited for the full moon to rise....

 

Ta Dah! What a great way to end our vacation!

 

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Thanks Sandee for Awww Mondays!

 

Wordless Wednesday November 25, 2015

Almost full moon November 23, 2015

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It's a Full Moon Tonight! May 14, 2104

Almost full moon 

May 13, 2014

Tonight we will enjoy a full moon.

The full moon in May is called the Full Flower Moon.

Probably because we have so many flowers

blooming in the spring.

Other names include the Full Corn Planting Moon

or the Milk Moon which makes sense to me 

since this is when baby cows and goats are born..

Have a great evening! 
You can go Loony to see more full moon names!

Bifocalvision Monday Photo Prompt

Photo by Eric Alder

Mr Edison
The moon will always be better
Than a bulb
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this was written in reponse to Eric Alder's Monday Photo Prompt
go here for more responses: http://bifocalunivision.blogspot.com

My Birthday Week

My birthday is October 2nd and I fully intend

to celebrate all month!

This first photo is of September's full moon....

Here's some of my garden's bounty! I made lots of

tomato sauce this year and Delicata squash gnocci.....yum

Our good friends Bill and Ewana were coming up for a long weekend
from Weed, California to help celebrate...
So I made some Oatmeal Cranberry Coconut Orange cookies
in case we got a it peckish in between meals...hahahah

Russell and I walked down to inspect the massive sewer
interceptor project going on....the lake has been drawn down
about 25' to enable replacement of our sewer line.

Incredible project- it's taking more than a year to complete

We went to Marylhurst University
(my alma mater)
to celebrate the Art Gym's 30th year!
Greg Grenon and Mary Josephson were two of
the artists exhibiting in this marvelous show.

http://www.marylhurst.edu/theartgym/index.php

http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/grenon_g.html

http://www.laurarusso.com/artists/josephson_m.html

Wild mushrooms at the Lake Oswego Farmers Market!

I purchased some Lobster and Shitake mushrooms

Russell made a fabulous pasta dish with the mushrooms...

Huge artichokes!

Someone let these zucchini get out of control in the garden!

Gorgeous colors in the fall

Later this past week we went to the Green Dragon Brewery

and saw these goats in a field- they were with a whole bunch

more and were clearing all the brambles from the field.

Goats for Hire... the sign read" the goats are here to enjoy

and feast upon what spontaneously grows on this urban meadow.

Unlike gas-powered mowers, goats require no fossil fuels

to trim the vegetation" How clever is that?

and here's a pic of this months flower arrangement

that I put together for Blue Sky Gallery-

Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts

a non-profit gallery that is supported by

a huge group of volunteers
This month is a special month for Blue Sky

It's the 35th year it has been exhibiting photographs

and it started with just 3 photographers with a wonderful vision.

Mazeltov!

http://www.blueskygallery.org/

and finally...last but NOT least here's a little

video of Bill and Ewana's little

Cairn Terrier doing what he does best...

entertaining us! Enjoy!