There is a lichen walk at Mt Tabor Park at 2:00 today. I'm wearing my lichen overalls and my lichen earrings and squealing silently in anticipation.
Will report. I hope the leader doesn't quote the often quoted made up fact about how much of the earth is covered with lichen 'cause that will cause me to despair.
PDX Coffee Outside at Mt. Tabor Park, 29 April 2023
Olympus XA2/Kodak MAX 800, expired (unknown expiry), metered at ISO 100
I do love me some coffee outside action! And our chapter of Coffee Outside is pretty active, meeting Saturdays at 9 AM. This is much more civilized than other Coffee Outsides who meet on a weekday morn at 7 AM. (To be fair, ours did that pre-pandemic.) And Coffee Outside gives me the opportunity to socialize, something I…
Today I went to my favorite off-leash park for some dogling. I like this dog park because although it's open to the forest trails and park beyond, it's still kind of enclosed into a big bowl shape with benches around the perimeter. It basically funnels the dogs right to you if you sit down, so there is a higher rate of doggo interactions than other parks.
Some dogs from today:
- A large white great pyranees who was the first to trot over to me. She presented me with her big fluffy butt, which I gladly scratched.
- A brown pitbull with a sparkly rhinestone collar who decided I was who she was going to hang out with when the other dogs played a little too rough. She was so sweet.
- Finn, a big white goldendoodle who for some reason made a beeline for me as soon as he arrived. He leaned his whole body against me for a long time and let me give him lots of hugs.
- Hazel and Arthur: Smol and tol pibble duo. Arthur was incredibly outgoing with a big ol' blockhead which he shoved into my lap, whereas Hazel was a pocket pittie who greeted me with very gentle little sniffs.
- Dug (short for Duglas): Long-low chihuahua mix who had the vibe of a long-suffering middle manager. Trotted around after the larger and younger dogs letting them know how he felt about their shenanigans.
- Sandwich the black lab: Was too busy playing for me to say hi, but c'mon, Sandwich?
just bought the coolest vintage doc martens because ive been in dire need of hiking boots. i had to scour the internet to find ones i like in my size im so excited
Maybe I want to get into bombing hills on my rollerskates. Maybe I'll experiment with some smallish ones first (I have bombed some very small hills and it was fun) and make sure I can do a turnaround toe stop at speed so I'll be more confident I can bail safely on a bigger one. Maybe then I'll skate down Mt. Tabor like the longboarders do.
On April 1st, Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) officially opened a new paved bike path and pedestrian accessway leading to Mt. Tabor Park from SE 64th Avenue and SE Division Street. Many parkgoers received a preview of the accessway during the weekend of March 23rd before crews reinstalled temporary fences for the week of March 25th. The April sunny weather attracted numerous residents of the…
I asked my friends recently for ugly wallpaper suggestions that I could use for a painting I was working on. My friends are awesome and helped so much! The 1970’s avocado, orange and yellow combination was mentioned. So were weird rooster and chicken patterns and prickly cactus patterns. One friend talked about her pet peeve of framed pictures hanging askew.
Here’s me working on the painting and…
Print – $5
This week’s drawing is from the top of Mt. Tabor looking over East Portland to Downtown Portland. Mt. Tabor is pretty easy to find as it is one of the highest points in east Portland.
Mt. Tabor Park offers spectacular views and plenty of people watching. People come to the park to run and walk up its stairs and winding paths. Several colleges and a seminary are close to Mt. Tabor as…