My Neighborhood
Life in a floating home, in a moorage, is a very interesting lifestyle.
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Backyard Photography
I had always been a backyard photographer -even before I thought of that term. When I was a young kid with a camera [my old faithful Kodak Brownie Junior] I wasn’t allowed to venture far, so I took pictures where I lived. As I got older, with better cameras, I still enjoyed taking photos of what…
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Healthy Eating With Your Own Plants
In the summer, I try to avoid supermarket produce. Fresh picked foods are so much better for you. And it is so easy to grow fresh lettuce, mesclun, cilantro and other greenery in containers. My neighbors and I have limited space and no gardens – but we grow almost everything imaginable…
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Listen to the birds!
Often I sit and listen to the sounds around me. Sometimes it's an F-15 or 2, more often it's one of the many airplanes taking off from PDX, the traffic I hear from I-5 and Marine Drive, or the water critters and pets that live here. None of this is bothersome to me as…
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Awesome Late Summer Morning
Woke up very early and this was my gift for getting up! It was awesome. Spectacular sunrise – complete with a plane taking off from PDX. [see video] I don't think I've ever before seen a sky that looked like this. The morning sky in Portland is like no other place I've lived! …
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Calm before the storm
Warm December days never last out here – and today won't be any different … more rain is on the way – record breaking December wetness this year! Thoughts? Comments? Thank you for posting below