Super Harvest Moon

by Steve, September 22nd, 2010

…with Jupiter below. It is “super” because the full moon coincided with the autumnal equinox, and is also special because of its appearance with Jupiter. More on flickr.

Sunrise over Mt. Hood

by Steve, September 17th, 2010

Someday, maybe, we can develop zero-point energy and get rid of all those unsightly transmission lines. Still, I love seeing Mt. Hood in the morning.

Sky scape

by Steve, September 7th, 2010

What’s for eats today…

by Steve, September 4th, 2010



Birthday girl requested, in order: hash browns for breakfast, left over mom’s mac and cheese for lunch, spaghetti and potatoes o’brien for dinner, and a combo deal on the cake: one with coconut, one with chocolate frosting, both based on the old family pound cake recipe. And what goes with pound cake and coconut cake? Why, chocolate syrup, of course! Yum! (And yes, it is, in fact, the second time I’ve made birthday cakes in as many weekends. It’s a special time of year for us over here!)

The view from the vineyard

by Steve, September 1st, 2010



Chehalem Mountains

Looking south from Cooper Mountain Vineyards, our local organic, bio-dynamic winery… their attitude is right, the pinot’s pretty damn good, and the view is sublime.

Praying for bugs

by Steve, August 27th, 2010

Bought egg sacs at the Beaverton Farmers market in April, hatched ’em, and some stuck around. Awesome.

valley view

by Steve, August 26th, 2010

I love the sky

Still diggin’ the new scenery

by Steve, July 30th, 2010

top of the neighborhood

Our new landlord

by Steve, May 31st, 2010

Mr. Mike:
Mr. Mike
Mr. Mike

I’m alive

by Steve, April 17th, 2010

…and so is the blog server! Been moving house, so haven’t had time to update things around here. I shut down my other blog, so I prolly oughta update this one every now and again.

Here’s what it looks like around here in the morning:
Sunrise over the Tualatin Mountains

Here’s what’s on my mind instead of school politics: apple blossoms
Apple blossom time
…and Trillium (the flower, not the charter school… snort!).
Trillium