An intersection of life activities (A selection from Gustav Klimt's Die Drei Lebensalter der Frau):
Kirsten and ?
04 July 2011
Meeting the 2nd Midwife
The view of Mt. Tabor out of Vivante Midwifery's main meeting room window.
An intersection of life activities (A selection from Gustav Klimt's Die Drei Lebensalter der Frau):
Kirsten and ?
An intersection of life activities (A selection from Gustav Klimt's Die Drei Lebensalter der Frau):
Kirsten and ?
30 June 2011
08 June 2011
06 June 2011
Yes, we have no bananas!
Sighted in Orange, CA. I circulated this image among my co-workers because the text at the top essentially is a mirror-image of a dialogue in Kontext 14 on the 1st year German CD/Text. Plus it is just choc full of excellence.
03 June 2011
Garden Antics
Amazingly, this comic survived the Portland winter and is still taped to the side of the house near the garden where we've planted some more vegetables this year. This is our pest control plan.
30 May 2011
01 May 2011
Ricky Point / Tomahawk Island
Thanks Jim & Patricia for the great adventure leading to breathtaking views at RICKY POINT. I'll have to make a return trip and bring a camera along for some better photographs. Here is an idea of what it looks like, but doesn't even come close to comparing with how excellent the hidden spot is.
29 April 2011
Blooms Around Town - Beauty Unfolding
Our front yard
Next 5 images: Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
Gravitropism, of course!
The next three images were snapped on the way to April Fool's Day festivities ~30th & Division.
Japanese American Historical Plaza - Waterfront
Where it's at.
PSU, taken looking groundward from one of the many fabulous skybridges
Elementary school near Joe's house
Next 5 images: Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
Gravitropism, of course!
The next three images were snapped on the way to April Fool's Day festivities ~30th & Division.
Japanese American Historical Plaza - Waterfront
Where it's at.
PSU, taken looking groundward from one of the many fabulous skybridges
Elementary school near Joe's house
27 April 2011
25 April 2011
Lamb Roast & Vigil - Easter 2011
[4/24/2011 10:31:38 PM] ac: Happy Easter!
[4/24/2011 10:32:11 PM] Aro: Happy Easter!
[12:43:18 AM] ac: still keepin' it real, Australia?
[12:45:07 AM] Aro: impossible to do anything but!
[12:45:41 AM] Aro: what is goin' on this Oregon Easter?
[12:46:10 AM] ac: lots man, it was probably the most eventful Easter of my life!
[12:46:22 AM] ac: And seeing as how i'm still up i suppose it's still goin'
[12:46:35 AM] Aro: wow! what was so eventful?
[12:49:53 AM] ac: a guy we know from church purchased an entire lamb and we seasoned, prepared, tied, & roasted it in his backyard on a spit beginning at 2am. Complete with scripture readings & other selections through dawn and alternating lamb watching/rotating shifts. Then church, errands, phone calls etc. etc. etc. then delicious Easter feast at their house etc. etc. etc.
[12:51:05 AM] Aro: wow! a whole lamb!
[12:51:15 AM] Aro: you've been up since 2 am???
...
[12:59:30 AM] Aro: p.s. why are you still up/awake?
...
[1:03:11 AM] Aro: I still can't believe you were roasting a lamb since 2 am this morning! That is hardcore manlyness
2am-ish. It starts:
First reading:
Empty cavity
Stuffed cavity
"Hey doc, could you give me a hand with this here?"
"Snipe-nose, stat!"
"Suture!"
John
Dorris
Choate
Galic clove-stuffed shoulder
Massage oils
Heintzman. "You guide me."
Yep.
Another reading:
"Our souls wait for the Lord more than sentries for the dawn. Indeed, more than watchmen yearn for the morning.
-Psalm 130
Our canvas was organic - delivered by Bald Hill Farm, Corvallis. 80 lbs hanging weight.
Dawn
Hendrix. An artist's work is never done:
Some curious on-lookers:
Post-fest fun:
[4/24/2011 10:32:11 PM] Aro: Happy Easter!
[12:43:18 AM] ac: still keepin' it real, Australia?
[12:45:07 AM] Aro: impossible to do anything but!
[12:45:41 AM] Aro: what is goin' on this Oregon Easter?
[12:46:10 AM] ac: lots man, it was probably the most eventful Easter of my life!
[12:46:22 AM] ac: And seeing as how i'm still up i suppose it's still goin'
[12:46:35 AM] Aro: wow! what was so eventful?
[12:49:53 AM] ac: a guy we know from church purchased an entire lamb and we seasoned, prepared, tied, & roasted it in his backyard on a spit beginning at 2am. Complete with scripture readings & other selections through dawn and alternating lamb watching/rotating shifts. Then church, errands, phone calls etc. etc. etc. then delicious Easter feast at their house etc. etc. etc.
[12:51:05 AM] Aro: wow! a whole lamb!
[12:51:15 AM] Aro: you've been up since 2 am???
...
[12:59:30 AM] Aro: p.s. why are you still up/awake?
...
[1:03:11 AM] Aro: I still can't believe you were roasting a lamb since 2 am this morning! That is hardcore manlyness
2am-ish. It starts:
First reading:
Empty cavity
Stuffed cavity
"Hey doc, could you give me a hand with this here?"
"Snipe-nose, stat!"
"Suture!"
John
Dorris
Choate
Galic clove-stuffed shoulder
Massage oils
Heintzman. "You guide me."
Yep.
Another reading:
"Our souls wait for the Lord more than sentries for the dawn. Indeed, more than watchmen yearn for the morning.
-Psalm 130
Our canvas was organic - delivered by Bald Hill Farm, Corvallis. 80 lbs hanging weight.
Dawn
Hendrix. An artist's work is never done:
Some curious on-lookers:
Post-fest fun:
22 April 2011
10 April 2011
Evergreen
This is from a while back at the Japanese Gardens. Enjoy the zen of tall trees and wind chimes.
28 March 2011
A bike part that found me
This is the foil backing to a bike tire patch i had to use recently. A small, sharp stone punctured & embedded itself into my front tire and caused a very tiny hole in the tube. So instead of buying a tube i just put a patch on the existing tube. I'm a member of the PSU Bike Hub co-op now, which i'm excited about 'cause i can fix the bike at school if i need to, & it was certainly a Godsend that day!
Note country of origin. I have tire patches at home, but needed one there, so i ended up with the German-made glue patch. For the record, much more complicated than the patches i have at home, but probably more sturdy & will hold longer as well. The whole repair cost me a grand total of $0.40 as i was able to execute the repair myself!
I have also topped off my tires a few times at the Bike Hub, lubed the chain & gears (with soy-based lube they provide), and today attempted to fix my rear brake which came loose on the way to school. Unfortunately i will have to get a new brake cable & housing, and i didn't have time to execute much more than a few basic adjustments today, so i got it back into a semi-working state & will have to fix it for real perhaps Wednesday or so.
I also created some bike art which i am quite happy with! I submitted it to a contest today to win *hundreds of fabulous prizes*, so cross your fingers for me (bzw druck mir die Daumen). Hopefully it will win & get displayed, though either way i plan to post it here soon.
Note country of origin. I have tire patches at home, but needed one there, so i ended up with the German-made glue patch. For the record, much more complicated than the patches i have at home, but probably more sturdy & will hold longer as well. The whole repair cost me a grand total of $0.40 as i was able to execute the repair myself!
I have also topped off my tires a few times at the Bike Hub, lubed the chain & gears (with soy-based lube they provide), and today attempted to fix my rear brake which came loose on the way to school. Unfortunately i will have to get a new brake cable & housing, and i didn't have time to execute much more than a few basic adjustments today, so i got it back into a semi-working state & will have to fix it for real perhaps Wednesday or so.
I also created some bike art which i am quite happy with! I submitted it to a contest today to win *hundreds of fabulous prizes*, so cross your fingers for me (bzw druck mir die Daumen). Hopefully it will win & get displayed, though either way i plan to post it here soon.
Eco Fashion, Eco Sports, Eco Film, Eco EXCELLENT
Here is a photograph of me and a giant Salmon at this past weekend's (including Friday, when I went) Better Living Show. I had thought I'd also snapped a beautiful portrait with Woodsy Owl, icon of the US Forest Service, though i guess i just imagined how awesome it would have been and then made that imagination a reality in my mind. Looking at the actual photographs i have saved on the camera, there is no owl-mascot-with-Yours-Truly specimen to be found, sadly. I did get a Woodsy button though, which i plan to sport proudly in the near future as apt occasions arise.
Shockingly, i could not convince Kirsten at any point to join me for one of several Eco-fashion shows they held at the event, though i offered multiple times. (Ladies, when was the last time YOUR man asked you on a date to a fashion show?!?)
Also, though i wanted to badly, i was unable to meet the 2nd most green athlete in the US (?) who also happens to be the #1 most eco-friendly athlete in the NFL, at least according to some(one). Travis? Dad? Others? You heard of him before? That's your team, right?!
The films Deep Green & Bag It were also shown, which i caught good portions of. I got to meet the director/producer of the former (he added the title "janitor" in referencing himself :o) and i was impressed by both productions, though the latter is rather irreverent. Hopefully i'll get a copy of the former soon, though.
Lots of exciting stuff coming up in the coming weeks/months, so hopefully i'll have more good content to report!
Shockingly, i could not convince Kirsten at any point to join me for one of several Eco-fashion shows they held at the event, though i offered multiple times. (Ladies, when was the last time YOUR man asked you on a date to a fashion show?!?)
Also, though i wanted to badly, i was unable to meet the 2nd most green athlete in the US (?) who also happens to be the #1 most eco-friendly athlete in the NFL, at least according to some(one). Travis? Dad? Others? You heard of him before? That's your team, right?!
The films Deep Green & Bag It were also shown, which i caught good portions of. I got to meet the director/producer of the former (he added the title "janitor" in referencing himself :o) and i was impressed by both productions, though the latter is rather irreverent. Hopefully i'll get a copy of the former soon, though.
Lots of exciting stuff coming up in the coming weeks/months, so hopefully i'll have more good content to report!
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