Eugene

A beautiful day on earth. Blue sky above drifting fog. The cormorants are back. I’m so happy to be able to walk 3 miles in the park with Bill. His recovery from knee replacement surgery is going smoothly now, so he can take the ups and downs and uneven surfaces...

Delicious breakfast scramble at Buddy’s, home of fluffy biscuits, enormous portions, shiny chrome, and marvelous 50s junk. And then a peaceful interlude, sitting on sun-warmed rocks by the Willamette River .

” . . .how much survives will depend on ourown deliberate choices.  . . ” Ross Douthat Walking through the open areas of Alton Baker Park with Bill this morning, I was struck by the subtle waves of purple threaded through the grasses, the most expansive display of native camas...

We walked in Hendricks Park yesterday. The rhodies’ blooms have been delayed by a week of drenching rain, but the triliums were lovely.

Bill and I have been doing the work to get our hiking legs back, and we were rewarded Sunday morning when we walked the ribbon trail from Hendricks Park. The trail is short, but it has some real ups and downs, and it felt glorious to be fit enough to...

Pacific Northwest natives wild current and Oregon wild grape are blooming together right now. Purples were dominant in Hendrick’s Park this weekend.